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Tamborelli A, Mujica ML, Amaranto M, Barra JL, Rivas G, Godino A, Dalmasso P. L-Lactate Electrochemical Biosensor Based on an Integrated Supramolecular Architecture of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Functionalized with Avidin and a Recombinant Biotinylated Lactate Oxidase. Biosensors (Basel) 2024; 14:196. [PMID: 38667189 PMCID: PMC11048174 DOI: 10.3390/bios14040196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
Abstract
L-Lactate is an important bioanalyte in the food industry, biotechnology, and human healthcare. In this work, we report the development of a new L-lactate electrochemical biosensor based on the use of multiwalled carbon nanotubes non-covalently functionalized with avidin (MWCNT-Av) deposited at glassy carbon electrodes (GCEs) as anchoring sites for the bioaffinity-based immobilization of a new recombinant biotinylated lactate oxidase (bLOx) produced in Escherichia coli through in vivo biotinylation. The specific binding of MWCNT-Av to bLOx was characterized by amperometry, surface plasmon resonance (SPR), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The amperometric detection of L-lactate was performed at -0.100 V, with a linear range between 100 and 700 µM, a detection limit of 33 µM, and a quantification limit of 100 µM. The proposed biosensor (GCE/MWCNT-Av/bLOx) showed a reproducibility of 6.0% and it was successfully used for determining L-lactate in food and enriched serum samples.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alejandro Tamborelli
- CIQA, CONICET, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Maestro López esq. Cruz Roja Argentina, Córdoba 5016, Argentina;
- INFIQC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba 5000, Argentina;
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- INFIQC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba 5000, Argentina;
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- CIQUIBIC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba 5000, Argentina; (M.A.); (J.L.B.)
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- CIQUIBIC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba 5000, Argentina; (M.A.); (J.L.B.)
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- INFIQC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba 5000, Argentina;
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- CIQUIBIC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba 5000, Argentina; (M.A.); (J.L.B.)
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- CIQA, CONICET, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Maestro López esq. Cruz Roja Argentina, Córdoba 5016, Argentina;
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Tamborelli A, López Mujica M, Sánchez-Velasco OA, Hormazábal-Campos C, Pérez EG, Gutierrez-Cutiño M, Venegas-Yazigi D, Dalmasso P, Rivas G, Hermosilla-Ibáñez P. A new strategy to build electrochemical enzymatic biosensors using a nanohybrid material based on carbon nanotubes and a rationally designed schiff base containing boronic acid. Talanta 2024; 270:125520. [PMID: 38147722 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
Abstract
We report a nanohybrid material obtained by non-covalent functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with the new ligand (((1E,1'E)-(naphthalene-2,3-diylbis(azaneylylidene))bis(methaneylylidenedene)) bis(4-hydroxy-3,1-phenylene))diboronic acid (SB-dBA), rationally designed to mimic some recognition properties of biomolecules like concanavalin A, for the development of electrochemical biosensors based on the use of glycobiomolecules as biorecognition element. We present, as a proof-of-concept, a hydrogen peroxide biosensor obtained by anchoring horseradish peroxidase (HRP) at a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with the nanohybrid prepared by sonication of 2.0 mg mL-1 MWCNTs and 0.50 mg mL-1 SB-dBA in N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF) for 30 min. The hydrogen peroxide biosensing was performed at -0.050 V in the presence of 5.0 × 10-4 M hydroquinone. The analytical characteristics of the resulting biosensor are the following: linear range between 0.175 μM and 6.12 μM, detection limit of 58 nM, and reproducibility of 2.0 % using the same nanohybrid (6 biosensors), and 9.0 % using three different nanohybrids. The sensor was successfully used to quantify hydrogen peroxide in enriched milk and human blood serum samples and in a commercial disinfector.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alejandro Tamborelli
- INFIQC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina; CIQA, CONICET, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Maestro López esq. Cruz Roja Argentina, 5016, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 7820436, Chile
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 7820436, Chile
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 7820436, Chile
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, 9170022, Chile; Centro para el Desarrollo de La Nanociencia y la Nanotecnología (CEDENNA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, 9170022, Chile
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, 9170022, Chile; Centro para el Desarrollo de La Nanociencia y la Nanotecnología (CEDENNA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, 9170022, Chile
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- CIQA, CONICET, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Maestro López esq. Cruz Roja Argentina, 5016, Córdoba, Argentina.
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- INFIQC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina.
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, 9170022, Chile; Centro para el Desarrollo de La Nanociencia y la Nanotecnología (CEDENNA), Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, 9170022, Chile.
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Mujica ML, Tamborelli A, Vaschetti VM, Espinoza LC, Bollo S, Dalmasso PR, Rivas GA. Two birds with one stone: integrating exfoliation and immunoaffinity properties in multi-walled carbon nanotubes by non-covalent functionalization with human immunoglobulin G. Mikrochim Acta 2023; 190:73. [PMID: 36695940 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-022-05630-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
An innovative strategy is proposed to simultaneously exfoliate multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and generate MWCNTs with immunoaffinity properties. This strategy was based on the non-covalent functionalization of MWCNTs with human immunoglobulin G (IgG) by sonicating 2.5 mg mL-1 MWCNTs in 2.0 mg mL-1 IgG for 15 min with sonicator bath. Impedimetric experiments performed at glassy carbon electrodes (GCE) modified with the resulting MWCNT-IgG nanohybrid in the presence of anti-human immunoglobulin G antibody (Anti-IgG) demonstrated that the immunoglobulin retains their biorecognition properties even after the treatment during the MWCNT functionalization. We proposed, as proof-of-concept, two model electrochemical sensors, a voltammetric one for uric acid quantification by taking advantages of the exfoliated MWCNTs electroactivity (linear range, 5.0 × 10-7 M - 5.0 × 10-6 M; detection limit, 165 nM) and an impedimetric immunosensor for the detection of Anti-IgG through the use of the bioaffinity properties of the IgG present in the nanohybrid (linear range, 5-50 µg mL-1; detection limit, 2 µg mL-1).
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- Michael López Mujica
- INFIQC (CONICET-UNC), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC (CONICET-UNC), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina.,CIQA, CONICET, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Maestro López Esq, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Cruz Roja Argentina, 5016, Córdoba, Argentina
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- CIQA, CONICET, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Maestro López Esq, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Cruz Roja Argentina, 5016, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación de Procesos Redox, CIPRex, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Sergio Livingstone 1007, Independencia, Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Química Farmacológica Y Toxicológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Sergio Livingstone 1007, Independencia, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Investigación de Procesos Redox, CIPRex, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Sergio Livingstone 1007, Independencia, Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Química Farmacológica Y Toxicológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Sergio Livingstone 1007, Independencia, Santiago, Chile
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- CIQA, CONICET, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Maestro López Esq, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Cruz Roja Argentina, 5016, Córdoba, Argentina.
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- INFIQC (CONICET-UNC), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina.
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Mujica ML, Tamborelli A, Castellaro A, Barcudi D, Rubianes MD, Rodríguez MC, Saka HA, Bocco JL, Dalmasso PR, Rivas GA. Impedimetric and amperometric genosensors for the highly sensitive quantification of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid using an avidin-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes biocapture platform. Biosens Bioelectron X 2022; 12:100222. [PMID: 36118917 PMCID: PMC9472467 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosx.2022.100222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/13/2022] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
Abstract
We report two novel genosensors for the quantification of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid using glassy carbon electrodes modified with a biocapture nanoplatform made of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) non-covalently functionalized with avidin (Av) as a support of the biotinylated-DNA probes. One of the genosensors was based on impedimetric transduction offering a non-labelled and non-amplified detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid through the increment of [Fe(CN)6]3-/4- charge transfer resistance. This biosensor presented an excellent analytical performance, with a linear range of 1.0 × 10-18 M - 1.0 × 10-11 M, a sensitivity of (5.8 ± 0.6) x 102 Ω M-1 (r2 = 0.994), detection and quantification limits of 0.33 aM and 1.0 aM, respectively; and reproducibilities of 5.4% for 1.0 × 10-15 M target using the same MWCNTs-Av-bDNAp nanoplatform, and 6.9% for 1.0 × 10-15 M target using 3 different nanoplatforms. The other genosensor was based on a sandwich hybridization scheme and amperometric transduction using the streptavidin(Strep)-biotinylated horseradish peroxidase (bHRP)/hydrogen peroxide/hydroquinone (HQ) system. This genosensor allowed an extremely sensitive quantification of the SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid, with a linear range of 1.0 × 10-20 M - 1.0 × 10-17 M, detection limit at zM level, and a reproducibility of 11% for genosensors prepared with the same MWCNTs-Av-bDNAp1 nanoplatform. As a proof-of-concept, and considering the extremely high sensitivity, the genosensor was challenged with highly diluted samples obtained from SARS-CoV-2 RNA PCR amplification.
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- Michael López Mujica
- INFIQC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
- CIQA, CONICET, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Maestro López esq. Cruz Roja Argentina, 5016, Córdoba, Argentina
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- CIBICI, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- CIBICI, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- CIBICI, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- CIBICI, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- CIQA, CONICET, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Maestro López esq. Cruz Roja Argentina, 5016, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC, CONICET-UNC, Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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Gallay P, López Mujica M, Bollo S, Rivas G. Genosensing Applications of Glassy Carbon Electrodes Modified with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Non-Covalently Functionalized with Polyarginine. Micromachines (Basel) 2022; 13:1978. [PMID: 36422406 PMCID: PMC9696550 DOI: 10.3390/mi13111978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
We report the advantages of glassy carbon electrodes (GCE) modified with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) non-covalently functionalized with polyarginine (PolyArg) for the adsorption and electrooxidation of different DNAs and the analytical applications of the resulting platform. The presence of the carbon nanostructures, and mainly the charge of the PolyArg that supports them, facilitates the adsorption of calf-thymus and salmon sperm double-stranded DNAs and produces an important decrease in the overvoltages for the oxidation of guanine and adenine residues and a significant enhancement in the associated currents. As a proof-of-concept of possible GCE/MWCNTs-PolyArg biosensing applications, we develop an impedimetric genosensor for the quantification of microRNA-21 at femtomolar levels, using GCE/MWCNTs-PolyArg as a platform for immobilizing the DNA probe, with a detection limit of 3fM, a sensitivity of 1.544 × 103 Ω M-1, and a successful application in enriched biological fluids.
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- Pablo Gallay
- INFIQC, Departamento de FIsicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba 5000, Argentina
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- INFIQC, Departamento de FIsicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba 5000, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación de Procesos Redox, CIPRex, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Sergio Livingstone 1007, Independencia, Santiago 8380000, Chile
- Departamento de Química Farmacológica y Toxicológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Sergio Livingstone 1007, Independencia, Santiago 8380000, Chile
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- INFIQC, Departamento de FIsicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba 5000, Argentina
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Mujica ML, Sotomayor‐Santander I, Hermosilla‐Ibáñez P, Oyarzun‐Ampuero F, Rodríguez MC, Rivas GA, Venegas‐Yazigi D, Bollo S. MWCNT‐Organoimido Polyoxomolybdate Hybrid Material: Analytical Applications for Amperometric Sensing of Hydrogen Peroxide. ELECTROANAL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.202100149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Michael López Mujica
- INFIQC-CONICET Departamento de Fisicoquímica Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Ciudad Universitaria. 5000 Córdoba Argentina
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales Facultad de Química y Biología University of Santiago of Chile (USACH) Department of Chemistry of Materials Chile
- University of Santiago of Chile (USACH) Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CEDENNA Chile
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales Facultad de Química y Biología University of Santiago of Chile (USACH) Department of Chemistry of Materials Chile
- University of Santiago of Chile (USACH) Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CEDENNA Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS). Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
- Departamento de Ciencias y Tecnología Farmacéutica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas Universidad de Chile
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- INFIQC-CONICET Departamento de Fisicoquímica Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Ciudad Universitaria. 5000 Córdoba Argentina
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- INFIQC-CONICET Departamento de Fisicoquímica Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Ciudad Universitaria. 5000 Córdoba Argentina
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales Facultad de Química y Biología University of Santiago of Chile (USACH) Department of Chemistry of Materials Chile
- University of Santiago of Chile (USACH) Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CEDENNA Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS). Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
- CIPRex Centro de Investigación de los Procesos Redox Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
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López Mujica M, Zhang Y, Gutierrez F, Bédioui F, Rivas G. Non-amplified impedimetric genosensor for quantification of miRNA-21 based on the use of reduced graphene oxide modified with chitosan. Microchem J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.105596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Mujica ML, Gallay PA, Perrachione F, Montemerlo AE, Tamborelli LA, Vaschetti VM, Reartes DF, Bollo S, Rodríguez MC, Dalmasso PR, Rubianes MD, Rivas GA. New trends in the development of electrochemical biosensors for the quantification of microRNAs. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2020; 189:113478. [PMID: 32768875 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2020.113478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding regulatory RNAs that play an important role in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional gene expression regulation. Since their dysregulation has been associated with Alzheimer disease, cardiovascular diseases and different types of cancer, among others, miRNAs can be used as biomarkers for early diagnosis and prognosis of these diseases. The methods commonly used to quantify miRNAs are, in general, complex, costly, with limited application for point-of-care devices or resource-limited facilities. Electrochemical biosensors, mainly those based on nanomaterials, have emerged as a promising alternative to the conventional miRNA detection methods and have paved the way to the development of sensitive, fast, and low-cost detection systems. This review is focused on the most relevant contributions performed in the field of electrochemical miRNAs biosensors between 2017 and the beginning of 2020. The main contribution of this article is the critical discussion of the different amplification strategies and the comparative analysis between amplified and non-amplified miRNA electrochemical biosensing and between the different amplification schemes. Particular emphasis was given to the importance of the nanostructures, enzymes, labelling molecules, and special sequences of nucleic acids or analogues on the organization of the different bioanalytical platforms, the transduction of the hybridization event and the generation the analytical signal.
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- Michael López Mujica
- INFIQC (CONICET), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC (CONICET), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC (CONICET), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC (CONICET), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC (CONICET), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina; CIQA-CONICET, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Maestro López esq, Cruz Roja Argentina, 5016, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC (CONICET), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina; CIQA-CONICET, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Maestro López esq, Cruz Roja Argentina, 5016, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC (CONICET), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS), Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Departamento de Química Farmacológica y Toxicológica, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- INFIQC (CONICET), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- CIQA-CONICET, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad Regional Córdoba, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Maestro López esq, Cruz Roja Argentina, 5016, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC (CONICET), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- INFIQC (CONICET), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina.
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Mujica ML, Zhang Y, Bédioui F, Gutiérrez F, Rivas G. Label-free graphene oxide–based SPR genosensor for the quantification of microRNA21. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 412:3539-3546. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02593-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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