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Sankar K, Kuzmanović U, Schaus SE, Galagan JE, Grinstaff MW. Strategy, Design, and Fabrication of Electrochemical Biosensors: A Tutorial. ACS Sens 2024; 9:2254-2274. [PMID: 38636962 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.4c00043] [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] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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Advanced healthcare requires novel technologies capable of real-time sensing to monitor acute and long-term health. The challenge relies on converting a real-time quantitative biological and chemical signal into a desired measurable output. Given the success in detecting glucose and the commercialization of glucometers, electrochemical biosensors continue to be a mainstay of academic and industrial research activities. Despite the wealth of literature on electrochemical biosensors, reports are often specific to a particular application (e.g., pathogens, cancer markers, glucose, etc.), and most fail to convey the underlying strategy and design, and if it is transferable to detection of a different analyte. Here we present a tutorial review for those entering this research area that summarizes the basic electrochemical techniques utilized as well as discusses the designs and optimization strategies employed to improve sensitivity and maximize signal output.
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Chamorro A, Rossetti M, Bagheri N, Porchetta A. Rationally Designed DNA-Based Scaffolds and Switching Probes for Protein Sensing. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024; 187:71-106. [PMID: 38273204 DOI: 10.1007/10_2023_235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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The detection of a protein analyte and use of this type of information for disease diagnosis and physiological monitoring requires methods with high sensitivity and specificity that have to be also easy to use, rapid and, ideally, single step. In the last 10 years, a number of DNA-based sensing methods and sensors have been developed in order to achieve quantitative readout of protein biomarkers. Inspired by the speed, specificity, and versatility of naturally occurring chemosensors based on structure-switching biomolecules, significant efforts have been done to reproduce these mechanisms into the fabrication of artificial biosensors for protein detection. As an alternative, in scaffold DNA biosensors, different recognition elements (e.g., peptides, proteins, small molecules, and antibodies) can be conjugated to the DNA scaffold with high accuracy and precision in order to specifically interact with the target protein with high affinity and specificity. They have several advantages and potential, especially because the transduction signal can be drastically enhanced. Our aim here is to provide an overview of the best examples of structure switching-based and scaffold DNA sensors, as well as to introduce the reader to the rational design of innovative sensing mechanisms and strategies based on programmable functional DNA systems for protein detection.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Gurukandure A, Somasundaram S, Kurian ASN, Khuda N, Easley CJ. Building a Nucleic Acid Nanostructure with DNA-Epitope Conjugates for a Versatile Approach to Electrochemical Protein Detection. Anal Chem 2023; 95:18122-18129. [PMID: 38032341 PMCID: PMC10720615 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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The recent surge of effort in nucleic-acid-based electrochemical (EC) sensors has been fruitful, yet there remains a need for more generalizable EC platforms for sensing multiple classes of clinically relevant targets. We recently reported a nucleic acid nanostructure for simple, economical, and more generalizable EC readout of a range of analytes, including small molecules, peptides, proteins, and antibodies. The nanostructure is built through on-electrode enzymatic ligation of three oligonucleotides for attachment, binding, and signaling. However, the generalizable detection of larger proteins remains a challenge. Here, we adapted the sensor to quantify larger proteins in a more generic manner through conjugating the protein's minimized antibody-binding epitope to the central DNA strand. This concept was verified using creatine kinase (CK-MM), a biomarker of muscle damage and several disorders for which rapid clinical sensing is important. DNA-epitope conjugates permitted a competitive immunoassay for the CK protein at the electrode via square-wave voltammetry (SWV). Sensing through a signal-off mechanism, the anti-CK antibody limit of detection (LOD) was 5 nM with a response time as low as 3 min. Antibody displacement by native protein analytes gave a signal-on response with the CK sensing range from the LOD of 14 nM up to 100 nM, overlapping with the normal (nonelevated) human clinical range (3-37 nM), and the sensor was validated in 98% human serum. While a need for improved DNA-epitope conjugate purification was identified, overall, this approach allows the quantification of a generic protein- or peptide-binding antibody and should facilitate future quantitative EC readouts of clinically relevant proteins that were previously inaccessible to EC techniques.
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- Asanka Gurukandure
- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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Li S, Zhang H, Zhu M, Kuang Z, Li X, Xu F, Miao S, Zhang Z, Lou X, Li H, Xia F. Electrochemical Biosensors for Whole Blood Analysis: Recent Progress, Challenges, and Future Perspectives. Chem Rev 2023. [PMID: 37262362 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Whole blood, as one of the most significant biological fluids, provides critical information for health management and disease monitoring. Over the past 10 years, advances in nanotechnology, microfluidics, and biomarker research have spurred the development of powerful miniaturized diagnostic systems for whole blood testing toward the goal of disease monitoring and treatment. Among the techniques employed for whole-blood diagnostics, electrochemical biosensors, as known to be rapid, sensitive, capable of miniaturization, reagentless and washing free, become a class of emerging technology to achieve the target detection specifically and directly in complex media, e.g., whole blood or even in the living body. Here we are aiming to provide a comprehensive review to summarize advances over the past decade in the development of electrochemical sensors for whole blood analysis. Further, we address the remaining challenges and opportunities to integrate electrochemical sensing platforms.
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- Shaoguang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Parolo C, Idili A, Heikenfeld J, Plaxco KW. Conformational-switch biosensors as novel tools to support continuous, real-time molecular monitoring in lab-on-a-chip devices. LAB ON A CHIP 2023; 23:1339-1348. [PMID: 36655710 PMCID: PMC10799767 DOI: 10.1039/d2lc00716a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Recent years have seen continued expansion of the functionality of lab on a chip (LOC) devices. Indeed LOCs now provide scientists and developers with useful and versatile platforms across a myriad of chemical and biological applications. The field still fails, however, to integrate an often important element of bench-top analytics: real-time molecular measurements that can be used to "guide" a chemical response. Here we describe the analytical techniques that could provide LOCs with such real-time molecular monitoring capabilities. It appears to us that, among the approaches that are general (i.e., that are independent of the reactive or optical properties of their targets), sensing strategies relying on binding-induced conformational change of bioreceptors are most likely to succeed in such applications.
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- Claudio Parolo
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital Clínic Universitat de Barcelona, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Novel Devices Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
- Interdepartmental Program in Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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M Silva S, Langley DP, Cossins LR, Samudra AN, Quigley AF, Kapsa RMI, Tothill RW, Greene GW, Moulton SE. Rapid Point-of-Care Electrochemical Sensor for the Detection of Cancer Tn Antigen Carbohydrate in Whole Unprocessed Blood. ACS Sens 2022; 7:3379-3388. [PMID: 36374944 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c01460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Improving outcomes for cancer patients during treatment and monitoring for cancer recurrence requires personalized care which can only be achieved through regular surveillance for biomarkers. Unfortunately, routine detection for blood-based biomarkers is cost-prohibitive using currently specialized laboratories. Using a rapid self-assembly sensing interface amenable to methods of mass production, we demonstrate the ability to detect and quantify a small carbohydrate-based cancer biomarker, Tn antigen (αGalNAc-Ser/Thr) in a small volume of blood, using a test format strip reminiscent of a blood glucose test. The detection of Tn antigen at picomolar levels is achieved through a new transduction mechanism based on the impact of Tn antigen interactions on the molecular dynamic motion of a lectin cross-linked lubricin antifouling brush. In tests performed on retrospective blood plasma samples from patients presenting three different tumor types, differentiation between healthy and diseased patients was achieved, highlighting the clinical potential for cancer monitoring.
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- Saimon M Silva
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn3122, Victoria, Australia.,The Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne3065, Victoria, Australia.,Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn3122, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne3001, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne3065, Victoria, Australia.,The Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne3065, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne3001, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne3065, Victoria, Australia.,The Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne3065, Victoria, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne3010, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Frontier Materials and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds3216, Victoria, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn3122, Victoria, Australia.,The Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne3065, Victoria, Australia.,Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn3122, Victoria, Australia
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Velusamy K, Periyasamy S, Kumar PS, Rangasamy G, Nisha Pauline JM, Ramaraju P, Mohanasundaram S, Nguyen Vo DV. Biosensor for heavy metals detection in wastewater: A review. Food Chem Toxicol 2022; 168:113307. [PMID: 35917955 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2022.113307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Pollution due to heavy metals is a global issue in recent years. Initially, there were fewer contaminants, which has increased exponentially owing to rapid industrialization and various anthropogenic activities. Toxicity due to heavy metals causes a lot of health problems and organ system failure in human beings. It also affects other forms of living beings such as plants, animals and even the microbiota. This has been reported by various press reports and research findings. In this review, the production of heavy metals, associated effects on the environment and the technologies employed for detecting these heavy metals are comprehensively discussed. The analytical instruments, including biosensors, have been found to be more beneficial than other techniques. Biosensor exhibits numerous special features, such as reproducibility, reusability, linearity, sensitivity, selectivity, and stability. Over the last three years, biosensors have also had a detection limit of 65.36 ng/mL for heavy metals. The design of biosensors, features and types were also explained in detail. The limit of detection for the heavy metals in wastewater using biosensors was also included with recent references up to the last five years.
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- Karthik Velusamy
- Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641013, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, 1888, Ethiopia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, 603 110, India; Centre of Excellence in Water Research (CEWAR), Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, 603 110, India.
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- Department of Sustainable Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, 602105, India
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- Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641013, India
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- Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641013, India
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- Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641013, India
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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Fortunati S, Vasini I, Giannetto M, Mattarozzi M, Porchetta A, Bertucci A, Careri M. Controlling Dynamic DNA Reactions at the Surface of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electrodes to Design Hybridization Platforms with a Specific Amperometric Readout. Anal Chem 2022; 94:5075-5083. [PMID: 35303407 PMCID: PMC8968946 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Carbon nanotube (CNT)-based
electrodes are cheap, highly performing,
and robust platforms for the fabrication of electrochemical sensors.
Engineering programmable DNA nanotechnologies on the CNT surface can
support the construction of new electrochemical DNA sensors providing
an amperometric output in response to biomolecular recognition. This
is a significant challenge, since it requires gaining control of specific
hybridization processes and functional DNA systems at the interface,
while limiting DNA physisorption on the electrode surface, which contributes
to nonspecific signal. In this study, we provide design rules to program
dynamic DNA structures at the surface of single-walled carbon nanotubes
electrodes, showing that specific DNA interactions can be monitored
through measurement of the current signal provided by redox-tagged
DNA strands. We propose the use of pyrene as a backfilling agent to
reduce nonspecific adsorption of reporter DNA strands and demonstrate
the controlled formation of DNA duplexes on the electrode surface,
which we then apply in the design and conduction of programmable DNA
strand displacement reactions. Expanding on this aspect, we report
the development of novel amperometric hybridization platforms based
on artificial DNA structures templated by the small molecule melamine.
These platforms enable dynamic strand exchange reactions orthogonal
to conventional toehold-mediated strand displacement and may support
new strategies in electrochemical sensing of biomolecular targets,
combining the physicochemical properties of nanostructured carbon-based
materials with programmable nucleic acid hybridization.
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- Simone Fortunati
- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
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Mahshid SS, Higazi AM, Ogier JM, Dabdoub A. Extracellular Biomarkers of Inner Ear Disease and Their Potential for Point-of-Care Diagnostics. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2104033. [PMID: 34957708 PMCID: PMC8948604 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202104033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Rapid diagnostic testing has become a mainstay of patient care, using easily obtained samples such as blood or urine to facilitate sample analysis at the point-of-care. These tests rely on the detection of disease or organ-specific biomarkers that have been well characterized for a particular disorder. Currently, there is no rapid diagnostic test for hearing loss, which is one of the most prevalent sensory disorders in the world. In this review, potential biomarkers for inner ear-related disorders, their detection, and quantification in bodily fluids are described. The authors discuss lesion-specific changes in cell-free deoxyribonucleic acids (DNAs), micro-ribonucleic acids (microRNAs), proteins, and metabolites, in addition to recent biosensor advances that may facilitate rapid and precise detection of these molecules. Ultimately, these biomarkers may be used to provide accurate diagnostics regarding the site of damage in the inner ear, providing practical information for individualized therapy and assessment of treatment efficacy in the future.
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- Sahar Sadat Mahshid
- Biological SciencesSunnybrook Research InstituteSunnybrook Health Sciences CentreTorontoONM4N 3M5Canada
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- Biological SciencesSunnybrook Research InstituteSunnybrook Health Sciences CentreTorontoONM4N 3M5Canada
- Department of Clinical and Chemical PathologyMinia UniversityMinia61519Egypt
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- Biological SciencesSunnybrook Research InstituteSunnybrook Health Sciences CentreTorontoONM4N 3M5Canada
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- Biological SciencesSunnybrook Research InstituteSunnybrook Health Sciences CentreTorontoONM4N 3M5Canada
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck SurgeryUniversity of TorontoTorontoONM5G 2C4Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and PathobiologyUniversity of TorontoTorontoONM5S 1A8Canada
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Idili A, Montón H, Medina-Sánchez M, Ibarlucea B, Cuniberti G, Schmidt OG, Plaxco KW, Parolo C. Continuous monitoring of molecular biomarkers in microfluidic devices. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2022; 187:295-333. [PMID: 35094779 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2021.07.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The ability to monitor molecular targets is crucial in fields ranging from healthcare to industrial processing to environmental protection. Devices employing biomolecules to achieve this goal are called biosensors. Over the last half century researchers have developed dozens of different biosensor approaches. In this chapter we analyze recent advances in the biosensing field aiming at adapting these to the problem of continuous molecular monitoring in complex sample streams, and how the merging of these sensors with lab-on-a-chip technologies would be beneficial to both. To do so we discuss (1) the components that comprise a biosensor, (2) the challenges associated with continuous molecular monitoring in complex sample streams, (3) how different sensing strategies deal with (or fail to deal with) these challenges, and (4) the implementation of these technologies into lab-on-a-chip architectures.
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- Andrea Idili
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States; Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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- Institute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center for Biomaterials, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (CFAED), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center for Biomaterials, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (CFAED), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, Leibniz IFW Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Research Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN), Chemnitz, Germany; School of Science, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States; Interdepartmental Program in Biomolecular Science and Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States; Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
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Xu M, Chen K, Zhu L, Zhang S, Wang M, He L, Zhang Z, Du M. MOF@COF Heterostructure Hybrid for Dual-Mode Photoelectrochemical-Electrochemical HIV-1 DNA Sensing. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:13479-13492. [PMID: 34734735 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
We developed a novel metal-organic framework (MOF)@covalent-organic framework (COF) hybrid with a hierarchical nanostructure and excellent photoactivity, which further acted as the bifunctional platform of a dual-mode photoelectrochemical (PEC) and electrochemical (EC) biosensor for detecting HIV-1 DNA via immobilizing the HIV-1 DNA probe. First, the presynthesized Cu-MOF nanoellipsoids were used as the template for the in situ growth of the COF network, which was synthesized using copper-phthalocyanine tetra-amine (CoPc-TA) and 2,9-bis[p-(formyl)phenyl]-1,10-phenanthroline as building blocks through the Schiff base condensation. In view of the large specific surface area, abundant reserved amino group, excellent electrochemical activity, and high photoactivity, the obtained Cu-MOF@CuPc-TA-COF heterostructure not only can serve as the sensitive platform for anchoring the HIV-1 DNA probe strands but also can be utilized as the signal transducers for PEC and EC biosensors. Thereby, the constructed biosensor shows the sensitive and selective analysis ability toward the HIV-1 target DNA via the complementary hybridization between probe and target DNA strands. The dual-mode PEC and EC measurements revealed that the Cu-MOF@CuPc-TA-COF-based biosensor displayed a wide linear detection range from 1 fM to 1 nM and an extremely low limit of detection (LOD) of 0.07 and 0.18 fM, respectively. In addition, the dual-mode PEC-EC biosensor also demonstrated remarkable selectivity, high stability, good reproducibility, and preferable regeneration ability, as well as acceptable applicability, for which the detected HIV-1 DNA in human serum showed good consistency with real concentrations. Thereby, the present work can open a new dual-mode PEC-EC platform for detecting HIV-1 DNA based on the porous-organic framework heterostructure.
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- Miaoran Xu
- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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Ouyang P, Fang C, Han J, Zhang J, Yang Y, Qing Y, Chen Y, Shang W, Du J. A DNA Electrochemical Sensor via Terminal Protection of Small-Molecule-Linked DNA for Highly Sensitive Protein Detection. BIOSENSORS 2021; 11:bios11110451. [PMID: 34821667 PMCID: PMC8615823 DOI: 10.3390/bios11110451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The qualitative and quantitative determination of marker protein is of great significance in the life sciences and in medicine. Here, we developed an electrochemical DNA biosensor for protein detection based on DNA self-assembly and the terminal protecting effects of small-molecule-linked DNA. This strategy is demonstrated using the small molecule biotin and its receptor protein streptavidin (SA). We immobilized DNA with a designed structure and sequence on the surface of the gold electrode, and we named it M1-Biotin DNA. M1-Biotin DNA selectively combines with SA to generate M1-Biotin-SA DNA and protects M1-Biotin DNA from digestion by EXO III; therefore, M1-Biotin DNA remains intact on the electrode surface. M1-Biotin-SA DNA was modified with methylene blue (MB); the MB reporter molecule is located near the surface of the gold electrode, which generates a substantial electrochemical signal during the detection of SA. Through this strategy, we can exploit the presence or absence of an electrochemical signal to provide qualitative target protein determination as well as the strength of the electrochemical signal to quantitatively analyze the target protein concentration. This strategy has been proven to be used for the quantitative analysis of the interaction between biotin and streptavidin (SA). Under optimal conditions, the detection limit of the proposed biosensor is as low as 18.8 pM, and the linear range is from 0.5 nM to 5 μM, showing high sensitivity. The detection ability of this DNA biosensor in complex serum samples has also been studied. At the same time, we detected the folate receptor (FR) to confirm that this strategy can be used to detect other proteins. Therefore, this electrochemical DNA biosensor provides a sensitive, low-cost, and fast target protein detection platform, which may provide a reliable and powerful tool for early disease diagnosis.
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Li S, Li H, Li X, Zhu M, Li H, Xia F. Hybridization Chain Reaction-Amplified Electrochemical DNA-Based Sensors Enable Calibration-Free Measurements of Nucleic Acids Directly in Whole Blood. Anal Chem 2021; 93:8354-8361. [PMID: 34061504 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c01436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Hybridization chain reaction (HCR) amplification strategy has been extensively explored for the application of electrochemical DNA-based sensors. Despite the enhancement in its sensitivity using the HCR, such sensor platform exhibited significant sensor-to-sensor variations in current due to variations in probe counts and lengths. To circumvent this, we are developing here a calibration-free "O-N" approach to generate a ratiometric, unitless value that is independent of these variations. Specifically, this approach employs two types of redox reporters, denoted as "One reporter" and "N reporters", with the former attached on the capture DNA and the latter on H1 and H2 strands. By optimizing the attachment sites of these reporters onto DNA strands, we demonstrate a significantly enhanced sensitivity of such sensor platform by four orders of magnitude, achieving accurate, calibration-free measurement of nucleic acids including ctDNA directly in undiluted whole blood without the requirement to calibrate each individual sensor.
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- Shaoguang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biogeology Environmental Geology, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Reagentless biomolecular analysis using a molecular pendulum. Nat Chem 2021; 13:428-434. [PMID: 33686229 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-021-00644-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The development of reagentless sensors that can detect molecular analytes in biological fluids could enable a broad range of applications in personalized health monitoring. However, only a limited set of molecular inputs can currently be detected using reagentless sensors. Here, we report a sensing mechanism that is compatible with the analysis of proteins that are important physiological markers of stress, allergy, cardiovascular health, inflammation and cancer. The sensing method is based on the motion of an inverted molecular pendulum that exhibits field-induced transport modulated by the presence of a bound analyte. We measure the sensor's electric field-mediated transport using the electron-transfer kinetics of an attached reporter molecule. Using time-resolved electrochemical measurements that enable unidirectional motion of our sensor, the presence of an analyte bound to our sensor complex can be tracked continuously in real time. We show that this sensing approach is compatible with making measurements in blood, saliva, urine, tears and sweat and that the sensors can collect data in situ in living animals.
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Clifford A, Das J, Yousefi H, Mahmud A, Chen JB, Kelley SO. Strategies for Biomolecular Analysis and Continuous Physiological Monitoring. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:5281-5294. [PMID: 33793215 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c13138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Portable devices capable of rapid disease detection and health monitoring are crucial to decentralizing diagnostics from clinical laboratories to the patient point-of-need. Although technologies have been developed targeting this challenge, many require the use of reporter molecules or reagents that complicate the automation and autonomy of sensors. New work in the field has targeted reagentless approaches to enable breakthroughs that will allow personalized monitoring of a wide range of biomarkers on demand. This Perspective focuses on the ability of reagentless platforms to revolutionize the field of sensing by allowing rapid and real-time analysis in resource-poor settings. First, we will highlight advantages of reagentless sensing techniques, specifically electrochemical detection strategies. Advances in this field, including the development of wearable and in situ sensors capable of real-time monitoring of biomarkers such as nucleic acids, proteins, viral particles, bacteria, therapeutic agents, and metabolites, will be discussed. Reagentless platforms which allow for wash-free, calibration free-detection with increased dynamic range are highlighted as a key technological advance for autonomous sensing applications. Furthermore, we will highlight remaining challenges which must be overcome to enable widespread use of reagentless devices. Finally, future prospects and potential breakthroughs in precision medicine that will arise as a result of further development of reagentless sensing approaches are discussed.
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- Amanda Clifford
- Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3M2, Canada
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- Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3M2, Canada
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- Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3M2, Canada
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- The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3M2, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
- Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada
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Pellitero MA, Curtis SD, Arroyo-Currás N. Interrogation of Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensors via Peak-to-Peak Separation in Cyclic Voltammetry Improves the Temporal Stability and Batch-to-Batch Variability in Biological Fluids. ACS Sens 2021; 6:1199-1207. [PMID: 33599479 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c02455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Electrochemical, aptamer-based (E-AB) sensors support continuous, real-time measurements of specific molecular targets in complex fluids such as undiluted serum. They achieve these measurements by using redox-reporter-modified, electrode-attached aptamers that undergo target binding-induced conformational changes which, in turn, change electron transfer between the reporter and the sensor surface. Traditionally, E-AB sensors are interrogated via pulse voltammetry to monitor binding-induced changes in transfer kinetics. While these pulse techniques are sensitive to changes in electron transfer, they also respond to progressive changes in the sensor surface driven by biofouling or monolayer desorption and, consequently, present a significant drift. Moreover, we have empirically observed that differential voltage pulsing can accelerate monolayer desorption from the sensor surface, presumably via field-induced actuation of aptamers. Here, in contrast, we demonstrate the potential advantages of employing cyclic voltammetry to measure electron-transfer changes directly. In our approach, the target concentration is reported via changes in the peak-to-peak separation, ΔEP, of cyclic voltammograms. Because the magnitude of ΔEP is insensitive to variations in the number of aptamer probes on the electrode, ΔEP-interrogated E-AB sensors are resistant to drift and show decreased batch-to-batch and day-to-day variability in sensor performance. Moreover, ΔEP-based measurements can also be performed in a few hundred milliseconds and are, thus, competitive with other subsecond interrogation strategies such as chronoamperometry but with the added benefit of retaining sensor capacitance information that can report on monolayer stability over time.
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- Miguel Aller Pellitero
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
- Institute for Nanobiotechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Vishnubhotla R, Montgomery CB, Steffens KL, Semancik S. Conformational Changes of Immobilized Polythymine due to External Stressors Studied with Temperature-Controlled Electrochemical Microdevices. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:2607-2618. [PMID: 33595321 PMCID: PMC9278808 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Conformational changes of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) play an important role in a DNA strand's ability to bind to target ligands. A variety of factors can influence conformation, including temperature, ionic strength, pH, buffer cation valency, strand length, and sequence. To better understand the effects of these factors on immobilized DNA structures, we employ temperature-controlled electrochemical microsensors to study the effects of salt concentration and temperature variation on the conformation and motion of polythymine (polyT) strands of varying lengths (10, 20, 50 nucleotides). PolyT strands were tethered to a gold working electrode at the proximal end through a thiol linker via covalent bonding between the Au electrode and sulfur link, which can tend to decompose between a temperature range of 60 and 90 °C. The strands were also modified with an electrochemically active methylene blue (MB) moiety at the distal end. Electron transfer (eT) was measured by square wave voltammetry (SWV) and used to infer information pertaining to the average distance between the MB and the working electrode. We observe changes in DNA flexibility due to varying ionic strength, while the effects of increased DNA thermal motion are tracked for elevated temperatures. This work elucidates the behavior of ssDNA in the presence of a phosphate-buffered saline at NaCl concentrations ranging from 20 to 1000 mmol/L through a temperature range of 10-50 °C in 1° increments, well below the decomposition temperature range. The results lay the groundwork for studies on more complex DNA strands in conjunction with different chemical and physical conditions.
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Zakashansky JA, Imamura AH, Salgado DF, Romero Mercieca HC, Aguas RFL, Lao AM, Pariser J, Arroyo-Currás N, Khine M. Detection of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in saliva with Shrinky-Dink© electrodes. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2021; 13:874-883. [PMID: 33576354 DOI: 10.1039/d1ay00041a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Using the children's toy, Shrinky-Dink©, we present an aptamer-based electrochemical (E-AB) assay that recognizes the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva for viral infection detection. The low-cost electrodes are implementable at population scale and demonstrate detection down to 1 ag mL-1 of the S1 subunit of the spike protein.
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- Julia A Zakashansky
- Materials Science and Engineering, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
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- Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, 13566-590 Brazil
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, & Institute for Nanobiotechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Glieberman AL, Pope BD, Melton DA, Parker KK. Building Biomimetic Potency Tests for Islet Transplantation. Diabetes 2021; 70:347-363. [PMID: 33472944 PMCID: PMC7881865 DOI: 10.2337/db20-0297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Diabetes is a disease of insulin insufficiency, requiring many to rely on exogenous insulin with constant monitoring to avoid a fatal outcome. Islet transplantation is a recent therapy that can provide insulin independence, but the procedure is still limited by both the availability of human islets and reliable tests to assess their function. While stem cell technologies are poised to fill the shortage of transplantable cells, better methods are still needed for predicting transplantation outcome. To ensure islet quality, we propose that the next generation of islet potency tests should be biomimetic systems that match glucose stimulation dynamics and cell microenvironmental preferences and rapidly assess conditional and continuous insulin secretion with minimal manual handing. Here, we review the current approaches for islet potency testing and outline technologies and methods that can be used to arrive at a more predictive potency test that tracks islet secretory capacity in a relevant context. With the development of potency tests that can report on islet secretion dynamics in a context relevant to their intended function, islet transplantation can expand into a more widely accessible and reliable treatment option for individuals with diabetes.
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- Aaron L Glieberman
- Disease Biophysics Group, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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- Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Cambridge, MA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA
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- Disease Biophysics Group, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA
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Zakashansky JA, Imamura AH, Salgado DF, Romero Mercieca HC, Aguas RFL, Lao AM, Pariser J, Arroyo-Currás N, Khine M. Detection of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in saliva with Shrinky-Dink© electrodes. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2020. [PMID: 33236028 DOI: 10.1101/2020.11.14.20231811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Using the children's toy, Shrinky-Dink ©, we present an aptamer-based electrochemical (E-AB) assay that recognizes the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva for viral infection detection. The low-cost electrodes are implementable at population scale and demonstrate detection down to 0.1 fg mL -1 of the S1 subunit of the spike protein.
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Rossetti M, Brannetti S, Mocenigo M, Marini B, Ippodrino R, Porchetta A. Harnessing Effective Molarity to Design an Electrochemical DNA‐based Platform for Clinically Relevant Antibody Detection. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:14973-14978. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202005124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Marianna Rossetti
- Department of Chemistry University of Rome Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemistry University of Rome Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Rome Italy
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- Ulisse BioMed S.r.l. Area Science Park 34149 Trieste Italy
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- Ulisse BioMed S.r.l. Area Science Park 34149 Trieste Italy
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- Ulisse BioMed S.r.l. Area Science Park 34149 Trieste Italy
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- Department of Chemistry University of Rome Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Rome Italy
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Rossetti M, Brannetti S, Mocenigo M, Marini B, Ippodrino R, Porchetta A. Harnessing Effective Molarity to Design an Electrochemical DNA‐based Platform for Clinically Relevant Antibody Detection. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202005124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Marianna Rossetti
- Department of Chemistry University of Rome Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Rome Italy
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- Department of Chemistry University of Rome Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Rome Italy
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- Ulisse BioMed S.r.l. Area Science Park 34149 Trieste Italy
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- Ulisse BioMed S.r.l. Area Science Park 34149 Trieste Italy
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- Ulisse BioMed S.r.l. Area Science Park 34149 Trieste Italy
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- Department of Chemistry University of Rome Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Rome Italy
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Xu W, Jin T, Dai Y, Liu CC. Surpassing the detection limit and accuracy of the electrochemical DNA sensor through the application of CRISPR Cas systems. Biosens Bioelectron 2020; 155:112100. [PMID: 32090878 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Robust developments of personalized medicine for next-generation healthcare highlight the need for sensitive and accurate point-of-care platforms for quantification of disease biomarkers. Broad presentations of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) as an accurate gene editing tool also indicate that the high-specificity and programmability of CRISPR system can be utilized for the development of biosensing systems. Herein, we present a CRISPR Cas system enhanced electrochemical DNA (E-DNA) sensor with unprecedented sensitivity and accuracy. The principle of the E-DNA sensor is the target induced conformational change of the surface signaling probe (containing an electrochemical tag), leading to the variation of the electron transfer rate of the electrochemical tag. With the introduction of CRISPR cleavage activity into the E-DNA sensor, a more apparent signal change between with and without the presence of the target can be achieved. We compared the performance of Cas9 and Cas12a enhanced E-DNA sensor and optimized the chemical environment of CRISPR, achieving a femto-molar detection limit without enzymatic amplification. Moreover, we correlated the CRISPR cleavage signal with the original E-DNA signal as a strategy to indicate potential mismatches in the target sequence. Comparing with classic DNA electrochemistry based mutation detection strategy, CRISPR enhanced E-DNA sensor can determine the presence of a single mutation at an unknown concentration condition. Overall, we believe that the CRISPR enhanced E-DNA sensing strategy will be of especially high utility for point-of-care systems owing to the programmability, modularity, high-sensitivity and high-accuracy.
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- Wei Xu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA; Electronics Design Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA; Electronics Design Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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Parolo C, Greenwood AS, Ogden NE, Kang D, Hawes C, Ortega G, Arroyo-Currás N, Plaxco KW. E-DNA scaffold sensors and the reagentless, single-step, measurement of HIV-diagnostic antibodies in human serum. MICROSYSTEMS & NANOENGINEERING 2020; 6:13. [PMID: 34567628 PMCID: PMC8433188 DOI: 10.1038/s41378-019-0119-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The multiplexed, point-of-care measurement of specific antibodies could improve the speed with which diseases are diagnosed and their treatment initiated. To this end, we are developing E-DNA scaffold sensors, which consist of a rigid, nucleic acid "scaffold" attached on one end to an electrode and presenting both a redox reporter and an epitope on the other. In the absence of antibody, the reporter efficiently transfers electrons when interrogated electrochemically. Binding-induced steric hindrance limits movement, reducing electron transfer in a manner that is both easily measured and quantitatively related to target concentration. Previously we have used monoclonal antibodies to explore the analytical performance of E-DNA sensors, showing that they support the rapid, single-step, quantitative detection of multiple antibodies in small volume samples. Here, in contrast, we employ authentic human samples to better explore the platform's clinical potential. Specifically, we developed E-DNA sensors targeting three HIV-specific antibodies and then compared the analytical and clinical performance of these against those of gold standard serological techniques. Doing so we find that, although the multistep amplification of an ELISA leads to a lower detection limits, the clinical sensitivity of ELISAs, E-DNA sensors and lateral-flow dipsticks are indistinguishable across our test set. It thus appears that, by merging the quantitation and multiplexing of ELISAs with the convenience and speed of dipsticks, E-DNA scaffold sensors could significantly improve on current serological practice.
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- Claudio Parolo
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA USA
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- Department of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA USA
- Interdepartmental Program in Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
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Dai Y, Furst A, Liu CC. Strand Displacement Strategies for Biosensor Applications. Trends Biotechnol 2019; 37:1367-1382. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Revised: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Goud KY, Kumar VS, Hayat A, Catanante G, Gobi KV, Marty JL. Polymer scaffold layers of screen-printed electrodes for homogeneous deposition of silver nanoparticles: application to the amperometric detection of hydrogen peroxide. Mikrochim Acta 2019; 186:810. [PMID: 31745658 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3963-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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A method is described for electrochemical oxidation of polymers on the surface of screen-printed electrodes (SPCE). These act as scaffold layers for homogeneous deposition of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). Hexamethylenediamine (HMDA) and poly(ethylene glycol) were immobilized on the SPCE surface via electrochemical oxidation. AgNPs were then electrodeposited on the scaffolds on the SPCE. This type of different carbon chain containing materials like PEG and HMDA act as big tunnels for electron mobility and are useful for the homogenous deposition of AgNPs on the SPCE surface without agglomeration. The resulting sensor was applied to the determination of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as a model analyte. It is found to display favorable catalytic and conductive properties towards the reduction of H2O2. Cyclic voltammetry and amperometry revealed that the modified electrode performs better than other modified SPCEs. Best operated at a potential of around -0.61 V (vs Ag|AgCl), the amperometric response is linear in the 10-180 μM H2O2 concentration range and the detection limit is 1.5 μM. The sensor is stable and reproducible. The resultant sensor was appplied to toothpaste analysis, and good recovery values were gained. Graphical abstractSchematic representation of electropolymerization of poly(ethylene glycol) and hexamethylenediamine scaffold layers on screen-printed electrodes for homogeneous electrodeposition of silver nanoparticles. This electrode was applied for the amperometric determination of hydrogen peroxide.
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- K Yugender Goud
- BAE Laboratory, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan, France.
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana, 506004, India.
- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
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- BAE Laboratory, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan, France
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana, 506004, India
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- Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRCBM), COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Islamabad, 54000, Pakistan
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- BAE Laboratory, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan, France
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- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana, 506004, India.
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- BAE Laboratory, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan, France.
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Xu X, Makaraviciute A, Kumar S, Wen C, Sjödin M, Abdurakhmanov E, Danielson UH, Nyholm L, Zhang Z. Structural Changes of Mercaptohexanol Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold and Their Influence on Impedimetric Aptamer Sensors. Anal Chem 2019; 91:14697-14704. [PMID: 31650834 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Despite a large number of publications describing biosensors based on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), little attention has been paid to the stability and reproducibility issues of the sensor interfaces. In this work, the stability and reproducibility of faradaic EIS analyses on the aptamer/mercaptohexanol (MCH) self-assembled monolayer (SAM)-functionalized gold surfaces in ferri- and ferrocyanide solution were systematically evaluated prior to and after the aptamer-probe DNA hybridization. It is shown that the EIS data exhibited significant drift, and this significantly affected the reproducibility of the EIS signal of the hybridization. As a result, no significant difference between the charge transfer resistance (RCT) changes induced by the aptamer-target DNA hybridization and that caused by the drift could be identified. A conditioning of the electrode in the measurement solution for more than 12 h was required to reach a stable RCT baseline prior to the aptamer-probe DNA hybridization. The monitored drift in RCT and double layer capacitance during the conditioning suggests that the MCH SAM on the gold surface reorganized to a thinner but more closely packed layer. We also observed that the hot binding buffer used in the following aptamer-probe DNA hybridization process could induce additional MCH and aptamer reorganization, and thus further drift in RCT. As a result, the RCT change caused by the aptamer-probe DNA hybridization was less than that caused by the hot binding buffer (blank control experiment). Therefore, it is suggested that the use of high temperature in the EIS measurement should be carefully evaluated or avoided. This work provides practical guidelines for the EIS measurements. Moreover, because SAM-functionalized gold electrodes are widely used in biosensors, for example, DNA sensors, an improved understanding of the origin of the observed drift is very important for the development of well-functioning and reproducible biosensors.
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- School of Biological Sciences , Victoria University of Wellington , Wellington 6140 , New Zealand.,AuramerBio Limited, Callaghan Innovation Quarter , 69 Seaview Road , Gracefield, Lower Hutt 5010 , New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry-BMC and Science for Life Laboratory , Uppsala University , P.O. Box 576, Uppsala SE-751 23 , Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-BMC and Science for Life Laboratory , Uppsala University , P.O. Box 576, Uppsala SE-751 23 , Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, The Ångström Laboratory , Uppsala University , P.O. Box 538, Uppsala SE-751 21 , Sweden
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Curtis SD, Ploense KL, Kurnik M, Ortega G, Parolo C, Kippin TE, Plaxco KW, Arroyo-Currás N. Open Source Software for the Real-Time Control, Processing, and Visualization of High-Volume Electrochemical Data. Anal Chem 2019; 91:12321-12328. [PMID: 31462040 PMCID: PMC7336365 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b02553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Electrochemical sensors
are major players in the race for improved
molecular diagnostics due to their convenience, temporal resolution,
manufacturing scalability, and their ability to support real-time
measurements. This is evident in the ever-increasing number of health-related
electrochemical sensing platforms, ranging from single-measurement
point-of-care devices to wearable devices supporting immediate and
continuous monitoring. In support of the need for such systems to
rapidly process large data volumes, we describe here an open-source,
easily customizable, multiplatform compatible program for the real-time
control, processing, and visualization of electrochemical data. The
software’s architecture is modular and fully documented, allowing
the easy customization of the code to support the processing of voltammetric
(e.g., square-wave and cyclic) and chronoamperometric data. The program,
which we have called Software for the Analysis and Continuous Monitoring of Electrochemical Systems (SACMES), also includes a graphical interface
allowing the user to easily change analysis parameters (e.g., signal/noise
processing, baseline correction) in real-time. To demonstrate the
versatility of SACMES we use it here to analyze the real-time data
output by (1) the electrochemical, aptamer-based measurement of a
specific small-molecule target, (2) a monoclonal antibody-detecting
DNA-scaffold sensor, and (3) the determination of the folding thermodynamics
of an electrode-attached, redox-reporter-modified protein.
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- Samuel D Curtis
- Center for Bioengineering , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States.,Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences , Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , Baltimore , Maryland 21205 , United States
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- Center for Bioengineering , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- Center for Bioengineering , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- Center for Bioengineering , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- Center for Bioengineering , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States.,Neuroscience Research Institute , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States.,Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- Center for Bioengineering , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences , Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , Baltimore , Maryland 21205 , United States
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Ogden NE, Kurnik M, Parolo C, Plaxco KW. An electrochemical scaffold sensor for rapid syphilis diagnosis. Analyst 2019; 144:5277-5283. [PMID: 31369000 PMCID: PMC6886667 DOI: 10.1039/c9an00455f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
The faster a disease can be diagnosed, the sooner effective treatment can be initiated, motivating a drive to replace standard laboratory techniques with point-of-care technologies that return answers in minutes rather than hours. Thus motivated, we describe the development of an E-DNA scaffold sensor for the rapid and convenient measurement of antibodies diagnostic of syphilis. To achieve this (and in contrast to previous sensors of this class, which relied on single, linear epitopes for detection), we utilized a near full-length antigen as the sensor's recognition element, allowing us to simultaneously display multiple epitopes. The resultant sensor is able to detect antibodies against Treponema pallidum pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis, at clinically relevant concentrations in samples in less than 10 min. Preliminary results obtained using sero-positive and sero-negative human samples suggest the clinical sensitivity and specificity of the approach compare well to current gold-standard tests, while being simple and rapid enough to deploy at the point of care.
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- Nathan E Ogden
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Somasundaram S, Easley CJ. A Nucleic Acid Nanostructure Built through On-Electrode Ligation for Electrochemical Detection of a Broad Range of Analytes. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:11721-11726. [PMID: 31257869 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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For an assay to be most effective in point-of-care clinical analysis, it needs to be economical, simple, generalizable, and free from tedious workflows. While electrochemistry-based DNA sensors reduce instrumental costs and eliminate complicated procedures, there remains a need to address probe costs and generalizability, as numerous probes with multiple conjugations are needed to quantify a wide range of biomarkers. In this work, we have opened a route to circumvent complicated multiconjugation schemes using enzyme-catalyzed probe construction directly on the surface of the electrode. With this, we have created a versatile DNA nanostructure probe and validated its effectiveness by quantification of proteins (streptavidin, anti-digoxigenin, anti-tacrolimus) and small molecules (biotin, digoxigenin, tacrolimus) using the same platform. Tacrolimus, a widely prescribed immunosuppressant drug for organ transplant patients, was directly quantified with electrochemistry for the first time, with the assay range matching the therapeutic index range. Finally, the stability and sensitivity of the probe was confirmed in a background of minimally diluted human serum.
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- Subramaniam Somasundaram
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Auburn University , Auburn , Alabama 36849 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Auburn University , Auburn , Alabama 36849 , United States
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Dai Y, Liu CC. Recent Advances on Electrochemical Biosensing Strategies toward Universal Point-of-Care Systems. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:12355-12368. [PMID: 30990933 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A number of very recently developed electrochemical biosensing strategies are promoting electrochemical biosensing systems into practical point-of-care applications. The focus of research endeavors has transferred from detection of a specific analyte to the development of general biosensing strategies that can be applied for a single category of analytes, such as nucleic acids, proteins, and cells. In this Minireview, recent cutting-edge research on electrochemical biosensing strategies are described. These developments resolved critical challenges regarding the application of electrochemical biosensors to practical point-of-care systems, such as rapid readout, simple biosensor fabrication method, ultra-high detection sensitivity, direct analysis in a complex biological matrix, and multiplexed target analysis. This Minireview provides general guidelines both for scientists in the biosensing research community and for the biosensor industry on development of point-of-care system, benefiting global healthcare.
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- Yifan Dai
- Electronics Design Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA
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- Electronics Design Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA
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Dai Y, Liu CC. Recent Advances on Electrochemical Biosensing Strategies toward Universal Point‐of‐Care Systems. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201901879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yifan Dai
- Electronics Design CenterCase Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio 44106 USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringCase Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio 44106 USA
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- Electronics Design CenterCase Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio 44106 USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringCase Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio 44106 USA
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Morales MA, Halpern JM. Guide to Selecting a Biorecognition Element for Biosensors. Bioconjug Chem 2018; 29:3231-3239. [PMID: 30216055 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Biosensors are powerful diagnostic tools defined as having a biorecognition element for analyte specificity and a transducer for a quantifiable signal. There are a variety of different biorecognition elements, each with unique characteristics. Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of each biorecognition element and their influence on overall biosensor performance is crucial in the planning stages to promote the success of novel biosensor development. Therefore, this review will focus on selecting the optimal biorecognition element in the preliminary design phase for novel biosensors. Included is a review of the typical characteristics and binding mechanisms of various biorecognition elements, and how they relate to biosensor performance characteristics, specifically sensitivity, selectivity, reproducibility, and reusability. The goal is to point toward language needed to improve the design and development of biosensors toward clinical success.
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- Marissa A Morales
- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of New Hampshire , Durham , New Hampshire 03824 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of New Hampshire , Durham , New Hampshire 03824 , United States
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