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Huang X, Deng H, Deng X, Li L, Wu M, Huang C, Zhang Y, Zhao H. Single-atom iron boosts electrochemiluminescence for ultrasensitive carcinoembryonic antigen detection. Mikrochim Acta 2024; 191:111. [PMID: 38252316 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-024-06188-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/01/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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A simple and ultrasensitive sandwich-type electrochemiluminescence (ECL) immunosensor has been developed using porous three-dimensional gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) iron(Fe)-zinc(Zn) metal-organic frameworks (Au NPs-FeZn-MOFs@luminol) as high-efficiency ECL signal probes with Fe single-atom catalysts (SACs) (Fe-N-C SACs) as potentially advanced coreaction accelerators and dissolved oxygen as a coreaction agent to realize an H2O2-free amplification method for detecting carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). The cathodic ECL of luminol, which was usually negligible, increased first. Because the Fe-N-C SACs exhibited an outstanding catalytic performance and a unique electronic structure, different reactive oxygen species (ROS) were generated via the oxygen reduction reaction. ROS oxidized the luminol anions to luminol anion radicals, preventing the time-consuming luminol electrochemical oxidation. Furthermore, the luminol anion radicals generated in situ reacted with ROS to produce potent cathodic ECL emissions. The immunosensor exhibited favorable analytical accuracy (detection range: 0.1 pg mL-1 - 80 ng mL-1), and its detection limit for serum samples was 0.031 pg mL-1 (S/N = 3). Consequently, the proposed strategy offers a new approach for early screening of CEA.
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- Xiaomei Huang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sichuan Institute of Arts and Science, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, China.
- Education Department of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Low-cost Rural Environmental Treatment Technology at Sichuan University of Arts and Science, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, China.
- Dazhou Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Fiber Materials, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, China.
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- Chongqing Qiujing High School, Chongqing, 400015, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sichuan Institute of Arts and Science, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, China.
- Education Department of Sichuan Province, Key Laboratory of Low-cost Rural Environmental Treatment Technology at Sichuan University of Arts and Science, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, China.
- Dazhou Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Fiber Materials, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sichuan Institute of Arts and Science, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sichuan Institute of Arts and Science, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sichuan Institute of Arts and Science, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sichuan Institute of Arts and Science, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sichuan Institute of Arts and Science, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, China
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Zhang H, Zhang C, Qu H, Xi F. Immunosensor with Enhanced Electrochemiluminescence Signal Using Platinum Nanoparticles Confined within Nanochannels for Highly Sensitive Detection of Carcinoembryonic Antigen. Molecules 2023; 28:6559. [PMID: 37764335 PMCID: PMC10535133 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28186559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Rapid, highly sensitive, and accurate detection of tumor biomarkers in serum is of great significance in cancer screening, early diagnosis, and postoperative monitoring. In this study, an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) immunosensing platform was constructed by enhancing the ECL signal through in situ growth of platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) in a nanochannel array, which can achieve highly sensitive detection of the tumor marker carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). An inexpensive and readily available indium tin oxide (ITO) glass electrode was used as the supporting electrode, and a layer of amino-functionalized vertically ordered mesoporous silica film (NH2-VMSF) was grown on its surface using an electrochemically assisted self-assembly method (EASA). The amino groups within the nanochannels served as anchoring sites for the one-step electrodeposition of PtNPs, taking advantage of the confinement effect of the ultrasmall nanochannels. After the amino groups on the outer surface of NH2-VMSF were derivatized with aldehyde groups, specific recognition antibodies were covalently immobilized followed by blocking nonspecific binding sites to create an immunorecognition interface. The PtNPs, acting as nanocatalysts, catalyzed the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), significantly enhancing the ECL signal of the luminol. The ECL signal exhibited high stability during continuous electrochemical scanning. When the CEA specifically bound to the immunorecognition interface, the resulting immune complexes restricted the diffusion of the ECL emitters and co-reactants towards the electrode, leading to a reduction in the ECL signal. Based on this immune recognition-induced signal-gating effect, the immunosensor enabled ECL detection of CEA with a linear range of 0.1 pg mL-1 to 1000 ng mL-1 with a low limit of detection (LOD, 0.03 pg mL-1). The constructed immunosensor demonstrated excellent selectivity and can achieve CEA detection in serum.
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- Huihua Zhang
- Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030032, China;
- Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China;
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- Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030032, China;
- Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China;
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Peng L, Li P, Chen J, Deng A, Li J. Recent progress in assembly strategies of nanomaterials-based ultrasensitive electrochemiluminescence biosensors for food safety and disease diagnosis. Talanta 2023; 253:123906. [PMID: 36122432 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The Electrochemiluminescence (ECL)-based biosensors have received considerable attention in food contaminants and disease diagnosis, due to their fascinating advantages such as low cost, fast analysis speed, wide linear range, high sensitivity, and excellent anti-interference ability. Meanwhile, with the vigorous development and improvement of nanotechnology, biosensor assembly strategies tend to diversify and be multifunctional. This review focuses on the representative ECL biosensors in food safety and disease diagnosis reported by our research group and other research groups based on nanomaterials assembly strategies in recent years. According to the different roles of nanomaterials played in the constitution of ECL biosensors, nanomaterials would be divided into the following two categories to be summarized: (1) Nanomaterials for signal amplification. (2) Nanomaterials as ECL emitters. Finally, this review prospects the perspectives on the future development direction of ECL biosensor in food safety and disease diagnosis.
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- Lu Peng
- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China.
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China.
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