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Lin X, Yan H, Zhao L, Duan N, Wang Z, Wu S. Hydrogel-integrated sensors for food safety and quality monitoring: Fabrication strategies and emerging applications. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2024; 64:6395-6414. [PMID: 36660935 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2023.2168619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Food safety is a global issue in public hygiene. The accurate, sensitive, and on-site detection of various food contaminants performs significant implications. However, traditional methods suffer from the time-consuming and professional operation, restricting their on-site application. Hydrogels with the merits of highly porous structure, high biocompatibility, good shape-adaptability, and stimuli-responsiveness offer a promising biomaterial to design sensors for ensuring food safety. This review describes the emerging applications of hydrogel-based sensors in food safety inspection in recent years. In particular, this study elaborates on their fabrication strategies and unique sensing mechanisms depending on whether the hydrogel is stimuli-responsive or not. Stimuli-responsive hydrogels can be integrated with various functional ligands for sensitive and convenient detection via signal amplification and transduction; while non-stimuli-responsive hydrogels are mainly used as solid-state encapsulating carriers for signal probe, nanomaterial, or cell and as conductive media. In addition, their existing challenges, future perspectives, and application prospects are discussed. These practices greatly enrich the application scenarios and improve the detection performance of hydrogel-based sensors in food safety detection.
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- Xianfeng Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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Li Y, Zhang H, Qi Y, You C. Recent Studies and Applications of Hydrogel-Based Biosensors in Food Safety. Foods 2023; 12:4405. [PMID: 38137209 PMCID: PMC10742584 DOI: 10.3390/foods12244405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Food safety has increasingly become a human health issue that concerns all countries in the world. Some substances in food that can pose a significant threat to human health include, but are not limited to, pesticides, biotoxins, antibiotics, pathogenic bacteria, food quality indicators, heavy metals, and illegal additives. The traditional methods of food contaminant detection have practical limitations or analytical defects, restricting their on-site application. Hydrogels with the merits of a large surface area, highly porous structure, good shape-adaptability, excellent biocompatibility, and mechanical stability have been widely studied in the field of food safety sensing. The classification, response mechanism, and recent application of hydrogel-based biosensors in food safety are reviewed in this paper. Furthermore, the challenges and future trends of hydrogel biosensors are also discussed.
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- Yuzhen Li
- State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Dairy Biotechnology, Dairy Research Institute, Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200436, China; (Y.L.); (H.Z.); (Y.Q.)
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of High-Resolution Electron Microscopy, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Dairy Biotechnology, Dairy Research Institute, Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200436, China; (Y.L.); (H.Z.); (Y.Q.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Dairy Biotechnology, Dairy Research Institute, Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200436, China; (Y.L.); (H.Z.); (Y.Q.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Dairy Biotechnology, Dairy Research Institute, Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200436, China; (Y.L.); (H.Z.); (Y.Q.)
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Li J, Qin J, Du F, Meng W, Tang D, Huang Y, Tang J. Multiorbital DNA walker nanoprobe for portable photothermal detection based on H 2S etching of cubic Prussian blue. Mikrochim Acta 2023; 190:382. [PMID: 37697070 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-023-05957-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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In the developed assay, multiorbital 3D DNA walker (MO DNA walker) was applied as signal amplified protocol for enhancing the detection signal of the photothermal biosensor, which was designed for sensitive detection of miRNA based on the H2S triggered conversation of photothermal reagent. When the target molecule is present, the DNA walking strand was released and then hybridize with track strands. The landing of walking particles (WPT) on the tracking particles (TPT) promotes the relative movement of the WPT around TPT, thus releasing large amount of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) with the aid of DNAzyme. After reacting with Na2S2O3 and H2O2, multiple H2S can be generated in situ based on the catalytic ability of HRP. Meanwhile, cubic Prussian blue (CPB) was synthesized and exhibited superior photothermal response, which can be served as efficient photothermal reagent and H2S responsive acceptor. Significantly, the photothermal signal of CPB could be obviously reduced after challenged with H2S ascribed to synchronous reaction between the ferric ion (Fe3+) and H2S. The improved walking area and freedom enable significant signal amplification, enhancing the biosensor's performance. Under ideal circumstances, the proposed photothermal assay demonstrated excellent performance for determination of miRNA-21.
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- Jinjin Li
- Key Lab of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for Green Chemistry of Jiangxi Province, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for Green Chemistry of Jiangxi Province, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for Green Chemistry of Jiangxi Province, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for Green Chemistry of Jiangxi Province, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety (Ministry of Education of China and Fujian Province), Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for Green Chemistry of Jiangxi Province, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Lab of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory for Green Chemistry of Jiangxi Province, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, People's Republic of China.
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Wang H, Wang X, Lai K, Yan J. Stimulus-Responsive DNA Hydrogel Biosensors for Food Safety Detection. BIOSENSORS 2023; 13:320. [PMID: 36979532 PMCID: PMC10046603 DOI: 10.3390/bios13030320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Food safety has always been a major global challenge to human health and the effective detection of harmful substances in food can reduce the risk to human health. However, the food industry has been plagued by a lack of effective and sensitive safety monitoring methods due to the tension between the cost and effectiveness of monitoring. DNA-based hydrogels combine the advantages of biocompatibility, programmability, the molecular recognition of DNA molecules, and the hydrophilicity of hydrogels, making them a hotspot in the research field of new nanomaterials. The stimulus response property greatly broadens the function and application range of DNA hydrogel. In recent years, DNA hydrogels based on stimulus-responsive mechanisms have been widely applied in the field of biosensing for the detection of a variety of target substances, including various food contaminants. In this review, we describe the recent advances in the preparation of stimuli-responsive DNA hydrogels, highlighting the progress of its application in food safety detection. Finally, we also discuss the challenges and future application of stimulus-responsive DNA hydrogels.
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Stimulus-responsive hydrogels: A potent tool for biosensing in food safety. Trends Food Sci Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2022.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Wang Z, Chen R, Yang S, Li S, Gao Z. Design and application of stimuli-responsive DNA hydrogels: A review. Mater Today Bio 2022; 16:100430. [PMID: 36157049 PMCID: PMC9493390 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) hydrogels combine the properties of DNAs and hydrogels, and adding functionalized DNAs is key to the wide application of DNA hydrogels. In stimuli-responsive DNA hydrogels, the DNA transcends its application in genetics and bridges the gap between different fields. Specifically, the DNA acts as both an information carrier and a bridge in constructing DNA hydrogels. The programmability and biocompatibility of DNA hydrogel make it change macroscopically in response to a variety of stimuli. In order to meet the needs of different scenarios, DNA hydrogels were also designed into microcapsules, beads, membranes, microneedle patches, and other forms. In this study, the stimuli were classified into single biological and non-biological stimuli and composite stimuli. Stimuli-responsive DNA hydrogels from the past five years were summarized, including but not limited to their design and application, in particular logic gate pathways and signal amplification mechanisms. Stimuli-responsive DNA hydrogels have been applied to fields such as sensing, nanorobots, information carriers, controlled drug release, and disease treatment. Different potential applications and the developmental pro-spects of stimuli-responsive DNA hydrogels were discussed. DNA hydrogel, favored by researchers, combines properties of DNA and hydrogels. Both DNA and skeleton, having many response characteristics, can respond to stimuli. Sensing, nano robots, information carriers, drug delivery, and disease treatment uses. Three stimulus response types: single biological, single abiotic and compound.
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- Zhiguang Wang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine, Tianjin, 300050, China.,College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine, Tianjin, 300050, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine, Tianjin, 300050, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, Institute of Environmental and Operational Medicine, Tianjin, 300050, China
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