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Xia N, Gao F, Zhang J, Wang J, Huang Y. Overview on the Development of Electrochemical Immunosensors by the Signal Amplification of Enzyme- or Nanozyme-Based Catalysis Plus Redox Cycling. Molecules 2024; 29:2796. [PMID: 38930860 PMCID: PMC11206384 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29122796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Enzyme-linked electrochemical immunosensors have attracted considerable attention for the sensitive and selective detection of various targets in clinical diagnosis, food quality control, and environmental analysis. In order to improve the performances of conventional immunoassays, significant efforts have been made to couple enzyme-linked or nanozyme-based catalysis and redox cycling for signal amplification. The current review summarizes the recent advances in the development of enzyme- or nanozyme-based electrochemical immunosensors with redox cycling for signal amplification. The special features of redox cycling reactions and their synergistic functions in signal amplification are discussed. Additionally, the current challenges and future directions of enzyme- or nanozyme-based electrochemical immunosensors with redox cycling are addressed.
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- Ning Xia
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China
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Feng Y, Gao F, Yi X, La M. Optical Bioassays Based on the Signal Amplification of Redox Cycling. BIOSENSORS 2024; 14:269. [PMID: 38920573 PMCID: PMC11201508 DOI: 10.3390/bios14060269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2024] [Revised: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
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Optical bioassays are challenged by the growing requirements of sensitivity and simplicity. Recent developments in the combination of redox cycling with different optical methods for signal amplification have proven to have tremendous potential for improving analytical performances. In this review, we summarized the advances in optical bioassays based on the signal amplification of redox cycling, including colorimetry, fluorescence, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, chemiluminescence, and electrochemiluminescence. Furthermore, this review highlighted the general principles to effectively couple redox cycling with optical bioassays, and particular attention was focused on current challenges and future opportunities.
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- Yunxiao Feng
- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 467000, China;
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 467000, China;
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Hemmerová E, Homola J. Combining plasmonic and electrochemical biosensing methods. Biosens Bioelectron 2024; 251:116098. [PMID: 38359667 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2024.116098] [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: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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The idea of combining electrochemical (EC) and plasmonic biosensor methods was introduced almost thirty years ago and the potential of electrochemical-plasmonic (EC-P) biosensors has been highlighted ever since. Despite that, the use of EC-P biosensors in analytics has been rather limited so far and the search for unique applications of the EC-P method continues. In this paper, we review the advances in the field of EC-P biosensors and discuss the features and benefits they can provide. In addition, we identify the main challenges for the development of EC-P biosensors and the limitations that prevent EC-P biosensors from more widespread use. Finally, we review applications of EC-P biosensors for the investigation and quantification of biomolecules, and for the study of biomolecular and cellular processes.
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- Erika Hemmerová
- Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Chaberská 1014/57, 182 51, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Chaberská 1014/57, 182 51, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Li Q, Dou L, Zhang Y, Luo L, Yang H, Wen K, Yu X, Shen J, Wang Z. A comprehensive review on the detection of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins in food samples. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2024; 23:e13264. [PMID: 38284582 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.13264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs), the major virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus, cause a wide range of food poisoning and seriously threaten human health by infiltrating the food supply chain at different phases of manufacture, processes, distribution, and market. The significant prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus calls for efficient, fast, and sensitive methods for the early detection of SEs. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of the hazards of SEs in contaminated food, the characteristic and worldwide regulations of SEs, and various detection methods for SEs with extensive comparison and discussion of benefits and drawbacks, mainly including biological detection, genetic detection, and mass spectrometry detection and biosensors. We highlight the biosensors for the screening purpose of SEs, which are classified according to different recognition elements such as antibodies, aptamers, molecularly imprinted polymers, T-cell receptors, and transducers such as optical, electrochemical, and piezoelectric biosensors. We analyzed challenges of biosensors for the monitoring of SEs and conclude the trends for the development of novel biosensors should pay attention to improve samples pretreatment efficiency, employ innovative nanomaterials, and develop portable instruments. This review provides new information and insightful commentary, important to the development and innovation of further detection methods for SEs in food samples.
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- Qing Li
- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health safety, College of Veterinary Medicine China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, and Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health safety, College of Veterinary Medicine China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, and Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health safety, College of Veterinary Medicine China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, and Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health safety, College of Veterinary Medicine China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, and Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health safety, College of Veterinary Medicine China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, and Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health safety, College of Veterinary Medicine China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, and Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health safety, College of Veterinary Medicine China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, and Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health safety, College of Veterinary Medicine China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, and Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health safety, College of Veterinary Medicine China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, and Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing, China
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Wang S, Chen CY, Rzasa JR, Tsao CY, Li J, VanArsdale E, Kim E, Zakaria FR, Payne GF, Bentley WE. Redox-enabled electronic interrogation and feedback control of hierarchical and networked biological systems. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8514. [PMID: 38129428 PMCID: PMC10739708 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44223-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Microelectronic devices can directly communicate with biology, as electronic information can be transmitted via redox reactions within biological systems. By engineering biology's native redox networks, we enable electronic interrogation and control of biological systems at several hierarchical levels: proteins, cells, and cell consortia. First, electro-biofabrication facilitates on-device biological component assembly. Then, electrode-actuated redox data transmission and redox-linked synthetic biology allows programming of enzyme activity and closed-loop electrogenetic control of cellular function. Specifically, horseradish peroxidase is assembled onto interdigitated electrodes where electrode-generated hydrogen peroxide controls its activity. E. coli's stress response regulon, oxyRS, is rewired to enable algorithm-based feedback control of gene expression, including an eCRISPR module that switches cell-cell quorum sensing communication from one autoinducer to another-creating an electronically controlled 'bilingual' cell. Then, these disparate redox-guided devices are wirelessly connected, enabling real-time communication and user-based control. We suggest these methodologies will help us to better understand and develop sophisticated control for biology.
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- Sally Wang
- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Fischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Fischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Fischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Fischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Fischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, USA
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Fischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, USA
- National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
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- Fischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Fischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Fischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
- Fischell Institute of Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, USA.
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Huang YT, Xu KX, Liu XS, Li Z, Hu J, Zhang L, Zhu YC, Zhao WW, Chen HY, Xu JJ. Chemical Redox Cycling in an Organic Photoelectrochemical Transistor: Toward Dual Chemical and Electronic Amplification for Bioanalysis. Anal Chem 2023; 95:17912-17919. [PMID: 37972240 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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The organic photoelectrochemical transistor (OPECT) has been proven to be a promising platform to study the rich light-matter-bio interplay toward advanced biomolecular detection, yet current OPECT is highly restrained to its intrinsic electronic amplification. Herein, this work first combines chemical amplification with electronic amplification in OPECT for dual-amplified bioanalytics with high current gain, which is exemplified by human immunoglobulin G (HIgG)-dependent sandwich immunorecognition and subsequent alkaline phosphatase (ALP)-mediated chemical redox cycling (CRC) on a metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived BiVO4/WO3 gate. The target-dependent redox cycling of ascorbic acid (AA) acting as an effective electron donor could lead to an amplified modulation against the polymer channel, as indicated by the channel current. The as-developed bioanalysis could achieve sensitive HIgG detection with a good analytical performance. This work features the dual chemical and electronic amplification for OPECT bioanalysis and is expected to stimulate further interest in the design of CRC-assisted OPECT bioassays.
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- Yu-Ting Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211169, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Nandhakumar P, Muñoz San Martín C, Arévalo B, Ding S, Lunker M, Vargas E, Djassemi O, Campuzano S, Wang J. Redox Cycling Amplified Electrochemical Lateral-Flow Immunoassay: Toward Decentralized Sensitive Insulin Detection. ACS Sens 2023; 8:3892-3901. [PMID: 37734056 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c01445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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While paper-based lateral-flow immunoassays (LFA) offer considerable promise for centralized diagnostic applications, the analytical capability of conventional LFA remains constrained due to the low sensitivity of its common optical detection strategy. To address these issues, we report a simple electrochemical LFA (eLFA) with nanocatalytic redox cycling for decentralized insulin detection. Simultaneous binding of insulin with detection antibodies and capture antibodies through the capillary flow at the LFA platform and signal amplification through the rapid nanocatalytic reduction of [Fe(CN)6]3- (Fe3+) with Au nanoparticles (AuNP) and ammonia-borane (AB), coupled to electrochemical redox cycling reactions involving Fe3+, AuNP, and AB on the carbon working electrode, offer higher sensitivity than conventional colorimetric LFA and enzymatic redox cycling. The resulting integrated eLFA strip allows the detection of low insulin concentrations (LOD = 12 pM) and offers considerable promise for highly sensitive decentralized assays of different biological fluids (saliva and serum) without additional pretreatment or washing steps.
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- Ponnusamy Nandhakumar
- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Mi ZZ, Hu HC, Sun JJ, Wu SH. Heating promoted super sensitive electrochemical detection of p53 gene based on alkaline phosphatase and nicking endonuclease Nt.BstNBI-assisted target recycling amplification strategy at heated gold disk electrode. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1275:341583. [PMID: 37524467 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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An ultrasensitive electrochemical biosensor for detecting p53 gene was fabricated based on heated gold disk electrode coupling with endonuclease Nt.BstNBI-assisted target recycle amplification and alkaline phosphatase (ALP)-based electrocatalytic signal amplification. For biosensor assembling, biotinylated ssDNA capture probes were first immobilized on heated Au disk electrode (HAuDE), then combined with streptavidin-alkaline phosphatase (SA-ALP) by biotin-SA interaction. ALP could catalyze the hydrolysis of ascorbic acid 2-phosphate (AAP) to produce ascorbic acid (AA). While AA could induce the redox cycling to generate electrocatalytic oxidation current in the presence of ferrocene methanol (FcM). When capture probes hybridized with p53, Nt.BstNBI would recognize and cleave the duplexes and p53 was released for recycling. Meanwhile, the biotin group dropt from the electrode surface and subsequently SA-ALP could not adhere to the electrode. The signal difference before and after cleavage was proportional to the p53 gene concentration. Furthermore, with electrode temperature elevated, the Nt.BstNBI and ALP activities could be increased, greatly improving the sensitivity and efficiency for p53 detection. A detection limit of 9.5 × 10-17 M could be obtained (S/N = 3) with an electrode temperature of 40 °C, ca. four magnitudes lower than that at 25 °C.
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- Zhen-Zhen Mi
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China.
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Chen C, La M, Yi X, Huang M, Xia N, Zhou Y. Progress in Electrochemical Immunosensors with Alkaline Phosphatase as the Signal Label. BIOSENSORS 2023; 13:855. [PMID: 37754089 PMCID: PMC10526794 DOI: 10.3390/bios13090855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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Electrochemical immunosensors have shown great potential in clinical diagnosis, food safety, environmental protection, and other fields. The feasible and innovative combination of enzyme catalysis and other signal-amplified elements has yielded exciting progress in the development of electrochemical immunosensors. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is one of the most popularly used enzyme reporters in bioassays. It has been widely utilized to design electrochemical immunosensors owing to its significant advantages (e.g., high catalytic activity, high turnover number, and excellent substrate specificity). In this work, we summarized the achievements of electrochemical immunosensors with ALP as the signal reporter. We mainly focused on detection principles and signal amplification strategies and briefly discussed the challenges regarding how to further improve the performance of ALP-based immunoassays.
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- Changdong Chen
- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 476000, China
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 476000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455000, China
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 476000, China
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Li C, Wu G, Fan X, Guo S, Qin Y, Hu Y, Ruan L. Directed evolution of glyphosate oxidase and a chemiluminescence system for glyphosate detection: A comprehensive practical laboratory experiment on biotechnology. BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EDUCATION : A BIMONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 51:302-311. [PMID: 36971149 DOI: 10.1002/bmb.21721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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This article describes a comprehensive practical laboratory method for developing an enzyme to more easily measure glyphosate levels in solution. Through this article, undergraduate students of biology majors can conduct research experiments in critical fields by utilizing various techniques, such as chemiluminescence (CL) biosensors with engineered enzymes and are guided in molecular biology laboratories. A glyphosate oxidase mutant library was constructed by DNA shuffling, and a glyphosate oxidase variant with increased glyphosate degradation activity was selected by using a high-throughput screening assay. Following protein overexpression in Escherichia coli (DE3) and purification by affinity chromatography, the glyphosate oxidase variant protein combined with luminol-H2 O2 reaction was constructed as a new CL biosensor for detecting glyphosate in soils.
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- Chanjuan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Wuhan Institute of Design and Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Nandhakumar P, Bhatia A, Lee NS, Yoon YH, Yang H. Rapid nanocatalytic reaction using antibody-conjugated gold nanoparticles for simple and sensitive detection of parathyroid hormone. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 241:124574. [PMID: 37100334 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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Biomolecule-conjugated metal nanoparticles (NPs) have been primarily used as colorimetric labels in affinity-based bioassays for point-of-care testing. A facile electrochemical detection scheme using a rapid nanocatalytic reaction of a metal NP label is required to achieve more quantitative and sensitive point-of-care testing. Moreover, all the involved components should be stable in their dried form and solution. This study developed a stable component set that allows for rapid and simple nanocatalytic reactions combined with electrochemical detection and applied it for the sensitive detection of parathyroid hormone (PTH). The component set consists of an indium-tin oxide (ITO) electrode, ferrocenemethanol (FcMeOH), antibody-conjugated Au NPs, and ammonia borane (AB). Despite being a strong reducing agent, AB is selected because it is stable in its dried form and solution. The slow direct reaction between FcMeOH+ and AB provides a low electrochemical background, and the rapid nanocatalytic reaction allows for a high electrochemical signal. Under optimal conditions, PTH could be quantified in a wide range of concentrations in artificial serum, with a detection limit of ~0.5 pg/mL. Clinical validation of the developed PTH immunosensor using real serum samples indicates that this novel electrochemical detection scheme is promising for quantitative and sensitive immunoassays for point-of-care testing.
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- Ponnusamy Nandhakumar
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- EONE Laboratories, Incheon 22014, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea.
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Acar M, Abul N, Yildiz S, Taskesenligil ED, Gerni S, Unver Y, Kalin R, Ozdemir H. Affinity-based and in a single step purification of recombinant horseradish peroxidase A2A isoenzyme produced by Pichia pastoris. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2023; 46:523-534. [PMID: 36527454 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-022-02837-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) is an oxidoreductase enzyme and oxidizes various inorganic and organic compounds. It has wide application areas such as immunological tests, probe-based test techniques, removal of phenolic pollutants from wastewater and organic synthesis. HRP is found in the root of the horseradish plant as a mixture of different isoenzymes, and it is very difficult to separate these enzymes from each other. In this regard, recombinant production is a very advantageous method in terms of producing the desired isoenzyme. This study was performed to produce HRP A2A isoenzyme extracellularly in Pichia pastoris and to purify this enzyme in a single step using a 3-amino-4-chloro benzohydrazide affinity column. First, codon-optimized HRP A2A gene was amplified and inserted into pPICZαC. So, obtained pPICZαC-HRPA2A was cloned in E. coli cells. Then, P. pastoris X-33 cells were transformed with linearized recombinant DNA and a yeast clone was cultivated for extracellular recombinant HRP A2A (rHRP A2A) enzyme production. Then, the purification of this enzyme was performed in a single step by affinity chromatography. The molecular mass of purified rHRP A2A enzyme was found to be about 40 kDa. According to characterization studies of the purified enzyme, the optimum pH and ionic strength for the rHRP A2A isoenzyme were determined to be 6.0 and 0.04 M, respectively, and o-dianisidine had the highest specificity with the lowest Km and Vmax values. Thus, this is an economical procedure to purify HRP A2A isoenzyme without time-consuming and laborious isolation from an isoenzyme mixture.
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- Melek Acar
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Science, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
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Prayikaputri PU, Park S, Kim S, Yoon YH, Kim S, Yang H. Sensitive electrochemical immunosensor via amide hydrolysis by DT-diaphorase combined with five redox-cycling reactions. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 224:115058. [PMID: 36630744 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.115058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Amide hydrolysis using enzyme labels, such as proteases, occurs at a slower rate than phosphoester and carboxyl ester hydrolysis. Thus, it is not very useful for obtaining high signal amplification in biosensors. However, amide hydrolysis is less sensitive to nonenzymatic spontaneous hydrolysis, allowing for lower background levels. Herein, we report that amide hydrolysis by DT-diaphorase (DT-D) occurs rapidly and that its combination with five redox-cycling reactions allows for the development of a highly sensitive electrochemical immunosensor. DT-D rapidly generates ortho-aminohydroxy-naphthalene (oAN) from its amide substrate via amide hydrolysis, which not even trypsin, a highly catalytic protease, can achieve. NADH, which is required for amide hydrolysis, advantageously acts as a reducing agent for rapid electrooxidation-based redox-cycling reactions. In the presence of oAN, DT-D, and NADH, two redox-cycling reactions rapidly occur. In the additional presence of an electron mediator, Ru(NH3)63+ [Ru(III)], three more redox-cycling reactions occur because Ru(III) reacts rapidly with oAN and DT-D. Although the O2-related redox-cycling reactions and redox reaction decrease electrochemical signals, this signal-decreasing effect is not significant in air-saturated solutions. The slow electrooxidation of NADH at an indium tin oxide electrode and sluggish reaction between NADH and Ru(III) allow for low electrochemical backgrounds. When the developed signal amplification scheme is tested for the sandwich-type electrochemical detection of parathyroid hormone (PTH), a detection limit of ∼1 pg/mL is obtained. The detection method is highly sensitive and can accurately measure PTH in serum samples.
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- Putu Udiyani Prayikaputri
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea.
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Dotan T, Jog A, Kadan-Jamal K, Avni A, Shacham-Diamand Y. In Vivo Plant Bio-Electrochemical Sensor Using Redox Cycling. BIOSENSORS 2023; 13:219. [PMID: 36831984 PMCID: PMC9953906 DOI: 10.3390/bios13020219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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This work presents an in vivo stem-mounted sensor for Nicotiana tabacum plants and an in situ cell suspension sensor for Solanum lycopersicum cells. Stem-mounted sensors are mechanically stable and less sensitive to plant and air movements than the previously demonstrated leaf-mounted sensors. Interdigitated-electrode-arrays with a dual working electrode configuration were used with an auxiliary electrode and an Ag/AgCl quasi-reference electrode. Signal amplification by redox cycling is demonstrated for a plant-based sensor responding to enzyme expression induced by different cues in the plants. Functional biosensing is demonstrated, first for constitutive enzyme expression and later, for heat-shock-induced enzyme expression in plants. In the cell suspension with redox cycling, positive detection of the enzyme β-glucuronidase (GUS) was observed within a few minutes after applying the substrate (pNPG, 4-Nitrophenyl β-D-glucopyranoside), following redox reactions of the product (p-nitrophenol (pNP)). It is assumed that the initial reaction is the irreversible reduction of pNP to p-hydroxylaminophenol. Next, it can be either oxidized to p-nitrosophenol or dehydrated and oxidized to aminophenol. Both last reactions are reversible and can be used for redox cycling. The dual-electrode redox-cycling electrochemical signal was an order of magnitude larger than that of conventional single-working electrode transducers. A simple model for the gain is presented, predicting that an even larger gain is possible for sub-micron electrodes. In summary, this work demonstrates, for the first time, a redox cycling-based in vivo plant sensor, where diffusion-based amplification occurs inside a tobacco plant's tissue. The technique can be applied to other plants as well as to medical and environmental monitoring systems.
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- Tali Dotan
- Department of Physical Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Physical Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Physical Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Physical Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
- TAU/TiET Food Security Center of Excellence (TTFSCoE), Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147004, India
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Azam T, Bukhari SH, Liaqat U, Miran W. Emerging Methods in Biosensing of Immunoglobin G-A Review. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:676. [PMID: 36679468 PMCID: PMC9862834 DOI: 10.3390/s23020676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Revised: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Human antibodies are produced due to the activation of immune system components upon exposure to an external agent or antigen. Human antibody G, or immunoglobin G (IgG), accounts for 75% of total serum antibody content. IgG controls several infections by eradicating disease-causing pathogens from the body through complementary interactions with toxins. Additionally, IgG is an important diagnostic tool for certain pathological conditions, such as autoimmune hepatitis, hepatitis B virus (HBV), chickenpox and MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella), and coronavirus-induced disease 19 (COVID-19). As an important biomarker, IgG has sparked interest in conducting research to produce robust, sensitive, selective, and economical biosensors for its detection. To date, researchers have used different strategies and explored various materials from macro- to nanoscale to be used in IgG biosensing. In this review, emerging biosensors for IgG detection have been reviewed along with their detection limits, especially electrochemical biosensors that, when coupled with nanomaterials, can help to achieve the characteristics of a reliable IgG biosensor. Furthermore, this review can assist scientists in developing strategies for future research not only for IgG biosensors but also for the development of other biosensing systems for diverse targets.
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- Tehmina Azam
- School of Chemical and Materials Engineering (SCME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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- College of Computational Sciences and Natural Sciences, Minerva University, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
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- School of Chemical and Materials Engineering (SCME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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- School of Chemical and Materials Engineering (SCME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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Erkmen C, Tığ GA, Uslu B. Nanomaterial-based sandwich-type electrochemical aptasensor platform for sensitive voltammetric determination of leptin. Mikrochim Acta 2022; 189:396. [PMID: 36173490 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-022-05487-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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A sandwich-type electrochemical aptasensor was designed for sensitive detection of leptin in biological samples, including human serum and human plasma. The developed aptasensor was produced by electrodeposition of gold nanoparticles on a screen-printed electrode modified with zinc oxide nanoparticles. The synergy effect of zinc oxide and gold nanoparticles improved the electrocatalytic activity of the aptasensor. The obtained high surface area allowed more aptamer molecules to be loaded on the electrode surface. Signal amplification significantly increases the detection sensitivity of a developed biosensor. Although the use of nanomaterials is the most preferred detection tool for this purpose, as an alternative, enzyme-catalyzed signal amplification is widely used in the construction of a biosensor due to its specificity and high catalytic efficiency. Therefore, both nanomaterial-supported and an alkaline phosphatase-based aptasensor design were developed, which can produce in situ electroactive product by enzymatic hydrolysis of the inactive substrate to achieve a higher signal-to-background ratio. Under optimal conditions, the developed aptasensor exhibited a wide linear concentration range from 0.01 pg mL-1 to 100.0 pg mL-1 with a detection limit of 0.0035 pg mL-1. While the developed aptasensor provided excellent selectivity in the presence of some interfering compounds, it possessed outstanding reproducibility and stability. In addition, the developed aptasensor has been applied with good recoveries in the range 96.31 to 108.79% in human serum and plasma samples. In conclusion, all the obtained results showed the feasibility of the developed aptasensor for practical applications.
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- Cem Erkmen
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, 06560, Ankara, Turkey.,The Graduate School of Health Sciences, Ankara University, 06110, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, 06560, Ankara, Turkey.
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Park S, Lee H, Yang H. Sensitive Affinity-Based Biosensor Using the Autocatalytic Activation of Trypsinogen Mutant by Trypsin with Low Self-activation. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2022; 5:4516-4522. [PMID: 35972302 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c00594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Self-propagating autocatalytic reactions of proteases that can provide high signal amplification have not been applied to affinity-based biosensors owing to the limited number of fast autocatalytic proteolytic reactions available and the self-activation of protease proenzymes. Here, we report that a self-propagating autocatalytic reaction based on the autocatalytic activation of the trypsinogen mutant by trypsin facilitates high signal amplification and a low background level, resulting in a low detection limit for prostate-specific antigen (PSA). A commercially available trypsinogen mutant minimizes the self-activation of trypsinogen by trypsinogen. Trypsin, which is used as a catalytic label in a sandwich-type immunosensor, converts the trypsinogen mutant into trypsin; the generated trypsin then further converts the trypsinogen mutant into trypsin. The autocatalytically produced trypsin proteolytically cleaves the peptide bond of a trypsin substrate, resulting in the liberation of electrochemically active 4-aminophenol (AP). The electrochemical oxidation of AP at a modified indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode induces electrochemical-chemical redox cycling involving the ITO electrode, AP, and a reductant. The triple combination of autocatalytic activation, proteolytic cleavage, and redox cycling results in a high electrochemical signal level. The detection limit for PSA obtained using a trypsin label and trypsinogen (∼7 pg/mL) is lower than that obtained using a trypsin label alone (∼100 pg/mL). This study demonstrated that autocatalytically activating a proenzyme is a very useful method for highly amplifying signals.
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- Seonhwa Park
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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Shaban SM, Byeok Jo S, Hafez E, Ho Cho J, Kim DH. A comprehensive overview on alkaline phosphatase targeting and reporting assays. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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An Enzyme-Free Photoelectrochemical Sensor Platform for Ascorbic Acid Detection in Human Urine. CHEMOSENSORS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors10070268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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A novel enzyme-free photoelectrochemical (PEC) potential measurement system based on Dy-OSCN was designed for ascorbic acid (AA) detection. The separation and transmission of internal carriers were accelerated and the chemical properties became more stable under light excitation due to the regular microstructure of the prepared Dy-OSCN monocrystal. More importantly, the PEC potential method (OCPT, open circuit potential-time) used in this work was conducive to the reduction of photoelectric corrosion and less interference introduced during the detection process, which effectively ensured the repeatability and stability of the electrode. Under optimal conditions, the monocrystal successfully served as a matrix for the detection of AA, and the prepared PEC sensor exhibited a wide linear range from 7.94 × 10−6 mol/L to 1.113 × 10−2 mol/L and a sensitive detection limit of 3.35 μM. Practical human urine sample analysis further revealed the accuracy and feasibility of the Dy-OSCN-based PEC platform. It is expected that such a PEC sensor would provide a new way for rapid and non-invasive AA level assessment in human body constitution monitoring and lays a foundation for the further development of practical products.
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Ibrahim H, Yin S, Moru S, Zhu Y, Castellano MJ, Dong L. In Planta Nitrate Sensor Using a Photosensitive Epoxy Bioresin. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:25949-25961. [PMID: 35638646 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c01988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Nitrogen management through monitoring of crop nitrate status can improve agricultural productivity, profitability, and environmental performance. Current plant nitrate test methods require expensive instruments, time-intensive labor, and trained personnel. Frequent monitoring of in planta nitrate levels of the stalks in living plants can help to better understand the nitrogen cycle and the physiological responses to environmental variations. Although existing enzymatic electrochemical sensors provide high selectivity, they suffer from short shelf life, high cost, low-temperature storage requirement, and potential degradation over time. To overcome these issues, an artificial enzyme (vitamin B12 or VB12) and a two-dimensional material (graphene oxide or GO) are introduced into a conventional photoresist (SU8) to form a bioresin SU8-GO-VB12 that can be patterned with photolithography and laser-pyrolyzed into a carbon-based nanocomposite C-GO-VB12. The electrocatalytic activity of the cobalt factor in VB12, the surface enhancement properties of GO, and the porous feature of pyrolytic carbon are synergized through design to provide C-GO-VB12 with a superior ability to detect nitrate ions through redox reactions. In addition, laser writing-based selective pyrolysis allows applying thermal energy to target only SU8-GO-VB12 for selective pyrolysis of the bioresin into C-GO-VB12, thus reducing the total energy input and avoiding the thermal influence on the materials and structures in other areas of the substrate. The C-GO-VB12 nitrate sensor demonstrates a year-long shelf lifetime, high selectivity, and a wide dynamic range that enables a direct nitrate test for the extracted sap of maize stalk. For in situ monitoring of the nitrate level and dynamic changes in living maize plants, a microelectromechanical system-based needle sensor is formed with C-GO-VB12. The needle sensor allows direct insertion into the plant for in situ measurement of nitrate ions under different growth environments over time. The needle sensor represents a new method for monitoring in planta nitrate dynamics with no need for sample preparation, thus making a significant impact in plant sciences.
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- Hussam Ibrahim
- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Agronomy Department, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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Mphuthi N, Sikhwivhilu L, Ray SS. Functionalization of 2D MoS 2 Nanosheets with Various Metal and Metal Oxide Nanostructures: Their Properties and Application in Electrochemical Sensors. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:bios12060386. [PMID: 35735534 PMCID: PMC9220812 DOI: 10.3390/bios12060386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/29/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D TMDs) have gained considerable attention due to their distinctive properties and broad range of possible applications. One of the most widely studied transition metal dichalcogenides is molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). The 2D MoS2 nanosheets have unique and complementary properties to those of graphene, rendering them ideal electrode materials that could potentially lead to significant benefits in many electrochemical applications. These properties include tunable bandgaps, large surface areas, relatively high electron mobilities, and good optical and catalytic characteristics. Although the use of 2D MoS2 nanosheets offers several advantages and excellent properties, surface functionalization of 2D MoS2 is a potential route for further enhancing their properties and adding extra functionalities to the surface of the fabricated sensor. The functionalization of the material with various metal and metal oxide nanostructures has a significant impact on its overall electrochemical performance, improving various sensing parameters, such as selectivity, sensitivity, and stability. In this review, different methods of preparing 2D-layered MoS2 nanomaterials, followed by different surface functionalization methods of these nanomaterials, are explored and discussed. Finally, the structure-properties relationship and electrochemical sensor applications over the last ten years are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the performance of 2D MoS2 with respect to the performance of electrochemical sensors, thereby giving new insights into this unique material and providing a foundation for researchers of different disciplines who are interested in advancing the development of MoS2-based sensors.
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- Ntsoaki Mphuthi
- DSI-Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Randburg 2125, South Africa;
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
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- DSI-Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Randburg 2125, South Africa;
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture, University of Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
- Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific Industrial Research, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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Chozinski T, Ferguson BS, Fisher W, Ge S, Gong Q, Kang H, McDermott J, Scott A, Shi W, Trausch JJ, Verch T, Vukovich M, Wang J, Wu JE, Yang Q. Development of an Aptamer-Based Electrochemical Microfluidic Device for Viral Vaccine Quantitation. Anal Chem 2022; 94:6146-6155. [PMID: 35410467 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Global deployment of vaccines poses significant challenges in the distribution and use of the accompanying immunoassays, one of the standard methods for quality control of vaccines, particularly when establishing assays in countries worldwide to support testing/release upon importation. This work describes our effort toward developing an integrated, portable device to carry out affinity assays for viral particles quantification in viral vaccines by incorporating (i) aptamers, (ii) microfluidic devices, and (iii) electrochemical detection. We generated and characterized more than eight aptamers against multiple membrane proteins of cytomegalovirus (CMV), which we used as a model system and designed and fabricated electrochemical microfluidic devices to measure CMV concentrations in a candidate vaccine under development. The aptamer-based assays provided a half maximal effective concentration, EC50, of 12 U/mL, comparable to that of an ELISA using a pair of antibodies (EC50 60 U/mL). The device measured relative CMV concentrations accurately (within ±10% bias) and precisely (11%, percent relative standard deviation). This work represents the critical first steps toward developing simple, affordable, and robust affinity assays for global deployment without the need for sensitive equipment and extensive analyst training.
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- Tyler Chozinski
- Aptitude Medical Systems, 125 Cremona Drive, Suite 100, Goleta, California 93117, United States
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- Aptitude Medical Systems, 125 Cremona Drive, Suite 100, Goleta, California 93117, United States
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- Aptitude Medical Systems, 125 Cremona Drive, Suite 100, Goleta, California 93117, United States
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States
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- Aptitude Medical Systems, 125 Cremona Drive, Suite 100, Goleta, California 93117, United States
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- Aptitude Medical Systems, 125 Cremona Drive, Suite 100, Goleta, California 93117, United States
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- Aptitude Medical Systems, 125 Cremona Drive, Suite 100, Goleta, California 93117, United States
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- Aptitude Medical Systems, 125 Cremona Drive, Suite 100, Goleta, California 93117, United States
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- Aptitude Medical Systems, 125 Cremona Drive, Suite 100, Goleta, California 93117, United States
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States
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- Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States
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- Aptitude Medical Systems, 125 Cremona Drive, Suite 100, Goleta, California 93117, United States
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- Aptitude Medical Systems, 125 Cremona Drive, Suite 100, Goleta, California 93117, United States
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- Aptitude Medical Systems, 125 Cremona Drive, Suite 100, Goleta, California 93117, United States
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- Aptitude Medical Systems, 125 Cremona Drive, Suite 100, Goleta, California 93117, United States
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Shamagsumova RV, Vasyk AV, Shurpik DN, Evtugin VG, Stoikov II, Evtugin GA. An Acetylcholinesterase Sensor Based on a Pillar[6]arene–Silver Nanoparticle Composite for the Determination of Drugs for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061934822040128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Park S, Kwak DE, Haque AMJ, Lee NS, Yoon YH, Yang H. Phenolic Tyrosinase Substrate with a Formal Potential Lower than That of Phenol to Obtain a Sensitive Electrochemical Immunosensor. ACS Sens 2022; 7:790-796. [PMID: 35195397 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c02346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The high and selective catalytic activities of tyrosinase (Tyr) have frequently led to its application in sensitive biosensors. However, in affinity-based biosensors, the use of Tyr as a catalytic label is less common compared to horseradish peroxidase and alkaline phosphatase owing to the fact that phenolic Tyr substrates have yet to be investigated in detail. Herein, four phenolic compounds that have lower formal potentials than phenol were examined for their applicability as Tyr substrates, and three reducing agents were examined as potential strong reducing agents for electrochemical-chemical (EC) redox cycling involving an electrode, a Tyr product, and a reducing agent. The combination of 4-methoxyphenol (MP) and ammonia-borane (AB) allows for (i) a high electrochemical signal level owing to rapid EC redox cycling and (ii) a low electrochemical background level owing to the slow oxidation of AB at a low applied potential and no reaction between MP and AB. When this combination was applied to an electrochemical immunosensor for parathyroid hormone (PTH) detection, a detection limit of 2 pg/mL was obtained. This detection limit is significantly lower than that obtained when a combination of phenol and AB was employed (300 pg/mL). It was also found that the developed immunosensor works well in PTH detection in clinical serum samples. This new phenolic substrate could therefore pave the way for Tyr to be more commonly used as a catalytic label in affinity-based biosensors.
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- Seonhwa Park
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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Park S, Park K, Cho H, Kwon J, Kim KS, Yang H. Wash-Free Amperometric Escherichia coli Detection via Rapid and Specific Proteolytic Cleavage by Its Outer Membrane OmpT. Anal Chem 2022; 94:4756-4762. [PMID: 35143182 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Various methods have been developed for the detection of Escherichia coli (E. coli); however, they are complex and time-consuming. OmpT─a cell membrane endopeptidase of E. coli─strongly embedded in the outer membrane of only E. coli, exposed to external solutions, with high proteolytic activity, could be a suitable target molecule for the rapid and straightforward detection of E. coli. Herein, a wash-free, sensitive, and selective amperometric method for E. coli detection, based on rapid and specific proteolytic cleavage by OmpT, has been reported. The method involved (i) rapid proteolytic cleavage of consecutive amino acids, after cleavage by OmpT, linked to an electrochemical species (4-aminophenol, AP), by leucine aminopeptidase (LAP, an exopeptidase), (ii) affinity binding of E. coli on an electrode, and (iii) electrochemical-enzymatic (EN) redox cycling. OmpT cleaved the intermediate peptide bond of a peptide substrate containing alanine-arginine-arginine-leucine-AP (-A-R-R-L-AP), forming R-L-AP, followed by the cleavage of two peptide bonds of R-L-AP sequentially by LAP, to liberate an electroactive AP. Affinity binding and EN redox cycling, in addition to rapid proteolytic cleavage by OmpT and LAP, enabled high electrochemical signal amplification. Two-sequential-cleavage was employed for the first time in protease-based detection. The calculated detection limit for E. coli cells in tap water (approximately 103 CFU/mL after 1 h incubation) was lower than those obtained without affinity binding and EN redox cycling. The detection method was highly selective to E. coli as OmpT is present in only E. coli. High sensitivity, selectivity, and the absence of wash steps make the developed detection method practically promising.
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- Seonhwa Park
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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Krämer J, Kang R, Grimm LM, De Cola L, Picchetti P, Biedermann F. Molecular Probes, Chemosensors, and Nanosensors for Optical Detection of Biorelevant Molecules and Ions in Aqueous Media and Biofluids. Chem Rev 2022; 122:3459-3636. [PMID: 34995461 PMCID: PMC8832467 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Synthetic molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors used in combination with innovative assay protocols hold great potential for the development of robust, low-cost, and fast-responding sensors that are applicable in biofluids (urine, blood, and saliva). Particularly, the development of sensors for metabolites, neurotransmitters, drugs, and inorganic ions is highly desirable due to a lack of suitable biosensors. In addition, the monitoring and analysis of metabolic and signaling networks in cells and organisms by optical probes and chemosensors is becoming increasingly important in molecular biology and medicine. Thus, new perspectives for personalized diagnostics, theranostics, and biochemical/medical research will be unlocked when standing limitations of artificial binders and receptors are overcome. In this review, we survey synthetic sensing systems that have promising (future) application potential for the detection of small molecules, cations, and anions in aqueous media and biofluids. Special attention was given to sensing systems that provide a readily measurable optical signal through dynamic covalent chemistry, supramolecular host-guest interactions, or nanoparticles featuring plasmonic effects. This review shall also enable the reader to evaluate the current performance of molecular probes, chemosensors, and nanosensors in terms of sensitivity and selectivity with respect to practical requirement, and thereby inspiring new ideas for the development of further advanced systems.
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- Joana Krämer
- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Dipartimento
DISFARM, University of Milano, via Camillo Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
- Department
of Molecular Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Instituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, IRCCS, 20156 Milano, Italy
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- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- P.P.: email,
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- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- F.B.: email,
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Nandhakumar P, Lee W, Nam S, Bhatia A, Seo J, Kim G, Lee N, Yoon YH, Joo JM, Yang H. Di(Thioether Sulfonate)-Substituted Quinolinedione as a Rapidly Dissoluble and Stable Electron Mediator and Its Application in Sensitive Biosensors. Adv Healthc Mater 2022; 11:e2101819. [PMID: 34706164 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202101819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The commonly required properties of diffusive electron mediators for point-of-care testing are rapid dissolubility, high stability, and moderate formal potential in aqueous solutions. Inspired by nature, various quinone-containing electron mediators have been developed; however, satisfying all these requirements remains a challenge. Herein, a strategic design toward quinones incorporating sulfonated thioether and nitrogen-containing heteroarene moieties as solubilizing, stabilizing, and formal potential-modulating groups is reported. A systematic investigation reveals that di(thioether sulfonate)-substituted quinoline-1,4-dione (QLS) and quinoxaline-1,4-dione (QXS) display water solubilities of ≈1 m and are rapidly dissoluble. By finely balancing the electron-donating effect of the thioethers and the electron-withdrawing effect of the nitrogen atom, formal potentials suitable for electrochemical biosensors are achieved with QLS and QXS (-0.15 and -0.09 V vs Ag/AgCl, respectively, at pH 7.4). QLS is stable for >1 d in PBS (pH 7.4) and for 1 h in tris buffer (pH 9.0), which is sufficient for point-of-care testing. Furthermore, QLS, with its high electron mediation ability, is successfully used in biosensors for sensitive detection of glucose and parathyroid hormone, demonstrating detection limits of ≈0.3 × 10-3 m and ≈2 pg mL-1 , respectively. This strategy produces organic electron mediators exhibiting rapid dissolution and high stability, and will find broad application beyond quinone-based biosensors.
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- Ponnusamy Nandhakumar
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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Grabowska I, Hepel M, Kurzątkowska-Adaszyńska K. Advances in Design Strategies of Multiplex Electrochemical Aptasensors. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 22:s22010161. [PMID: 35009703 PMCID: PMC8749765 DOI: 10.3390/s22010161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In recent years, the need for simple, fast, and economical detection of food and environmental contaminants, and the necessity to monitor biomarkers of different diseases have considerably accelerated the development of biosensor technology. However, designing biosensors capable of simultaneous determination of two or more analytes in a single measurement, for example on a single working electrode in single solution, is still a great challenge. On the other hand, such analysis offers many advantages compared to single analyte tests, such as cost per test, labor, throughput, and convenience. Because of the high sensitivity and scalability of the electrochemical detection systems on the one hand and the specificity of aptamers on the other, the electrochemical aptasensors are considered to be highly effective devices for simultaneous detection of multiple-target analytes. In this review, we describe and evaluate multi-label approaches based on (1) metal quantum dots and metal ions, (2) redox labels, and (3) enzyme labels. We focus on recently developed strategies for multiplex sensing using electrochemical aptasensors. Furthermore, we emphasize the use of different nanomaterials in the construction of these aptasensors. Based on examples from the existing literature, we highlight recent applications of multiplexed detection platforms in clinical diagnostics, food control, and environmental monitoring. Finally, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the aptasensors developed so far, and debate possible challenges and prospects.
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- Iwona Grabowska
- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Tuwima 10, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland
- Correspondence: (I.G.); (K.K.-A.); Tel.: +48-89-523-46-54 (I.G. & K.K.-A.)
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY 13676, USA;
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- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Tuwima 10, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland
- Correspondence: (I.G.); (K.K.-A.); Tel.: +48-89-523-46-54 (I.G. & K.K.-A.)
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Luka GS, Nowak E, Toyata QR, Tasnim N, Najjaran H, Hoorfar M. Portable on-chip colorimetric biosensing platform integrated with a smartphone for label/PCR-free detection of Cryptosporidium RNA. Sci Rep 2021; 11:23192. [PMID: 34853388 PMCID: PMC8636559 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02580-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cryptosporidium, a protozoan pathogen, is a leading threat to public health and the economy. Herein, we report the development of a portable, colorimetric biosensing platform for the sensitive, selective and label/PCR-free detection of Cryptosporidium RNA using oligonucleotides modified gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). A pair of specific thiolated oligonucleotides, complementary to adjacent sequences on Cryptosporidium RNA, were attached to AuNPs. The need for expensive laboratory-based equipment was eliminated by performing the colorimetric assay on a micro-fabricated chip in a 3D-printed holder assembly. A smartphone camera was used to capture an image of the color change for quantitative analysis. The detection was based on the aggregation of the gold nanoparticles due to the hybridization between the complementary Cryptosporidium RNA and the oligonucleotides immobilized on the AuNPs surface. In the complementary RNA's presence, a distinctive color change of the AuNPs (from red to blue) was observed by the naked eye. However, in the presence of non-complementary RNA, no color change was observed. The sensing platform showed wide linear responses between 5 and 100 µM with a low detection limit of 5 µM of Cryptosporidium RNA. Additionally, the sensor developed here can provide information about different Cryptosporidium species present in water resources. This cost-effective, easy-to-use, portable and smartphone integrated on-chip colorimetric biosensor has great potential to be used for real-time and portable POC pathogen monitoring and molecular diagnostics.
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- George S Luka
- School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada.
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Crapnell RD, Banks CE. Electroanalytical overview: utilising micro- and nano-dimensional sized materials in electrochemical-based biosensing platforms. Mikrochim Acta 2021; 188:268. [PMID: 34296349 PMCID: PMC8298255 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-021-04913-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Research into electrochemical biosensors represents a significant portion of the large interdisciplinary field of biosensing. The drive to develop reliable, sensitive, and selective biosensing platforms for key environmental and medical biomarkers is ever expanding due to the current climate. This push for the detection of vital biomarkers at lower concentrations, with increased reliability, has necessitated the utilisation of micro- and nano-dimensional materials. There is a wide variety of nanomaterials available for exploration, all having unique sets of properties that help to enhance the performance of biosensors. In recent years, a large portion of research has focussed on combining these different materials to utilise the different properties in one sensor platform. This research has allowed biosensors to reach new levels of sensitivity, but we note that there is room for improvement in the reporting of this field. Numerous examples are published that report improvements in the biosensor performance through the mixing of multiple materials, but there is little discussion presented on why each nanomaterial is chosen and whether they synergise well together to warrant the inherent increase in production time and cost. Research into micro-nano materials is vital for the continued development of improved biosensing platforms, and further exploration into understanding their individual and synergistic properties will continue to push the area forward. It will continue to provide solutions for the global sensing requirements through the development of novel materials with beneficial properties, improved incorporation strategies for the materials, the combination of synergetic materials, and the reduction in cost of production of these nanomaterials.
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- Robert D Crapnell
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK.
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Jiaul Haque A, Kwon J, Kim J, Kim G, Lee N, Ho Yoon Y, Yang H. Sensitive and Low‐background Electrochemical Immunosensor Employing Glucose Dehydrogenase and 1,10‐Phenanthroline‐5,6‐dione. ELECTROANAL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.202100079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Al‐Monsur Jiaul Haque
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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Crapnell RD, Banks CE. Electroanalytical overview: the pungency of chile and chilli products determined via the sensing of capsaicinoids. Analyst 2021; 146:2769-2783. [PMID: 33949422 DOI: 10.1039/d1an00086a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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When you bite into a chile pepper or eat food containing chile (chilli), one might feel heat, or other associated feelings, some good such as the release of endorphins, and some bad. The heat, or pungency, and related feelings from eating chile peppers are the result of their chemical composition, i.e. the concentrations of capsaicinoids. The major components are capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin, which occur in chiles in the ratio of 6 : 4. Other capsaicinoids occur in smaller concentrations and are known as the "minor" capsaicinoids. Wilbur L. Scoville in 1912 created an organoleptic test, now known as the Scoville scale, which asked a panel of tasters to state when an increasingly dilute solution of the chile pepper in alcohol no longer burned the mouth. Following the Scoville scale, a plethora of analytical techniques later followed. In this overview, we explore the endeavours directed to the development of electrochemical-based sensors for the determination of capsaicin and related compounds, starting from their use in hyphenated laboratory set-ups to their modern use as stand-alone electroanalytical sensors. The latter have the advantage of providing a rapid and sensitive methodology that has the potential to be translated in the field; future trends and issues to be overcome are consequently suggested.
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- Robert D Crapnell
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, UK.
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, UK.
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Kaur J, Srivastava R, Borse V. Recent advances in point-of-care diagnostics for oral cancer. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 178:112995. [PMID: 33515983 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.112995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Early-stage diagnosis is a crucial step in reducing the mortality rate in oral cancer cases. Point-of-care (POC) devices for oral cancer diagnosis hold great future potential in improving the survival rates as well as the quality of life of oral cancer patients. The conventional oral examination followed by needle biopsy and histopathological analysis have limited diagnostic accuracy. Besides, it involves patient discomfort and is not feasible in resource-limited settings. POC detection of biomarkers and diagnostic adjuncts has emerged as non- or minimally invasive tools for the diagnosis of oral cancer at an early stage. Various biosensors have been developed for the rapid detection of oral cancer biomarkers at the point-of-care. Several optical imaging methods have also been employed as adjuncts to detect alterations in oral tissue indicative of malignancy. This review summarizes the different POC platforms developed for the detection of oral cancer biomarkers, along with various POC imaging and cytological adjuncts that aid in oral cancer diagnosis, especially in low resource settings. Various immunosensors and nucleic acid biosensors developed to detect oral cancer biomarkers are summarized with examples. The different imaging methods used to detect oral tissue malignancy are also discussed herein. Additionally, the currently available commercial devices used as adjuncts in the POC detection of oral cancer are emphasized along with their characteristics. Finally, we discuss the limitations and challenges that persist in translating the developed POC techniques in the clinical settings for oral cancer diagnosis, along with future perspectives.
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- Jasmeen Kaur
- NanoBios Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- NanoBios Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- NanoBioSens Laboratory, Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India.
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Park S, Shin J, Kwon J, Lee W, Kim J, Kim G, Joo JM, Yang H. Interference-Free Duplex Detection of Total and Active Enzyme Concentrations at a Single Working Electrode. ACS Sens 2021; 6:1305-1311. [PMID: 33491444 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c02597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The duplex detection of both total and active enzyme concentrations without interferences at a single working electrode is challenging, especially when two different assays are combined. It is also challenging to obtain two different redox-cycling reactions without interference. Here, we present a simple but sensitive combined assay that is based on two redox-cycling reactions using two incubation periods and applied potentials at a single electrode. The assay combines an immunoassay for the determination of the total enzyme (total prostate-specific antigen, tPSA) concentration with a protease assay for the determination of the active enzyme (free PSA, fPSA) concentration. The immunoassay label and fPSA that are affinity-bound to the electrode are used for high sensitivity and specificity in the protease assay as well as the immunoassay. In the immunoassay, electrochemical-enzymatic (EN) redox cycling involving ferrocenemethanol is obtained at 0.1 V versus Ag/AgCl without incubation before the proteolytically released 4-amino-1-naphthol is generated. In the protease assay, EN redox cycling involving 4-amino-1-naphthol is obtained at 0.0 V after 30 min of incubation without ferrocenemethanol electro-oxidation. The detection procedure is almost the same as common electrochemical sandwich-type immunoassays, although the two different assays are combined. The duplex detection in buffer and serum is highly interference-free, specific, and sensitive. The detection limits for tPSA and fPSA are approximately 10 and 1 pg/mL, respectively.
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- Seonhwa Park
- Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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Nadar SS, Patil PD, Tiwari MS, Ahirrao DJ. Enzyme embedded microfluidic paper-based analytic device (μPAD): a comprehensive review. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2021; 41:1046-1080. [PMID: 33730940 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2021.1898327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Low-cost paper-based analytical devices are the latest generation of portable lab-on-chip designs that offers an innovative platform for the on/off-site analysis (biosensing) of target analytes, especially in rural and remote areas. Recently, microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) have attained significant recognition owing to their exciting fundamental features such as: ease of fabrication, rapid operation, and precise interpretations. The incorporation of enzymes with paper-based analytical devices significantly improves analytical performance while exhibiting excellent chemical and storage stability. In addition to that, these devices are highly compact, portable, easy-to-use, and do not require any additional sophisticated equipment for the detection and quantification of target analytes. This review provides a holistic insight into design, fabrication, and enzyme immobilization strategies for the development of enzyme-μPADs, which enables them to be widely implemented for in-field analysis. It also highlights the recent application of enzyme-μPADs in the area of: biomedical, food safety, and environmental monitoring while exploring the mechanisms of detection involved. Further, in order to improve the accuracy of analysis, researchers have designed a smartphone-based scanning tool for multi-variant point-of-care devices, which is summarized in the latter part of the review. Finally, the future perspectives and outlook of major challenges associated with enzyme-μPADs are discussed with their possible solutions. The development of enzyme integrated μPADs will open a new avenue as an exceptional analytical tool to explore various applications.HIGHLIGHTSEnzyme embedded paper-based analytical devices are a revolution in the field of biosensing.The design, fabrication, and enzyme immobilization on μPADs have been comprehensively discussed.The application of enzyme-μPADs food safety, environmental monitoring, and clinical diagnostic have been reviewed.Smartphones can be used as an on-site, user-friendly, and compact next-gen scanning tool for biosensing.
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- Shamraja S Nadar
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Basic Science and Humanities, Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering, SVKM's NMIMS University, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering, SVKM's NMIMS University, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Physics, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India
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Ichzan AM, Hwang SH, Cho H, Fang CS, Park S, Kim G, Kim J, Nandhakumar P, Yu B, Jon S, Kim KS, Yang H. Solid-phase recombinase polymerase amplification using an extremely low concentration of a solution primer for sensitive electrochemical detection of hepatitis B viral DNA. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 179:113065. [PMID: 33578116 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.113065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) is considered one of the best amplification methods for realizing a miniaturized diagnostic instrument; however, it is notably challenging to obtain low detection limits in solid-phase RPA. To overcome these difficulties, we combined solid-phase RPA with electrochemical detection and used a new concentration combination of three primers (surface-bound forward primer, solution reverse primer, and an extremely low concentration of solution forward primer). When solid-phase RPA was performed on an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode modified with a surface-bound forward primer in a solution containing a biotin-terminated solution reverse primer, an extremely low concentration of a solution forward primer, and a template DNA or genomic DNA for a target gene of hepatitis B virus (HBV), amplification occurred mainly in solution until all the solution forward primers were consumed. Subsequently, DNA amplicons produced in solution participated in solid-phase amplification involving surface-bound forward primer and solution reverse primer. Afterward, neutravidin-conjugated DT-diaphorase (DT-D) was attached to a biotin-terminated DNA amplicon on the ITO electrode. Finally, chronocoulometric charges were measured using electrochemical-enzymatic redox cycling involving the ITO electrode, 1,4-naphthoquinone, DT-D, and reduced β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. The detection limit for HBV was measured using microfabricated electrodes and was found to be approximately 0.1 fM. This proposed method demonstrated better amplification efficiency for HBV genomic DNA than solid-phase RPA without using additional solution primer and asymmetric solid-phase RPA.
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- Andi Muhammad Ichzan
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea.
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Nandhakumar P, Kim G, Park S, Kim S, Kim S, Park JK, Lee N, Yoon YH, Yang H. Metal Nanozyme with Ester Hydrolysis Activity in the Presence of Ammonia‐Borane and Its Use in a Sensitive Immunosensor. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202009737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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Shin J, Park K, Park S, Yang H. Trypsin Detection Using Electrochemical
Reduction‐based
Redox Cycling. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.12147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Jeonghwa Shin
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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Yan K, Nandhakumar P, Bhatia A, Lee NS, Yoon YH, Yang H. Electrochemical immunoassay based on choline oxidase-peroxidase enzymatic cascade. Biosens Bioelectron 2020; 171:112727. [PMID: 33069956 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 10/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-based electrochemical immunoassays are considered promising techniques for point-of-care clinical diagnostics, but the necessary addition of unstable H2O2 in the enzymatic system may hinder their practical application. Although glucose oxidase (GOx) has been widely explored for in situ generation of H2O2 in HRP-based immunoassay, the GOx-catalyzed reduction of oxidized peroxidase substrate may limit the immunosensing performance. Here, we report a sensitive electrochemical immunosensor based on a choline oxidase (ChOx)-HRP cascade reaction. In this design, ChOx catalyzes the oxidation of choline, during which H2O2 is generated in situ and thus oxidizes acetaminophen (APAP) in the presence of HRP. The electrochemical behavior of APAP in the ChOx-HRP cascade was compared with that of the commonly used GOx-HRP cascade, which confirmed that ChOx could be a superior preceding enzyme for sensitive immunoassay based on the bienzymatic cascade. The developed ChOx-HRP cascade was also further explored for a sandwich-type electrochemical immunoassay of parathyroid hormone in artificial and clinical serum. The calculated detection limit was ~3 pg/mL, indicating that the ChOx-HRP cascade is especially promising for highly sensitive electrochemical immunoassays when APAP is used as the peroxidase substrate.
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- Kai Yan
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, South Korea.
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Boosting electrochemical immunosensing performance by employing acetaminophen as a peroxidase substrate. Biosens Bioelectron 2020; 165:112337. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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An amplification-free method for the detection of HOTAIR long non-coding RNA. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1132:66-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Nandhakumar P, Kim G, Park S, Kim S, Kim S, Park JK, Lee N, Yoon YH, Yang H. Metal Nanozyme with Ester Hydrolysis Activity in the Presence of Ammonia‐Borane and Its Use in a Sensitive Immunosensor. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:22419-22422. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Department of Chemistry Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Pusan National University Busan 46241 Korea
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Printed Electrodes in Microfluidic Arrays for Cancer Biomarker Protein Detection. BIOSENSORS-BASEL 2020; 10:bios10090115. [PMID: 32906644 PMCID: PMC7559629 DOI: 10.3390/bios10090115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Medical diagnostics is trending towards a more personalized future approach in which multiple tests can be digitized into patient records. In cancer diagnostics, patients can be tested for individual protein and genomic biomarkers that detect cancers at very early stages and also be used to monitor cancer progression or remission during therapy. These data can then be incorporated into patient records that could be easily accessed on a cell phone by a health care professional or the patients themselves on demand. Data on protein biomarkers have a large potential to be measured in point-of-care devices, particularly diagnostic panels that could provide a continually updated, personalized record of a disease like cancer. Electrochemical immunoassays have been popular among protein detection methods due to their inherent high sensitivity and ease of coupling with screen-printed and inkjet-printed electrodes. Integrated chips featuring these kinds of electrodes can be built at low cost and designed for ease of automation. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) features are adopted in most of these ultrasensitive detection systems, with microfluidics allowing easy manipulation and good fluid dynamics to deliver reagents and detect the desired proteins. Several of these ultrasensitive systems have detected biomarker panels ranging from four to eight proteins, which in many cases when a specific cancer is suspected may be sufficient. However, a grand challenge lies in engineering microfluidic-printed electrode devices for the simultaneous detection of larger protein panels (e.g., 50-100) that could be used to test for many types of cancers, as well as other diseases for truly personalized care.
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Scalable High-Performance Production of Recombinant Horseradish Peroxidase from E. coli Inclusion Bodies. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21134625. [PMID: 32610584 PMCID: PMC7369975 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21134625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Horseradish peroxidase (HRP), an enzyme omnipresent in biotechnology, is still produced from hairy root cultures, although this procedure is time-consuming and only gives low yields. In addition, the plant-derived enzyme preparation consists of a variable mixture of isoenzymes with high batch-to-batch variation preventing its use in therapeutic applications. In this study, we present a novel and scalable recombinant HRP production process in Escherichia coli that yields a highly pure, active and homogeneous single isoenzyme. We successfully developed a multi-step inclusion body process giving a final yield of 960 mg active HRP/L culture medium with a purity of ≥99% determined by size-exclusion high-performance liquid chromatography (SEC-HPLC). The Reinheitszahl, as well as the activity with 2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS) and 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) as reducing substrates, are comparable to commercially available plant HRP. Thus, our preparation of recombinant, unglycosylated HRP from E. coli is a viable alternative to the enzyme from plant and highly interesting for therapeutic applications.
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Zhao D, Kong Y, Zhao S, Xing H. Engineering Functional DNA–Protein Conjugates for Biosensing, Biomedical, and Nanoassembly Applications. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2020; 378:41. [DOI: 10.1007/s41061-020-00305-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Xu S, Liu Y, Zhao W, Wu Q, Chen Y, Huang X, Sun Z, Zhu Y, Liu X. Hierarchical 0D-2D bio-composite film based on enzyme-loaded polymeric nanoparticles decorating graphene nanosheets as a high-performance bio-sensing platform. Biosens Bioelectron 2020; 156:112134. [PMID: 32275578 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Herein, we developed a hierarchical bio-composite sensing film by facile one-step electro-deposition of 0D enzyme-polymer nanoparticles (NPs) with 2D graphene oxide nanosheets as conductive supports and nanofillers, based on which an effective and robust enzymatic biosensor platform was constructed. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) as a model enzyme was co-assembled with a photo-cross-linkable polypeptide of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate modified poly(γ-glutamic acid) (γ-PGA-HEMA), generating hybrid HRP@γ-PGA-HEMA nanoparticles (HRP@PGH NPs). Then HRP@PGH NPs and graphene oxide nanosheets (GO NSs) were simultaneously electrodeposited onto the electrode surface, obtaining a hierarchical 0D-2D bio-composite film. After subsequent electrochemical reduction of GO NSs into graphene nanosheets (GNSs) and following photo-cross-linking, the resultant nanostructured HRP@PGH/GNSs sensing film was successfully applied to construct an enzymatic biosensor for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The biosensor exerted high sensitivity, fast response, and good stability for H2O2 sensing. Satisfactory results were also demonstrated for its practical application in human serum samples, suggesting a promising application potential in biomedical diagnostics. The one-step generated 0D-2D bio-composite sensing film demonstrates synergetic effects from both the soft nanoparticles and hard conductive nanosheets, which would enlighten the innovative construction of composite nanomaterials and nanoarchitectonics for bio-sensing systems.
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- Sheng Xu
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu Province, PR China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu Province, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu Province, PR China.
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Triroj N, Saensak R, Porntheeraphat S, Paosawatyanyong B, Amornkitbamrung V. Diamond-Like Carbon Thin Film Electrodes for Microfluidic Bioelectrochemical Sensing Platforms. Anal Chem 2020; 92:3650-3657. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Napat Triroj
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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- Thai Microelectronics Center (TMEC), Chachoengsao 24000, Thailand
- National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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Ultrasensitive amperometric immunosensor for the prostate specific antigen by exploiting a Fenton reaction induced by a metal-organic framework nanocomposite of type Au/Fe-MOF with peroxidase mimicking activity. Mikrochim Acta 2020; 187:95. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-4075-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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This review summarizes various radical polymerization chemistries for amplifying biodetection signals and compares them from the practical point of view.
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- Seunghyeon Kim
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Cambridge
- USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Cambridge
- USA
- Program in Polymers and Soft Matter
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Nandhakumar P, Ichzan AM, Lee NS, Yoon YH, Ma S, Kim S, Yang H. Carboxyl Esterase-Like Activity of DT-Diaphorase and Its Use for Signal Amplification. ACS Sens 2019; 4:2966-2973. [PMID: 31647639 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b01448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Carboxyl esterases show limited use as catalytic labels in bioassays because of slow enzymatic reaction. We report that DT-diaphorase from Bacillus stearothermophilus (DT-D, EC 1.6.99.-) shows high carboxyl esterase-like activity in the presence of reduced β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and may be used as a better catalytic label than carboxyl esterases. DT-D is a redox enzyme and can participate in signal-amplifying redox cycling. Thus, an electrochemical immunosensor using a DT-D label allows for triple signal amplification based on (i) hydrolysis of a carboxyl ester, (ii) electrochemical-chemical (EC) redox cycling involving an electrode, a hydrolysis product, and NADH, and (iii) electrochemical-enzymatic (EN) redox cycling involving an electrode, a hydrolysis product, DT-D, and NADH. Ester hydrolysis by DT-D is confirmed via spectrophotometric measurement of a chromogenic substrate (4-nitrophenyl acetate) and 1H NMR spectra. Among two phenyl acetates and four naphthyl acetates considered, 4-aminonaphthalene-1-yl acetate (4-NH2-NAc) is chosen as the best acetyl ester substrate because 4-NH2-NAc is stable, its hydrolysis is slow in the absence of DT-D, its hydrolysis is very fast in the presence of DT-D, and EC and EN redox cycling involving the hydrolysis product (4-amino-1-naphthol) is rapid. However, hydrolysis of 4-NH2-NAc by esterase from porcine liver (EC 3.1.1.1.) is very slow. When DT-D is applied to sandwich-type detection of thyroid-stimulating hormone in artificial serum, the detection limit is ∼2 pg/mL, indicating that the developed immunosensor is highly sensitive because of triple signal amplification. DT-D may be used as a catalytic label in sensitive and stable bioassays instead of common alkaline phosphatase and horseradish peroxidase.
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- Ponnusamy Nandhakumar
- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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