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Hakami NY, Al-Ahdal AM, Al-Sulami AJ, Alabbadi HM, Sindi MM, Gholam KA, Bayuomi MM, Qadah T. Chemical and Microbiological Changes of Expired Platelet Concentrate. Int J Gen Med 2024; 17:1433-1439. [PMID: 38617052 PMCID: PMC11016247 DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s449003] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024] Open
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Background Platelets are a commonly used blood component to prevent or treat bleeding in patients with thrombocytopenia or platelet dysfunction. They are stored at room temperature (22-24°C) for five days unless specific measures are taken to extend the shelf life to seven days or more. After five days, this study evaluated platelet units' biochemical changes and bacterial growth. Study Design and Methods Platelet concentrate was collected from 30 random donors: 8 females and 22 males. The collected samples were then placed on an agitator at room temperature and tested for their pH, protein content, and glucose levels using Roche Combur 100 Test® Strips. The Haemonetics eBDS™ System was used for bacterial detection. The measurements were taken on day five as the control and then repeated on days 7, 9, and 11 to observe any changes. On days 5 and 7, all parameters remained unchanged. However, glucose levels significantly changed (p=<0.0001) on days 9 and 11. Regarding pH, a significant change was observed on day 9 (p=0.033) and day 11 (p=0.0002). Results There were no significant changes in all parameters on days 5 and 7. However, glucose was substantially changed (p=<0.0001) on days 9 and 11. For pH, there was a significant change in pH on day 9 (p=0.033) and day 11 (p=0.0002). Discussions Our study found that platelet concentrate extension is possible for up to seven days. However, further studies are needed to evaluate platelet function during expiry time and to assess the stability of platelet morphology and function.
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- Nora Y Hakami
- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Hematology Department, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Medical City, Medinah, Saudi Arabia
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- Blood Transfusion Services Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Blood Transfusion Services Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Blood Transfusion Services Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Blood Transfusion Services Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Kou Y, Kumaran D, Howell A, Ramirez-Arcos S. Comparable bacterial growth in platelet concentrates suspended in plasma and platelet additive solution and improved detection of bacterial contamination using a new generation automated culture system. Transfusion 2024; 64:665-673. [PMID: 38456520 DOI: 10.1111/trf.17772] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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BACKGROUND Microbial screening of platelet concentrates (PC) with automated culture methods is widely implemented to reduce septic transfusion reactions. Herein, detection of bacterial contamination in PC was compared between units prepared in plasma and a mix of plasma and platelet additive solution (PAS) and between the BACT/ALERT 3D and next generation BACT/ALERT VIRTUO systems. STUDY DESIGN/METHODS Double apheresis units were split into single units, diluted in either PAS (PAS-PC) or plasma (plasma-PC), and tested for in vitro quality and sterility prior to spiking with ~30 CFU/unit of Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Serratia marcescens, and Klebsiella pneumoniae or ~10 CFU/mL of Cutibacterium acnes. Spiked PC were sampled for BACT/ALERT testing (36 and 48 h post-spiking) and colony counts (24, 36, and 48 h post-spiking). Times to detection (TtoD) and bacterial loads were compared between PC products and BACT/ALERT systems (N = 3). RESULTS Bacterial growth was similar in plasma-PC and PAS-PC. No significant differences in TtoD were observed between plasma-PC and PAS-PC at the 36-h sampling time except for S. epidermidis which grew faster in plasma-PC and C. acnes which was detected earlier in PAS-PC (p < .05). Detection of facultative bacteria was 1.3-2.2 h sooner in VIRTUO compared with 3D (p < .05) while TtoD for C. acnes was not significantly different between the two systems. DISCUSSION Comparable bacterial detection was observed in plasma-PC and PAS-PC with PC sampling performed at 36-h post blood collection. PC sampling at ≤36 h could result in faster detection of facultative pathogenic organisms with the VIRTUO system and improved PC safety.
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- Yuntong Kou
- Product & Process Development, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Product & Process Development, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Product & Process Development, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Product & Process Development, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Chiang J, Robertson J, McGoverin CM, Swift S, Vanholsbeeck F. Rapid detection of viable microbes with 5-cyano-2,3-di-(p-tolyl)tetrazolium chloride and 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate using a fibre fluorescence spectroscopy system. J Appl Microbiol 2024; 135:lxae047. [PMID: 38383865 DOI: 10.1093/jambio/lxae047] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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AIMS To assess the efficacy of two commercially available viability dyes, 5-cyano-2,3-di-(p-tolyl)tetrazolium chloride (CTC) and 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate (CFDA), in reporting on viable cell concentration and species using an all-fibre fluorometer. METHODS AND RESULTS Four bacterial species (two Gram-positive and two Gram-negative) commonly associated with food poisoning or food spoilage (Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica, Staphylococcus aureus, and Bacillus cereus) were stained with CTC or CFDA and the fibre fluorometer was used to collect full fluorescence emission spectra. A good correlation between concentration and fluorescence intensity was found for Gram-negative bacteria between 107 and 108 colony-forming units (CFU) ml-1. There was no correlation with concentration for Gram-positive bacteria; however, the information in the CTC and CFDA spectra shows the potential to distinguish Gram-negative cells from Gram-positive cells, although it may simply reflect the overall bacterial metabolic activity under staining conditions from this study. CONCLUSIONS The limit of detection (LoD) is too high in the dip-probe approach for analysis; however, the development of an approach measuring the fluorescence of single cells may improve this limitation. The development of new bacteria-specific fluorogenic dyes may also address this limitation. The ability to differentiate bacteria using these dyes may add value to measurements made to enumerate bacteria using CTC and CFDA.
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- Jessica Chiang
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
- The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
- Department of Physics, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
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- The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
- Department of Physics, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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Sun X, Ding C, Qin M, Li J. Hydrogel-Based Biosensors for Bacterial Infections. Small 2024; 20:e2306960. [PMID: 37884473 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202306960] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 09/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Hydrogels are known to have the advantages such as good biodegradability, biocompatibility, and easy functionalization, making them ideal candidates for biosensors. Hydrogel-based biosensors that respond to bacteria-induced microenvironmental changes such as pH, enzymes, antigens, etc., or directly interact with bacterial surface receptors, can be applied for early diagnosis of bacterial infections, providing information for timely treatment while avoiding antibiotic abuse. Furthermore, hydrogel biosensors capable of both bacteria diagnosis and treatment will greatly facilitate the development of point-of-care monitoring of bacterial infections. In this review, the recent advancement of hydrogel-based biosensors for bacterial infection is summarized and discussed. First, the biosensors based on pH-sensitive hydrogels, bacterial-specific secretions-sensitive hydrogels, and hydrogels directly in contact with bacterial surfaces are presented. Next, hydrogel biosensors capable of detecting bacterial infection in the early stage followed by immediate on-demand treatment are discussed. Finally, the challenges and future development of hydrogel biosensors for bacterial infections are proposed.
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- Xiaoning Sun
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Med-X Center for Materials, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, P. R. China
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Abril AG, Calo-Mata P, Villa TG, Böhme K, Barros-Velázquez J, Sánchez-Pérez Á, Pazos M, Carrera M. High-Resolution Comparative and Quantitative Proteomics of Biogenic-Amine-Producing Bacteria and Virulence Factors Present in Seafood. J Agric Food Chem 2024; 72:4448-4463. [PMID: 38364257 PMCID: PMC10906483 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c06607] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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The presence of biogenic amines (histamine, tyramine, putrescine, and cadaverine) in seafood is a significant concern for food safety. This review describes for the first time a shotgun quantitative proteomics strategy to evaluate and compare foodborne strains of bacteria that produce biogenic amines in seafoods. This approach recognized 35,621 peptide spectrum matches, belonging to 20,792 peptides, and 4621 proteins. It allowed the determination of functional pathways and the classification of the strains into hierarchical clusters. The study identified a protein-protein interaction network involving 1160 nodes/10,318 edges. Proteins were related to energy pathways, spermidine biosynthesis, and putrescine metabolism. Label-free quantitative proteomics allowed the identification of differentially regulated proteins in specific strains such as putrescine aminotransferase, arginine decarboxylase, and l-histidine-binding protein. Additionally, 123 peptides were characterized as virulence factors and 299 peptide biomarkers were selected to identify bacterial species in fish products. This study presents the most extensive proteomic repository and progress in the science of food biogenic bacteria and could be applied in the food industry for the detection of bacterial contamination that produces histamine and other biogenic amines during food processing/storage.
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- Ana G. Abril
- Department
of Food Technology, Spanish National Research
Council (CSIC), Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC), 36208 Vigo, Spain
- Department
of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty
of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15898 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department
of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, Food Technology
Division, School of Veterinary Sciences,
University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Lugo, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- Department
of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty
of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15898 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department
of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, Food Technology
Division, School of Veterinary Sciences,
University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Lugo, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- Department
of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, Food Technology
Division, School of Veterinary Sciences,
University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Lugo, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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- Sydney
School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Department
of Food Technology, Spanish National Research
Council (CSIC), Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC), 36208 Vigo, Spain
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- Department
of Food Technology, Spanish National Research
Council (CSIC), Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC), 36208 Vigo, Spain
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Vercauteren R, Gevers C, Mahillon J, Francis LA. Design of a Porous Silicon Biosensor: Characterization, Modeling, and Application to the Indirect Detection of Bacteria. Biosensors (Basel) 2024; 14:104. [PMID: 38392023 PMCID: PMC10886929 DOI: 10.3390/bios14020104] [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: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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The design of a porous silicon (PSi) biosensor is not often documented, but is of the upmost importance to optimize its performance. In this work, the motivation behind the design choices of a PSi-based optical biosensor for the indirect detection of bacteria via their lysis is detailed. The transducer, based on a PSi membrane, was characterized and models were built to simulate the analyte diffusion, depending on the porous nanostructures, and to optimize the optical properties. Once all performances and properties were analyzed and optimized, a theoretical response was calculated. The theoretical limit of detection was computed as 104 CFU/mL, based on the noise levels of the optical setup. The experimental response was measured using 106 CFU/mL of Bacillus cereus as model strain, lysed by bacteriophage-coded endolysins PlyB221. The obtained signal matched the expected response, demonstrating the validity of our design and models.
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- Roselien Vercauteren
- Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; (R.V.); (C.G.)
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- Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; (R.V.); (C.G.)
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- Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;
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- Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; (R.V.); (C.G.)
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Cheng S, Tu Z, Zheng S, Khan A, Yang P, Shen H, Gu B. Development of a Magnetically-Assisted SERS Biosensor for Rapid Bacterial Detection. Int J Nanomedicine 2024; 19:389-401. [PMID: 38250194 PMCID: PMC10799629 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s433316] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Introduction Ultrasensitive bacterial detection methods are crucial to ensuring accurate diagnosis and effective clinical monitoring, given the significant threat bacterial infections pose to human health. The aim of this study is to develop a biosensor with capabilities for broad-spectrum bacterial detection, rapid processing, and cost-effectiveness. Methods A magnetically-assisted SERS biosensor was designed, employing wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) for broad-spectrum recognition and antibodies for specific capture. Gold nanostars (AuNSs) were sequentially modified with the Raman reporter molecules and WGA, creating a versatile SERS tag with high affinity for a diverse range of bacteria. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) antibody-modified Fe3O4 magnetic gold nanoparticles (MGNPs) served as the capture probes. Target bacteria were captured by MGNPs and combined with SERS tags, forming a "sandwich" composite structure for bacterial detection. Results AuNSs, with a core size of 65 nm, exhibited excellent storage stability (RSD=5.6%) and demonstrated superior SERS enhancement compared to colloidal gold nanoparticles. Efficient binding of S. aureus and P. aeruginosa to MGNPs resulted in capture efficiencies of 89.13% and 85.31%, respectively. Under optimized conditions, the developed assay achieved a limit of detection (LOD) of 7 CFU/mL for S. aureus and 5 CFU/mL for P. aeruginosa. The bacterial concentration (10-106 CFU/mL) showed a strong linear correlation with the SERS intensity at 1331 cm-1. Additionally, high recoveries (84.8% - 118.0%) and low RSD (6.21% - 11.42%) were observed in spiked human urine samples. Conclusion This study introduces a simple and innovative magnetically-assisted SERS biosensor for the sensitive and quantitative detection of S. aureus or P. aeruginosa, utilizing WGA and antibodies. The developed biosensor enhances the capabilities of the "sandwich" type SERS biosensor, offering a novel and effective platform for accurate and timely clinical diagnosis of bacterial infections.
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- Siyun Cheng
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
- Medical Technology School of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Medical Technology School of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology, Bannu, KP, Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Medical Technology School of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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Shawon J, Pell LG, Kabir M, Evans K, Hasan M, Li G, Qamar H, Starke CWE, Kurukulasuriya S, Al Mahmud A, Sherman PM, Sarker SA, Roth DE, Haque R. Detection and absolute quantification of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ATCC 202195 by quantitative real-time PCR. Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0271123. [PMID: 38018977 PMCID: PMC10783133 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02711-23] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023] Open
Abstract
IMPORTANCE When administered for seven consecutive days shortly after birth, the probiotic bacterium Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ATCC 202195 plus fructooligosaccharide (FOS) was reported to reduce sepsis and lower respiratory tract infection events during early infancy in a randomized trial in India. Since probiotic effects are often strain specific, strain-level detection and quantification by routine molecular methods enables the monitoring of safety outcomes, such as probiotic-associated bacteremia, and allows for the quality of probiotic interventions to be assessed and monitored (i.e., verify strain identity and enumerate). Despite the potential clinical applications of L. plantarum ATCC 202195, an assay to detect and quantify this strain has not previously been described. Herein, we report the design of primer and probe sequences to detect L. plantarum ATCC 202195 and the development and optimization of a real-time PCR assay to detect and quantify the strain with high specificity and high sensitivity.
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- Jakaria Shawon
- Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Emerging Infections and Parasitology Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Cell Biology Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Emerging Infections and Parasitology Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Chen CT, Weng CC, Fan KP, Barman SR, Pal A, Liu CB, Li YK, Lin ZH, Chang CC. Guanidinium-Functionalized Polymer Dielectrics for Triboelectric Bacterial Detection. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:1502-1510. [PMID: 38147587 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c15353] [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] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
Abstract
Development of rapid detection strategies that target potentially pathogenic bacteria has gained increasing attention due to the increasing awareness for better health and safety. In this study, we evaluate an intrinsically antimicrobial polymer, 2Gdm, which is a poly(norbornene)-based functional polymer featuring guanidinium groups as side chains, for bacterial detection by the means of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) and triboelectric nanosensors (TENSs). Attachment of bacteria to the sensing layer is anticipated to alter the overall triboelectric properties of the underlying polymer layer. The positively charged guanidinium functional groups can interact with the negatively charged phospholipid bilayer of bacteria and lead to bacterial death, which can then be detected by optical microscopy, X-ray photoelectron microscopy, and more advanced self-powered sensing techniques such as TENGs and TENSs. The double bonds present along the poly(norbornene) backbone allow for thermally induced cross-linking to obtain X-2Gdm and thus rendering materials remain stable in water. By monitoring the change in voltage output after immersion in various concentrations of Gram-negative Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Gram-positive Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae), we have demonstrated the utility of X-2Gdm as a new polymer dielectric for autonomous bacterial detection. As the bacterial concentration increases, the amount of adsorbed bacteria also increases, resulting in a decrease in the surface potential of the X-2Gdm thin film; this reduction in surface potential can cause a decrease in the triboelectric output for both TENGs and TENSs, which serves as a key working mechanism for facile bacterial detection. TENG and TENS systems are capable of detecting E. coli and S. pneumoniae within a range of 4 × 105 to 4 × 108 CFU/mL with a limit of detection of 106 CFU/mL. This report highlights the promising prospects of employing TENGs and TENSs as innovative sensing technologies for rapid bacterial detection by leveraging the electrostatic interactions between bacterial cell membranes and cationic groups present on polymer surfaces.
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- Chi-Ting Chen
- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
- Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
- Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
- Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
- Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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Psotta C, Nilsson EJ, Sjöberg T, Falk M. Bacteria-Infected Artificial Urine Characterization Based on a Combined Approach Using an Electronic Tongue Complemented with 1H-NMR and Flow Cytometry. Biosensors (Basel) 2023; 13:916. [PMID: 37887109 PMCID: PMC10605348 DOI: 10.3390/bios13100916] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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The prevailing form of bacterial infection is within the urinary tract, encompassing a wide array of bacteria that harness the urinary metabolome for their growth. Through their metabolic actions, the chemical composition of the growth medium undergoes modifications as the bacteria metabolize urine compounds, leading to the subsequent release of metabolites. These changes can indirectly indicate the existence and proliferation of bacterial organisms. Here, we investigate the use of an electronic tongue, a powerful analytical instrument based on a combination of non-selective chemical sensors with a partial specificity for data gathering combined with principal component analysis, to distinguish between infected and non-infected artificial urine samples. Three prevalent bacteria found in urinary tract infections were investigated, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Enterococcus faecalis. Furthermore, the electronic tongue analysis was supplemented with 1H NMR spectroscopy and flow cytometry. Bacteria-specific changes in compound consumption allowed for a qualitative differentiation between artificial urine medium and bacterial growth.
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- Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, and Biofilms Research Center, Malmö University, 205 06 Malmö, Sweden; (C.P.); (E.J.N.); (T.S.)
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Xu X, Lin X, Wang L, Ma Y, Sun T, Bian X. A Novel Dual Bacteria-Imprinted Polymer Sensor for Highly Selective and Rapid Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria. Biosensors (Basel) 2023; 13:868. [PMID: 37754102 PMCID: PMC10526176 DOI: 10.3390/bios13090868] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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The rapid, sensitive, and selective detection of pathogenic bacteria is of utmost importance in ensuring food safety and preventing the spread of infectious diseases. Here, we present a novel, reusable, and cost-effective impedimetric sensor based on a dual bacteria-imprinted polymer (DBIP) for the specific detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Staphylococcus aureus. The DBIP sensor stands out with its remarkably short fabrication time of just 20 min, achieved through the efficient electro-polymerization of o-phenylenediamine monomer in the presence of dual bacterial templates, followed by in-situ template removal. The key structural feature of the DBIP sensor lies in the cavity-free imprinting sites, indicative of a thin layer of bacterial surface imprinting. This facilitates rapid rebinding of the target bacteria within a mere 15 min, while the sensing interface regenerates in just 10 min, enhancing the sensor's overall efficiency. A notable advantage of the DBIP sensor is its exceptional selectivity, capable of distinguishing the target bacteria from closely related bacterial strains, including different serotypes. Moreover, the sensor exhibits high sensitivity, showcasing a low detection limit of approximately 9 CFU mL-1. The sensor's reusability further enhances its cost-effectiveness, reducing the need for frequent sensor replacements. The practicality of the DBIP sensor was demonstrated in the analysis of real apple juice samples, yielding good recoveries. The integration of quick fabrication, high selectivity, rapid response, sensitivity, and reusability makes the DBIP sensor a promising solution for monitoring pathogenic bacteria, playing a crucial role in ensuring food safety and safeguarding public health.
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- Xiaoli Xu
- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
- Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Product on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai 201306, China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquatic-Product Processing & Preservation, Shanghai 201306, China
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Ibarra‐Chávez R, Reboud J, Penadés JR, Cooper JM. Phage-Inducible Chromosomal Islands as a Diagnostic Platform to Capture and Detect Bacterial Pathogens. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023; 10:e2301643. [PMID: 37358000 PMCID: PMC10460865 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202301643] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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Phage-inducible chromosomal islands (PICIs) are a family of phage satellites that hijack phage components to facilitate their mobility and spread. Recently, these genetic constructs are repurposed as antibacterial drones, enabling a new toolbox for unorthodox applications in biotechnology. To illustrate a new suite of functions, the authors have developed a user-friendly diagnostic system, based upon PICI transduction to selectively enrich bacteria, allowing the detection and sequential recovery of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The system enables high transfer rates and sensitivities in comparison with phages, with detection down to ≈50 CFU mL-1 . In contrast to conventional detection strategies, which often rely on nucleic acid molecular assays, and cannot differentiate between dead and live organisms, this approach enables visual sensing of viable pathogens only, through the expression of a reporter gene encoded in the PICI. The approach extends diagnostic sensing mechanisms beyond cell-free synthetic biology strategies, enabling new synthetic biology/biosensing toolkits.
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- Rodrigo Ibarra‐Chávez
- Department of BiologySection of MicrobiologyUniversity of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 15, bldg. 1CopenhagenDK2100Denmark
- Institute of InfectionImmunity and InflammationCollege of MedicalVeterinary and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowG12 8TAUK
- Division of Biomedical EngineeringJames Watt School of EngineeringUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowG12 8QQUK
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- Division of Biomedical EngineeringJames Watt School of EngineeringUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowG12 8QQUK
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- Institute of InfectionImmunity and InflammationCollege of MedicalVeterinary and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowG12 8TAUK
- Departamento de Ciencias BiomédicasUniversidad CEU Cardenal HerreraMoncada46113Spain
- Centre for Bacterial Resistance BiologyImperial College LondonSouth KensingtonSW7 2AZUK
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- Division of Biomedical EngineeringJames Watt School of EngineeringUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowG12 8QQUK
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Vercauteren R, Leprince A, Nuytten M, Mahillon J, Francis LA. Indirect Detection of Bacteria on Optically Enhanced Porous Silicon Membrane-Based Biosensors Using Selective Lytic Enzymes. ACS Sens 2023. [PMID: 37409885 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c00467] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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In this work, we developed a biosensor for the indirect detection of bacteria via their lysate. The developed sensor is based on porous silicon membranes, which are known for their many attractive optical and physical properties. Unlike traditional porous silicon biosensors, the selectivity of the bioassay presented in this work does not rely on bio-probes attached to the sensor surface; the selectivity is added to the analyte itself, by the addition of lytic enzymes that target only the desired bacteria. The resulting bacterial lysate is then able to penetrate into the porous silicon membrane and affects its optical properties, while intact bacteria accumulate on top of the sensor. The porous silicon sensors, fabricated using standard microfabrication techniques, are coated with TiO2 layers using atomic layer deposition. These layers serve as passivation but also enhance the optical properties. The performance of the TiO2-coated biosensor is tested for the detection of Bacillus cereus, using the bacteriophage-encoded PlyB221 endolysin as the lytic agent. The sensitivity of the biosensor is much improved compared to previous works, reaching 103 CFU/mL, with a total assay time of 1 h 30 min. The selectivity and versatility of the detection platform are also demonstrated, as is the detection of B. cereus in a complex analyte.
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- Roselien Vercauteren
- Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics, UCLouvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics, UCLouvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Normani S, Bertolotti P, Bisio F, Magnozzi M, Carboni FF, Filattiera S, Perotto S, Marangi F, Lanzani G, Scotognella F, Paternò GM. Tamm Plasmon Resonance as Optical Fingerprint of Silver/Bacteria Interaction. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023. [PMID: 37260129 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c05473] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The incorporation of responsive elements into photonic crystals is an effective strategy for fabricating active optical components to be used as sensors, actuators, and modulators. In particular, the combination of simple multilayered dielectric mirrors with optically responsive plasmonic materials has proven to be successful. Recently, Tamm plasmon (TP) modes have emerged as powerful tools for these purposes. These modes arise at the interface between a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) and a plasmonic layer and can be excited at a normal incidence angle. Although the TP field is located usually at the DBR/metal interface, recent studies have demonstrated that nanoscale corrugation of the metal layer permits access to the TP mode from outside, thus opening exciting perspectives for many real-life applications. In this study, we show that the TP resonance obtained by capping a DBR with a nanostructured layer of silver is responsive to Escherichia coli. Our data indicate that the modification of the TP mode originates from the well-known capability of silver to interact with bacteria, within a process in which the release of Ag+ ions leaves an excess of negative charge in the metal lattice. Finally, we exploited this effect to devise a case study in which we optically differentiated between the presence of proliferative and nonproliferative bacteria using the TP resonance as a read-out. These findings make these devices promising all-optical probes for bacterial metabolic activity, including their response to external stressors.
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- Simone Normani
- Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Raffaele Rubattino, 81, 20134 Milano, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Raffaele Rubattino, 81, 20134 Milano, Italy
- Biomedical Engineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- SuPerconducting and Other INnovative Materials and Devices Institute (SPIN), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Corso F.M. Perrone 24, 16152 Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Raffaele Rubattino, 81, 20134 Milano, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Raffaele Rubattino, 81, 20134 Milano, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Raffaele Rubattino, 81, 20134 Milano, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Raffaele Rubattino, 81, 20134 Milano, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Raffaele Rubattino, 81, 20134 Milano, Italy
- Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Raffaele Rubattino, 81, 20134 Milano, Italy
- Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Zhang X, Xiong Y, Cai S, Wu T, Lian Z, Wang C, Zhang W, Yang R. Versatile gold-silver-PB nanojujubes for multi-modal detection and photo-responsive elimination against bacteria. Front Chem 2023; 11:1211523. [PMID: 37284578 PMCID: PMC10239827 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1211523] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
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Bacterial infections have become a serious threat to global public health. Nanomaterials have shown promise in the development of bacterial biosensing and antibiotic-free antibacterial modalities, but single-component materials are often less functional and difficult to achieve dual bacterial detection and killing. Herein, we report a novel strategy based on the effective integration of multi-modal bacterial detection and elimination, by constructing the versatile gold-silver-Prussian blue nanojujubes (GSP NJs) via a facile template etching method. Such incorporation of multi-components involves the utilization of cores of gold nanobipyramids with strong surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) activity, the shells of Prussian blue as both an efficient bio-silent SERS label and an active peroxidase-mimic, and functionalization of polyvinyl pyrrolidone and vancomycin, respectively endowing them with good colloidal dispersibility and specificity against S. aureus. The GSP NJs show operational convenience in the SERS detection and excellent peroxidase-like activity for the sensitive colorimetric detection. Meanwhile, they exhibit robust near-infrared photothermal/photodynamic effects, and the photo-promoted Ag+ ions release, ultimately achieving a high antibacterial efficiency over 99.9% in 5 min. The NJs can also effectively eliminate complex biofilms. The work provides new insights into the design of multifunctional core-shell nanostructures for the integrated bacterial detection and therapy.
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- Xining Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Sino-Danish College, Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Sino-Danish College, Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Sino-Danish College, Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Liu L, Ma W, Wang X, Li S. Recent Progress of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Bacteria Detection. Biosensors (Basel) 2023; 13:350. [PMID: 36979564 PMCID: PMC10046079 DOI: 10.3390/bios13030350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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There are various pathogenic bacteria in the surrounding living environment, which not only pose a great threat to human health but also bring huge losses to economic development. Conventional methods for bacteria detection are usually time-consuming, complicated and labor-intensive, and cannot meet the growing demands for on-site and rapid analyses. Sensitive, rapid and effective methods for pathogenic bacteria detection are necessary for environmental monitoring, food safety and infectious bacteria diagnosis. Recently, benefiting from its advantages of rapidity and high sensitivity, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has attracted significant attention in the field of bacteria detection and identification as well as drug susceptibility testing. Here, we comprehensively reviewed the latest advances in SERS technology in the field of bacteria analysis. Firstly, the mechanism of SERS detection and the fabrication of the SERS substrate were briefly introduced. Secondly, the label-free SERS applied for the identification of bacteria species was summarized in detail. Thirdly, various SERS tags for the high-sensitivity detection of bacteria were also discussed. Moreover, we emphasized the application prospects of microfluidic SERS chips in antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST). In the end, we gave an outlook on the future development and trends of SERS in point-of-care diagnoses of bacterial infections.
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- Lulu Liu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems, Ministry of Education, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
- Key Disciplines Laboratory of Novel Micro-Nano Devices and System Technology, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Systems, Ministry of Education, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
- Key Disciplines Laboratory of Novel Micro-Nano Devices and System Technology, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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Cao J, Zhu W, Zhou J, Zhao BC, Pan YY, Ye Y, Shen AG. Engineering a SERS Sensing Nanoplatform with Self-Sterilization for Undifferentiated and Rapid Detection of Bacteria. Biosensors (Basel) 2023; 13:75. [PMID: 36671910 PMCID: PMC9855742 DOI: 10.3390/bios13010075] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The development of a convenient, sensitive, rapid and self-sterilizing biosensor for microbial detection is important for the prevention and control of foodborne diseases. Herein, we designed a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensing nanoplatform based on a capture-enrichment-enhancement strategy to detect bacteria. The gold-Azo@silver-cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (Au-Azo@Ag-CTAB) SERS nanotags were obtained by optimizing the synthesis process conditions. The results showed that the modification of CTAB enabled the nanotags to bind to different bacteria electrostatically. This SERS sensing nanoplatform was demonstrated to be fast (15 min), accurate and sensitive (limit of detection (LOD): 300 and 400 CFU/mL for E. coli and S. aureus, respectively). Of note, the excellent endogenous antibacterial activity of CTAB allowed the complete inactivation of bacteria after the assay process, thus effectively avoiding secondary contamination.
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- Jun Cao
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Research Center of Graphic Communication, Printing and Packaging, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Research Center of Graphic Communication, Printing and Packaging, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
- Research Center of Graphic Communication, Printing and Packaging, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
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Psotta C, Chaturvedi V, Gonzalez-Martinez JF, Sotres J, Falk M. Portable Prussian Blue-Based Sensor for Bacterial Detection in Urine. Sensors (Basel) 2022; 23:388. [PMID: 36616986 PMCID: PMC9823789 DOI: 10.3390/s23010388] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Bacterial infections can affect the skin, lungs, blood, and brain, and are among the leading causes of mortality globally. Early infection detection is critical in diagnosis and treatment but is a time- and work-consuming process taking several days, creating a hitherto unmet need to develop simple, rapid, and accurate methods for bacterial detection at the point of care. The most frequent type of bacterial infection is infection of the urinary tract. Here, we present a wireless-enabled, portable, potentiometric sensor for E. coli. E. coli was chosen as a model bacterium since it is the most common cause of urinary tract infections. The sensing principle is based on reduction of Prussian blue by the metabolic activity of the bacteria, detected by monitoring the potential of the sensor, transferring the sensor signal via Bluetooth, and recording the output on a laptop or a mobile phone. In sensing of bacteria in an artificial urine medium, E. coli was detected in ~4 h (237 ± 19 min; n = 4) and in less than 0.5 h (21 ± 7 min, n = 3) using initial E. coli concentrations of ~103 and 105 cells mL-1, respectively, which is under or on the limit for classification of a urinary tract infection. Detection of E. coli was also demonstrated in authentic urine samples with bacteria concentration as low as 104 cells mL-1, with a similar response recorded between urine samples collected from different volunteers as well as from morning and afternoon urine samples.
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- Carolin Psotta
- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, 20506 Malmö, Sweden
- Aptusens AB, 29394 Kyrkhult, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, 20506 Malmö, Sweden
- Biofilms-Research Center for Biointerfaces, Malmö University, 20506 Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, 20506 Malmö, Sweden
- Biofilms-Research Center for Biointerfaces, Malmö University, 20506 Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, 20506 Malmö, Sweden
- Biofilms-Research Center for Biointerfaces, Malmö University, 20506 Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, 20506 Malmö, Sweden
- Biofilms-Research Center for Biointerfaces, Malmö University, 20506 Malmö, Sweden
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Abril AG, Carrera M, Notario V, Sánchez-Pérez Á, Villa TG. The Use of Bacteriophages in Biotechnology and Recent Insights into Proteomics. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:653. [PMID: 35625297 PMCID: PMC9137636 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11050653] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Phages have certain features, such as their ability to form protein-protein interactions, that make them good candidates for use in a variety of beneficial applications, such as in human or animal health, industry, food science, food safety, and agriculture. It is essential to identify and characterize the proteins produced by particular phages in order to use these viruses in a variety of functional processes, such as bacterial detection, as vehicles for drug delivery, in vaccine development, and to combat multidrug resistant bacterial infections. Furthermore, phages can also play a major role in the design of a variety of cheap and stable sensors as well as in diagnostic assays that can either specifically identify specific compounds or detect bacteria. This article reviews recently developed phage-based techniques, such as the use of recombinant tempered phages, phage display and phage amplification-based detection. It also encompasses the application of phages as capture elements, biosensors and bioreceptors, with a special emphasis on novel bacteriophage-based mass spectrometry (MS) applications.
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- Ana G. Abril
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15898 Santiago de Compostela, Spain;
- Department of Food Technology, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Marine Research Institute (IIM), 36208 Vigo, Spain;
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- Department of Food Technology, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Marine Research Institute (IIM), 36208 Vigo, Spain;
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- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA;
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- Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15898 Santiago de Compostela, Spain;
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Tran HV, Ngo NM, Medhi R, Srinoi P, Liu T, Rittikulsittichai S, Lee TR. Multifunctional Iron Oxide Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications: A Review. Materials (Basel) 2022; 15:503. [PMID: 35057223 PMCID: PMC8779542 DOI: 10.3390/ma15020503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 12/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Due to their good magnetic properties, excellent biocompatibility, and low price, magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) are the most commonly used magnetic nanomaterials and have been extensively explored in biomedical applications. Although magnetic IONPs can be used for a variety of applications in biomedicine, most practical applications require IONP-based platforms that can perform several tasks in parallel. Thus, appropriate engineering and integration of magnetic IONPs with different classes of organic and inorganic materials can produce multifunctional nanoplatforms that can perform several functions simultaneously, allowing their application in a broad spectrum of biomedical fields. This review article summarizes the fabrication of current composite nanoplatforms based on integration of magnetic IONPs with organic dyes, biomolecules (e.g., lipids, DNAs, aptamers, and antibodies), quantum dots, noble metal NPs, and stimuli-responsive polymers. We also highlight the recent technological advances achieved from such integrated multifunctional platforms and their potential use in biomedical applications, including dual-mode imaging for biomolecule detection, targeted drug delivery, photodynamic therapy, chemotherapy, and magnetic hyperthermia therapy.
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- Hung-Vu Tran
- Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA; (H.-V.T.); (N.M.N.); (R.M.); (T.L.); (S.R.)
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- Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA; (H.-V.T.); (N.M.N.); (R.M.); (T.L.); (S.R.)
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- Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA; (H.-V.T.); (N.M.N.); (R.M.); (T.L.); (S.R.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand;
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- Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA; (H.-V.T.); (N.M.N.); (R.M.); (T.L.); (S.R.)
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- Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA; (H.-V.T.); (N.M.N.); (R.M.); (T.L.); (S.R.)
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- Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA; (H.-V.T.); (N.M.N.); (R.M.); (T.L.); (S.R.)
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Muljadi M, Cheng CM, Shen CJ. Development of a Tetrazolium-Derived Paper-Based Diagnostic Device as an Early, Alternative Bacteria Screening Tool. Micromachines (Basel) 2021; 13:44. [PMID: 35056209 PMCID: PMC8779278 DOI: 10.3390/mi13010044] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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(1) Background: The complexity, amount of time, and the large amount of resource required to perform gold-standard bacteria culture procedures makes it difficult to perform timely pathogenic analyses, especially in areas where such resources are not readily available. A paper-based biochemical analytical tool can potentially tackle problems economically in terms of time and convenience, potentially finding utility in applications where simple and timely detection of bacteria is necessary; (2) Methods: The utility of paper-based MTT-PMS strips was tested using a simple colorimetric analytical methodology; (3) Results: Sufficient evidence was obtained to suggest that the strips can potentially be used as a rapid and convenient early, alternative bacteria screening tool for a variety of applications; (4) Conclusions: The potential of strips for the rapid detection of bacteria compared to standard bacteria culture is a key advantage in certain clinical, agricultural, and environmental applications.
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- Michael Muljadi
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsinghua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan; (M.M.); (C.-M.C.)
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsinghua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan; (M.M.); (C.-M.C.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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Chen CH, Tsao YT, Yeh PT, Liao YH, Lee YT, Liao WT, Wang YC, Shen CF, Cheng CM. Detection of Microorganisms in Body Fluids via MTT-PMS Assay. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 12:46. [PMID: 35054213 PMCID: PMC8774610 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12010046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Early detection of microorganisms is essential for the management of infectious diseases. However, this is challenging, as traditional culture methods are labor-intensive and time-consuming. The 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide-phenazine methosulfate (MTT-PMS) assay has been used to evaluate the metabolic activity in live cells and can thus be used for detecting living microorganisms. With the addition of NaOH and Tris-EDTA, the same approach can be accelerated (within 15 min) and used for the quick detection of common bacterial pathogens. The assay results can be evaluated colorimetrically or semi-quantitatively. Here, the quick detection by MTT-PMS assay was further investigated. The assay had a detection limit of approximately 104 CFU/mL. In clinical evaluations, we used the MTT-PMS assay to detect clinical samples and bacteriuria (>105 CFU/mL). The negative predictive value of the MTT-PMS assay for determining bacteriuria was 79.59% but was 100% when the interference of abnormal blood was excluded. Thus, the MTT-PMS assay might be a potential "rule-out" tool for bacterial detection in clinical samples, at a cost of approximately USD 1 per test. Owing to its low cost, rapid results, and easy-to-use characteristics, the MTT-PMS assay may be a potential tool for microorganism detection.
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- Cheng-Han Chen
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; (C.-H.C.); (Y.-T.T.); (Y.-H.L.); (W.-T.L.)
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan;
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; (C.-H.C.); (Y.-T.T.); (Y.-H.L.); (W.-T.L.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 10002, Taiwan;
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; (C.-H.C.); (Y.-T.T.); (Y.-H.L.); (W.-T.L.)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan;
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; (C.-H.C.); (Y.-T.T.); (Y.-H.L.); (W.-T.L.)
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- National Defense Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei 11490, Taiwan;
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan; (C.-H.C.); (Y.-T.T.); (Y.-H.L.); (W.-T.L.)
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Harhala M, Gembara K, Miernikiewicz P, Owczarek B, Kaźmierczak Z, Majewska J, Nelson DC, Dąbrowska K. DNA Dye Sytox Green in Detection of Bacteriolytic Activity: High Speed, Precision and Sensitivity Demonstrated With Endolysins. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:752282. [PMID: 34759903 PMCID: PMC8575126 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.752282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Introduction: Increasing number of deaths from multi-drug resistant bacterial infections has caused both the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to repeatedly call for development of new, non-traditional antibacterial treatments. Antimicrobial enzymes, including those derived from bacteriophages, known as endolysins or enzybiotics, are considered promising solutions among the emerging therapies. These naturally occurring proteins specifically destroy bacterial cell walls (peptidoglycan) and as such, are capable of killing several logs of bacteria within minutes. Some endolysins cause lysis of a wide range of susceptible bacteria, including both Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, whereas other endolysins are species- or even strain-specific. To make wide use of endolysins as antibacterial agents, some basic research issues remain to be clarified or addressed. Currently available methods for testing endolysin kinetics are indirect, require large numbers of bacteria, long incubation times and are affected by technical problems or limited reproducibility. Also, available methods are focused more on enzymatic activity rather than killing efficiency which is more relevant from a medical perspective. Results: We show a novel application of a DNA dye, SYTOX Green. It can be applied in comprehensive, real-time and rapid measurement of killing efficiency, lytic activity, and susceptibility of a bacterial population to lytic enzymes. Use of DNA dyes shows improved reaction times, higher sensitivity in low concentrations of bacteria, and independence of bacterial growth. Our data show high precision in lytic activity and enzyme efficiency measurements. This solution opens the way to the development of new, high throughput, precise measurements and tests in variety of conditions, thus unlocking new possibilities in development of novel antimicrobials and analysis of bacterial samples.
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- Marek Harhala
- Laboratory of Phage Molecular Biology, Department of Phage Therapy, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław, Poland.,Research and Development Centre, Regional Specialist Hospital in Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Laboratory of Phage Molecular Biology, Department of Phage Therapy, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław, Poland.,Research and Development Centre, Regional Specialist Hospital in Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Laboratory of Phage Molecular Biology, Department of Phage Therapy, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław, Poland
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- Bacteriophage Laboratory, Department of Phage Therapy, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław, Poland
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- Laboratory of Phage Molecular Biology, Department of Phage Therapy, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław, Poland.,Research and Development Centre, Regional Specialist Hospital in Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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- Laboratory of Phage Molecular Biology, Department of Phage Therapy, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław, Poland
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, United States
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- Laboratory of Phage Molecular Biology, Department of Phage Therapy, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław, Poland.,Research and Development Centre, Regional Specialist Hospital in Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
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Hashish A, Sinha A, Mekky A, Sato Y, Macedo NR, El-Gazzar M. Development and Validation of Two Diagnostic Real-Time PCR (TaqMan) Assays for the Detection of Bordetella avium from Clinical Samples and Comparison to the Currently Available Real-Time TaqMan PCR Assay. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9112232. [PMID: 34835358 PMCID: PMC8619015 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9112232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Bordetella avium (BA) is one of many pathogens that cause respiratory diseases in turkeys. However, other bacterial species can easily overgrow it during isolation attempts. This makes confirming the diagnosis of BA as the causative agent of turkey coryza more difficult. Currently, there are two PCR assays for the molecular detection of BA. One is conventional gel-based PCR and the other is TaqMan real-time PCR (qPCR) assay. However, multiple pitfalls were detected in both assays regarding their specificity, sensitivity, and efficiency, which limits their utility as diagnostic tools. In this study, we developed and validated two TaqMan qPCR assays and compared their performance to the currently available TaqMan qPCR. The two assays were able to correctly identify all BA isolates and showed negative results against a wide range of different microorganisms. The two assays were found to have high efficiency with a detection limit of approximately 1 × 103 plasmid DNA Copies/mL with high repeatability and reproducibility. In comparison to the currently available TaqMan qPCR assay, the newly developed assays showed significantly higher PCR efficiencies due to superior primers and probes design. The new assays can serve as a reliable tool for the sensitive, specific, and efficient diagnosis of BA.
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- Amro Hashish
- Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (A.H.); (A.S.); (Y.S.); (N.R.M.)
- National Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production, Animal Health Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza 12618, Egypt;
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- Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (A.H.); (A.S.); (Y.S.); (N.R.M.)
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- National Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production, Animal Health Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza 12618, Egypt;
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- Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (A.H.); (A.S.); (Y.S.); (N.R.M.)
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- Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (A.H.); (A.S.); (Y.S.); (N.R.M.)
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- Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (A.H.); (A.S.); (Y.S.); (N.R.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-706-540-3037
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Liu H, Li Z, Shen R, Li Z, Yang Y, Yuan Q. Point-of-Care Pathogen Testing Using Photonic Crystals and Machine Vision for Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections. Nano Lett 2021; 21:2854-2860. [PMID: 33769062 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by bacterial invasion can lead to life-threatening complications, posing a significant health threat to more than 150 million people worldwide. As a result, there is need for accurate and rapid diagnosis of UTIs to enable more effective treatment. Described here is an intelligent diagnostic system constructed for bacterial detection using an immunobiosensor, signal-amplification biochip, and image processing algorithm based on machine vision. This prototype can quickly detect bacteria by collection of enhanced luminescence enabled by the photonic crystals integrated into the biochip. By use of a machine vision algorithm, the very small luminescence signals are analyzed to provide a low detection limit and wide dynamic range. This sensor system can offer an affordable, accessible, and user-friendly digital diagnostic solution, possibly suitable for wearable technology, that could improve treatment of this challenging disease.
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- Haoran Liu
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, School of Microelectronics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, School of Microelectronics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, School of Microelectronics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, School of Microelectronics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, School of Microelectronics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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Liu H, Shen Y, Zhao P, Liu Y. Detection of Escherichia coli using luminometer with pyruvate kinase. J Mol Recognit 2021; 34:e2896. [PMID: 33822415 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2896] [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: 12/06/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Portable and quantitative detection of Escherichia coli (E. coli) has the potential to reform clinical diagnostics, food safety, and environmental monitoring. At present, most commercial devices used for pathogen detection have disadvantages such as expensive, highly complex operations, or limited detection specificity. Using the common luminometer and the properties of pyruvate kinase utilizing phosphoenolpyruvate to generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP), we have developed a method that could specifically quantify E. coli. The system is based on a sandwich hybridization procedure wherein both oligonucleotide probes recognize each end of the target of pathogenic 16S rRNAs segment. The detection probe DNA-conjugated pyruvate kinase can link ATP production to the detection of pathogenic nucleic acid in the samples. The luminometer-based system is capable of detecting E. coli with single bacteria resolution. The platform should be easily used to the detection of many other toxic analytes through the application of suitable functional-DNA recognition elements.
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- Huaiqun Liu
- Shenzhen Marine Environment Monitoring Central Station, State Oceanic Administration, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, China.,The Ocean College, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- National Marine Data & Information Service, Tianjin, China
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- National Ocean Technology Center, Tianjin, China
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Enshaei H, Puiggalí‐Jou A, del Valle LJ, Turon P, Saperas N, Alemán C. Nanotheranostic Interface Based on Antibiotic-Loaded Conducting Polymer Nanoparticles for Real-Time Monitoring of Bacterial Growth Inhibition. Adv Healthc Mater 2021; 10:e2001636. [PMID: 33336558 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202001636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Conducting polymers have been increasingly used as biologically interfacing electrodes for biomedical applications due to their excellent and fast electrochemical response, reversible doping-dedoping characteristics, high stability, easy processability, and biocompatibility. These advantageous properties can be used for the rapid detection and eradication of infections associated to bacterial growth since these are a tremendous burden for individual patients as well as the global healthcare system. Herein, a smart nanotheranostic electroresponsive platform, which consists of chloramphenicol (CAM)-loaded in poly(3,4-ethylendioxythiophene) nanoparticles (PEDOT/CAM NPs) for concurrent release of the antibiotic and real-time monitoring of bacterial growth is presented. PEDOT/CAM NPs, with an antibiotic loading content of 11.9 ± 1.3% w/w, are proved to inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli and Streptococcus sanguinis due to the antibiotic release by cyclic voltammetry. Furthermore, in situ monitoring of bacterial activity is achieved through the electrochemical detection of β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, a redox active specie produced by the microbial metabolism that diffuse to the extracellular medium. According to these results, the proposed nanotheranostic platform has great potential for real-time monitoring of the response of bacteria to the released antibiotic, contributing to the evolution of the personalized medicine.
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- Hamidreza Enshaei
- Departament d'Enginyeria Química EEBE Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya C/ Eduard Maristany 10‐14, Ed. I2 Barcelona 08019 Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química EEBE Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya C/ Eduard Maristany 10‐14, Ed. I2 Barcelona 08019 Spain
- Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering EEBE Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya C/ Eduard Maristany 10‐14, Ed. C Barcelona 08019 Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química EEBE Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya C/ Eduard Maristany 10‐14, Ed. I2 Barcelona 08019 Spain
- Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering EEBE Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya C/ Eduard Maristany 10‐14, Ed. C Barcelona 08019 Spain
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- B. Braun Surgical S.A. Carretera de Terrassa 121, Rubí Barcelona 08191 Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química EEBE Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya C/ Eduard Maristany 10‐14, Ed. I2 Barcelona 08019 Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Química EEBE Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya C/ Eduard Maristany 10‐14, Ed. I2 Barcelona 08019 Spain
- Barcelona Research Center for Multiscale Science and Engineering EEBE Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya C/ Eduard Maristany 10‐14, Ed. C Barcelona 08019 Spain
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology Baldiri Reixac 10‐12 Barcelona 08028 Spain
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Vercauteren R, Leprince A, Mahillon J, Francis LA. Porous Silicon Biosensor for the Detection of Bacteria through Their Lysate. Biosensors (Basel) 2021; 11:27. [PMID: 33498536 PMCID: PMC7909573 DOI: 10.3390/bios11020027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Porous silicon (PSi) has been widely used as a biosensor in recent years due to its large surface area and its optical properties. Most PSi biosensors consist in close-ended porous layers, and, because of the diffusion-limited infiltration of the analyte, they lack sensitivity and speed of response. In order to overcome these shortcomings, PSi membranes (PSiMs) have been fabricated using electrochemical etching and standard microfabrication techniques. In this work, PSiMs have been used for the optical detection of Bacillus cereus lysate. Before detection, the bacteria are selectively lysed by PlyB221, an endolysin encoded by the bacteriophage Deep-Blue targeting B. cereus. The detection relies on the infiltration of bacterial lysate inside the membrane, which induces a shift of the effective optical thickness. The biosensor was able to detect a B. cereus bacterial lysate, with an initial bacteria concentration of 105 colony forming units per mL (CFU/mL), in only 1 h. This proof-of-concept also illustrates the specificity of the lysis before detection. Not only does this detection platform enable the fast detection of bacteria, but the same technique can be extended to other bacteria using selective lysis, as demonstrated by the detection of Staphylococcus epidermidis, selectively lysed by lysostaphin.
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- Roselien Vercauteren
- Electrical Engineering Department, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies Electronics and Applied Mathematics, UCLouvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;
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- Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; (A.L.); (J.M.)
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- Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; (A.L.); (J.M.)
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- Electrical Engineering Department, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies Electronics and Applied Mathematics, UCLouvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;
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Nandu N, Smith CW, Uyar TB, Chen YS, Kachwala MJ, He M, Yigit MV. Machine-Learning Single-Stranded DNA Nanoparticles for Bacterial Analysis. ACS Appl Nano Mater 2020; 3:11709-11714. [PMID: 34095773 PMCID: PMC8174836 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.0c03001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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A two-dimensional nanoparticle-single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) array has been assembled for the detection of bacterial species using machine-learning (ML) algorithms. Out of 60 unknowns prepared from bacterial lysates, 54 unknowns were predicted correctly. Furthermore, the nanosensor array, supported by ML algorithms, was able to distinguish wild-type Escherichia coli from its mutant by a single gene difference. In addition, the nanosensor array was able to distinguish untreated wild-type E. coli from those treated with antimicrobial drugs. This work demonstrates the potential of nanoparticle-ssDNA arrays and ML algorithms for the discrimination and identification of complex biological matrixes.
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- Nidhi Nandu
- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and The RNA Institute, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, United States
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Liao YH, Muthuramalingam K, Tung KH, Chuan HH, Liang KY, Hsu CP, Cheng CM. Portable Device for Quick Detection of Viable Bacteria in Water. Micromachines (Basel) 2020; 11:mi11121079. [PMID: 33291693 PMCID: PMC7761948 DOI: 10.3390/mi11121079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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(1) Background: Access to clean water is a very important factor for human life. However, pathogenic microorganisms in drinking water often cause diseases, and convenient/inexpensive testing methods are urgently needed. (2) Methods: The reagent contains 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) and phenazine methosulfate (PMS) and can react with succinate dehydrogenase within bacterial cell membranes to produce visible purple crystals. The colorimetric change of the reagent after reaction can be measured by a sensor (AS7262). (3) Results: Compared with traditional methods, our device is simple to operate and can provide rapid (i.e., 5 min) semi-quantitative results regarding the concentration of bacteria within a test sample. (4) Conclusions: This easy-to-use device, which employs MTT-PMS reagents, can be regarded as a potential and portable tool for rapid water quality determination.
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- Yu-Hsiang Liao
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan; (Y.-H.L.); (K.-H.T.)
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- Electronic and Optoelectronic System Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu 310, Taiwan;
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan; (Y.-H.L.); (K.-H.T.)
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Chu-Tung Branch, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan;
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- Center for Environmental Toxin and Emerging-Contaminant Research, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan;
- Super Micro Mass Research and Technology Center, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
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- Electronic and Optoelectronic System Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu 310, Taiwan;
- Correspondence: (C.-P.H.); (C.-M.C.)
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan; (Y.-H.L.); (K.-H.T.)
- Correspondence: (C.-P.H.); (C.-M.C.)
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Pan C, Zhu B, Yu C. A Dual Immunological Raman-Enabled Crosschecking Test (DIRECT) for Detection of Bacteria in Low Moisture Food. Biosensors (Basel) 2020; 10:E200. [PMID: 33291652 PMCID: PMC7761983 DOI: 10.3390/bios10120200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Among the physical, chemical and biological hazards that could arise with respect to food safety, bacterial contamination has been one of the main concerns in recent years. Bacterial contamination in low moisture foods (LMFs) was an emerging threat which used to draw less attention as LMFs were considered at low risk of such a hazard. Bacteria can survive in low moisture environments and cause foodborne diseases once they enter the digestive system. Common detection methods such as ELISA and PCR are not well suited to LMFs, as most of them operate under aqueous environments. In this study, a Dual Immunological Raman-Enabled Crosschecking Test (DIRECT) was developed for LMFs using a nano-scaled surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) biosensor platform and multivariate discriminant analysis with a portable Raman spectrometer. It could provide a limit of detection (LOD) of 102 CFU/g of bacteria in model LMFs, with a detection time of 30-45 min. It has the potential to become a quick screening method for on-site bacteria detection for LMFs to identify food safety risks in real time.
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- Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA; (C.P.); (B.Z.)
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Castillo-Henríquez L, Brenes-Acuña M, Castro-Rojas A, Cordero-Salmerón R, Lopretti-Correa M, Vega-Baudrit JR. Biosensors for the Detection of Bacterial and Viral Clinical Pathogens. Sensors (Basel) 2020; 20:E6926. [PMID: 33291722 PMCID: PMC7730340 DOI: 10.3390/s20236926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Biosensors are measurement devices that can sense several biomolecules, and are widely used for the detection of relevant clinical pathogens such as bacteria and viruses, showing outstanding results. Because of the latent existing risk of facing another pandemic like the one we are living through due to COVID-19, researchers are constantly looking forward to developing new technologies for diagnosis and treatment of infections caused by different bacteria and viruses. Regarding that, nanotechnology has improved biosensors' design and performance through the development of materials and nanoparticles that enhance their affinity, selectivity, and efficacy in detecting these pathogens, such as employing nanoparticles, graphene quantum dots, and electrospun nanofibers. Therefore, this work aims to present a comprehensive review that exposes how biosensors work in terms of bacterial and viral detection, and the nanotechnological features that are contributing to achieving a faster yet still efficient COVID-19 diagnosis at the point-of-care.
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- Luis Castillo-Henríquez
- National Center for High Technology (CeNAT), National Laboratory of Nanotechnology (LANOTEC), San José 1174-1200, Costa Rica;
- Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Costa Rica, San José 11501-2060, Costa Rica
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- Chemistry School, National University of Costa Rica, Heredia 86-3000, Costa Rica; (M.B.-A.); (A.C.-R.); (R.C.-S.)
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- Chemistry School, National University of Costa Rica, Heredia 86-3000, Costa Rica; (M.B.-A.); (A.C.-R.); (R.C.-S.)
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- Chemistry School, National University of Costa Rica, Heredia 86-3000, Costa Rica; (M.B.-A.); (A.C.-R.); (R.C.-S.)
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- Nuclear Research Center, Faculty of Science, Universidad de la República (UdelaR), Montevideo 11300, Uruguay;
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- National Center for High Technology (CeNAT), National Laboratory of Nanotechnology (LANOTEC), San José 1174-1200, Costa Rica;
- Chemistry School, National University of Costa Rica, Heredia 86-3000, Costa Rica; (M.B.-A.); (A.C.-R.); (R.C.-S.)
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Wu J, Zhu Y, You L, Dong PT, Mei J, Cheng JX. Polymer Electrochromism Driven by Metabolic Activity Facilitates Rapid and Facile Bacterial Detection and Susceptibility Evaluation. Adv Funct Mater 2020; 30:2005192. [PMID: 33708032 PMCID: PMC7941207 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202005192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The electrochromism of a water-soluble naturally oxidized electrochromic polymer, ox-PPE, is harnessed for rapid and facile bacterial detection, discrimination, and susceptibility testing. The ox-PPE solution shows distinct colorimetric and spectroscopic changes within 30 min when mixed with live bacteria. For the underlying mechanism, it is found that ox-PPE responds to the reducing species (e.g. cysteine and glutathione) released by metabolically active bacteria. This reduction reaction is ubiquitous among various bacterial strains, with a noticeable difference that enables discrimination of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial strains. Combining ox-PPE with antibiotics, methicillin-susceptible and -resistant S. aureus can be differentiated within 2.5 h. Proof-of-concept demonstration of ox-PPE for antimicrobial susceptibility testing is carried out by incubating E. coli with various antibiotics. The obtained minimum inhibition concentrations are consistent with the conventional culture-based methods, but with the procedure time significantly shortened to 3 h.
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- Jiayingzi Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA; Department of Physics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Meile S, Kilcher S, Loessner MJ, Dunne M. Reporter Phage-Based Detection of Bacterial Pathogens: Design Guidelines and Recent Developments. Viruses 2020; 12:E944. [PMID: 32858938 DOI: 10.3390/v12090944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Fast and reliable detection of bacterial pathogens in clinical samples, contaminated food products, and water supplies can drastically improve clinical outcomes and reduce the socio-economic impact of disease. As natural predators of bacteria, bacteriophages (phages) have evolved to bind their hosts with unparalleled specificity and to rapidly deliver and replicate their viral genome. Not surprisingly, phages and phage-encoded proteins have been used to develop a vast repertoire of diagnostic assays, many of which outperform conventional culture-based and molecular detection methods. While intact phages or phage-encoded affinity proteins can be used to capture bacteria, most phage-inspired detection systems harness viral genome delivery and amplification: to this end, suitable phages are genetically reprogrammed to deliver heterologous reporter genes, whose activity is typically detected through enzymatic substrate conversion to indicate the presence of a viable host cell. Infection with such engineered reporter phages typically leads to a rapid burst of reporter protein production that enables highly sensitive detection. In this review, we highlight recent advances in infection-based detection methods, present guidelines for reporter phage construction, outline technical aspects of reporter phage engineering, and discuss some of the advantages and pitfalls of phage-based pathogen detection. Recent improvements in reporter phage construction and engineering further substantiate the potential of these highly evolved nanomachines as rapid and inexpensive detection systems to replace or complement traditional diagnostic approaches.
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The ability to detect, identify and quantify bacteria is crucial in clinical diagnostics, environmental testing, food security settings and in microbiology research. Recently, the threat of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens pushed the global scientific community to develop fast, reliable, specific and affordable methods to detect bacterial species. The use of synthetically modified enzyme substrates is a convenient approach to detect bacteria in a specific, economic and rapid manner. The method is based on the use of specific enzyme substrates for a given bacterial marker enzyme, conjugated to a signalogenic moiety. Following enzymatic reaction, the signalophor is released from the synthetic substrate, generating a specific and measurable signal. Several types of signalophors have been described and are defined by the type of signal they generate, such as chromogenic, fluorogenic, luminogenic, electrogenic and redox. Signalophors are further subdivided into groups based on their solubility in water, which is key in defining their application on solid or liquid media for bacterial culturing. This comprehensive review describes synthetic enzyme substrates and their applications for bacterial detection, showing their mechanism of action and their synthetic routes.
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- Biosynth Carbosynth, Axis House, High Street, Compton, Berkshire RG20 6NL, UK; (L.P.); (T.S.)
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Matsui K, Tanabe S, Sun S, Nguyen D, Kinoshita T, Yamamoto Y, Shiigi H. Development of Metal Nanoparticle-immobilized Microplate for High-throughput and Highly Sensitive Fluorescence Analysis. ANAL SCI 2020; 36:1461-1465. [PMID: 32779577 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.20p225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is a widespread analytical biochemistry assay. In this work, a direct ELISA method using a metallic nanoparticle (NP)-immobilized 96-well plate was developed for high-throughput, highly sensitive fluorescence analysis. Immobilization of metallic NPs on a 96-well plate effectively amplified fluorescence signals of the assay. The silver (Ag) NP-immobilized plate showed the best fluorescence enhancement effect of all the metal-immobilized plates tested. We used the Ag NP-immobilized plate to detect biomolecules and bacteria and found that both the fluorescence intensity and the limit of detection (LOD) were strongly enhanced by more than 100 times compared with those of the unmodified 96-well plates. Quantitative and qualitative considerations for target bacteria regarding the impact of autofluorescence on detection were successfully obtained for several strains. Our results demonstrate the potential of applying Ag NPs for enhancing the efficiency of direct and indirect ELISA assays.
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- Kyohei Matsui
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka Prefecture University
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka Prefecture University.,GreenChem. Inc
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka Prefecture University
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Alhaj-Qasem DM, Al-Hatamleh MAI, Irekeola AA, Khalid MF, Mohamud R, Ismail A, Mustafa FH. Laboratory Diagnosis of Paratyphoid Fever: Opportunity of Surface Plasmon Resonance. Diagnostics (Basel) 2020; 10:diagnostics10070438. [PMID: 32605310 PMCID: PMC7400347 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10070438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Paratyphoid fever is caused by the bacterium Salmonellaenterica serovar Paratyphi (A, B and C), and contributes significantly to global disease burden. One of the major challenges in the diagnosis of paratyphoid fever is the lack of a proper gold standard. Given the absence of a licensed vaccine against S. Paratyphi, this diagnostic gap leads to inappropriate antibiotics use, thus, enhancing antimicrobial resistance. In addition, the symptoms of paratyphoid overlap with other infections, including the closely related typhoid fever. Since the development and utilization of a standard, sensitive, and accurate diagnostic method is essential in controlling any disease, this review discusses a new promising approach to aid the diagnosis of paratyphoid fever. This advocated approach is based on the use of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor and DNA probes to detect specific nucleic acid sequences of S. Paratyphi. We believe that this SPR-based genoassay can be a potent alternative to the current conventional diagnostic methods, and could become a rapid diagnostic tool for paratyphoid fever.
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan 16150, Malaysia; (M.A.I.A.-H.); (R.M.)
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan 16150, Malaysia;
- Microbiology Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Summit University Offa, Offa PMB 4412, Kwara State, Nigeria
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- Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan 16150, Malaysia; (M.F.K.); (A.I.)
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan 16150, Malaysia; (M.A.I.A.-H.); (R.M.)
- Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan 16150, Malaysia
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- Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan 16150, Malaysia; (M.F.K.); (A.I.)
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- Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan 16150, Malaysia; (M.F.K.); (A.I.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +60-9767-2432
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Sun H, Cai S, Wang C, Chen Y, Yang R. Recent Progress of Nanozymes in the Detection of Pathogenic Microorganisms. Chembiochem 2020; 21:2572-2584. [PMID: 32352212 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202000126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 03/01/2020] [Revised: 04/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Infectious diseases are among the world's principal health problems. It is crucial to develop rapid, accurate and cost-effective methods for the detection of pathogenic microorganisms. Recently, considerable progress has been achieved in the field of inorganic enzyme mimics (nanozymes). Compared with natural enzymes, nanozymes have higher stability and lower cost. More interestingly, their properties can be designed for various demands. Herein, we introduce the latest research progress on the detection of pathogenic microorganisms by using various nanozymes. We also discuss the current challenges of nanozymes in biosensing and provide some strategies to overcome these barriers.
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- Huiyuan Sun
- CAS Key Lab for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, UCAS, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Lab for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, UCAS, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Lab for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, UCAS, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Lab for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, UCAS, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,Sino-Danish College, UCAS, Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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Peng H, Borg RE, Nguyen ABN, Chen IA. Chimeric Phage Nanoparticles for Rapid Characterization of Bacterial Pathogens: Detection in Complex Biological Samples and Determination of Antibiotic Sensitivity. ACS Sens 2020; 5:1491-1499. [PMID: 32314570 PMCID: PMC7266372 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c00654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Rapid, specific, and sensitive detection of pathogenic bacteria in drink, food, and clinical samples is an important goal for public health. In addition, rapid characterization of antibiotic susceptibility could inform clinical choices and improve antibiotic stewardship. We previously reported a straightforward, inexpensive strategy to detect Gram-negative bacterial pathogens, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Vibrio cholerae, and Escherichia coli, taking advantage of the high affinity and specificity of phages for their bacterial hosts. Chimeric phages targeted different bacterial pathogens, and thiolation of the phages induced aggregation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), leading to a visible colorimetric response in the presence of at least ∼100 cells of the target bacteria. Here, we apply this strategy to complex biological samples (milk, urine, and swabs from a porcine ex vivo model of P. aeruginosa infection). We also show that this assay can be used to identify the antibiotic susceptibility profile based on detection of bacterial growth in the presence of different antibiotics. The prospect for using phage-conjugated AuNPs to detect bacterial pathogens in clinical samples and guide antibiotic choice is discussed.
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- Huan Peng
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Program
in Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Program
in Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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Ramarao N, Tran SL, Marin M, Vidic J. Advanced Methods for Detection of Bacillus cereus and Its Pathogenic Factors. Sensors (Basel) 2020; 20:E2667. [PMID: 32392794 PMCID: PMC7273213 DOI: 10.3390/s20092667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Bacillus cereus is an opportunistic foodborne pathogen causing food intoxication and infectious diseases. Different toxins and pathogenic factors are responsible for diarrheal syndrome, like nonhemolytic enterotoxin Nhe, hemolytic enterotoxin Hbl, enterotoxin FM and cytotoxin K, while emetic syndrome is caused by the depsipeptide cereulide toxin. The traditional method of B. cereus detection is based on the bacterial culturing onto selective agars and cells enumeration. In addition, molecular and chemical methods are proposed for toxin gene profiling, toxin quantification and strain screening for defined virulence factors. Finally, some advanced biosensors such as phage-based, cell-based, immunosensors and DNA biosensors have been elaborated to enable affordable, sensitive, user-friendly and rapid detection of specific B. cereus strains. This review intends to both illustrate the state of the B. cereus diagnostic field and to highlight additional research that is still at the development level.
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- Nalini Ramarao
- INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France; (S.-L.T.); (M.M.)
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- INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France; (S.-L.T.); (M.M.)
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Sur VP, Mazumdar A, Ashrafi A, Mukherjee A, Milosavljevic V, Michalkova H, Kopel P, Richtera L, Moulick A. A Novel Biocompatible Titanium-Gadolinium Quantum Dot as a Bacterial Detecting Agent with High Antibacterial Activity. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2020; 10:E778. [PMID: 32316666 DOI: 10.3390/nano10040778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In this study, the titanium–gadolinium quantum dots (TGQDs) were novel, first of its type to be synthesized, and fully characterized to date. Multiple physical characterization includes scanning electron microscopy (SEM), scanning electrochemical microscope (SCEM), x-ray fluorescence, spectrophotometry, and dynamic light scattering were carried out. The obtained results confirmed appropriate size and shape distributions in addition to processing optical features with high quantum yield. The synthesized TGQD was used as a fluorescent dye for bacterial detection and imaging by fluorescent microscopy and spectrophotometry, where TGQD stained only bacterial cells, but not human cells. The significant antibacterial activities of the TGQDs were found against a highly pathogenic bacterium (Staphylococcus aureus) and its antibiotic resistant strains (vancomycin and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) using growth curve analysis and determination of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) analysis. Live/dead cell imaging assay using phase-contrast microscope was performed for further confirmation of the antibacterial activity. Cell wall disruption and release of cell content was observed to be the prime mode of action with the reduction of cellular oxygen demand (OD).
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Malagon F, Estrella LA, Stockelman MG, Hamilton T, Teneza-Mora N, Biswas B. Phage-Mediated Molecular Detection (PMMD): A Novel Rapid Method for Phage-Specific Bacterial Detection. Viruses 2020; 12:E435. [PMID: 32290520 DOI: 10.3390/v12040435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Bacterial infections pose a challenge to human health and burden the health care system, especially with the spread of antibiotic-resistant populations. To provide effective treatment and improved prognosis, effective diagnostic methods are of great importance. Here we present phage-mediated molecular detection (PMMD) as a novel molecular method for the detection and assessment of bacterial antibiotic resistance. This technique consists of a brief incubation, of approximately ten minutes, of the biological sample with a natural bacteriophage (phage) targeting the bacteria of interest. This is followed by total RNA extraction and RT-PCR. We applied this approach to Staphylococcus aureus (SA), a major causative agent of human bacterial infections. PMMD demonstrated a high sensitivity, rapid implementation, and specificity dependent on the phage host range. Moreover, due to the dependence of the signal on the physiological state of the bacteria, PMMD can discriminate methicillin-sensitive from methicillin-resistant SA (MSSA vs. MRSA). Finally, we extended this method to the detection and antibiotic sensitivity determination of other bacteria by proving PMMD efficacy for Bacillus anthracis.
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Ng KT, Perry JD, Marrs ECL, Orenga S, Anderson RJ, Gray M. Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Phosphonopeptide Derivatives Incorporating Single and Dual Inhibitors. Molecules 2020; 25:E1557. [PMID: 32231126 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25071557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2020] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In diagnostic microbiology, culture media are widely used for detection of pathogenic bacteria. Such media employ various ingredients to optimize detection of specific pathogens such as chromogenic enzyme substrates and selective inhibitors to reduce the presence of commensal bacteria. Despite this, it is rarely possible to inhibit the growth of all commensal bacteria, and thus pathogens can be overgrown and remain undetected. One approach to attempt to remedy this is the use of “suicide substrates” that can target specific bacterial enzymes and selectively inhibit unwanted bacterial species. With the purpose of identifying novel selective inhibitors, six novel phosphonopeptide derivatives based on d/l-fosfalin and β-chloro-l-alanine were synthesized and tested on 19 different strains of clinically relevant bacteria. Several compounds show potential as useful selective agents that could be exploited in the recovery of several bacterial pathogens including Salmonella, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Listeria.
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Váradi L, Najib EY, Hibbs DE, Perry JD, Groundwater PW. A Selective, Dual Emission β-Alanine Aminopeptidase Activated Fluorescent Probe for the Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Burkholderia cepacia, and Serratia marcescens. Molecules 2019; 24:E3550. [PMID: 31575027 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24193550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Selective detection of β-alanyl aminopeptidase (BAP)-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia marcescens, and Burkholderia cepacia was achieved by employing the blue-to-yellow fluorescent transition of a BAP-specific enzyme substrate, 3-hydroxy-2-(p-dimethylaminophenyl)flavone derivative, incorporating a self-immolative linker to β-alanine. Upon cellular uptake and accumulation of the substrate by viable bacterial colonies, blue fluorescence was generated, while hydrolysis of the N-terminal peptide bond by BAP resulted in the elimination of the self-immolative linker and the restoration of the original fluorescence of the flavone derivative.
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Sitz RA, Aquino VM, Tisserat NA, Cranshaw WS, Stewart JE. Insects Visiting Drippy Blight Diseased Red Oak Trees Are Contaminated with the Pathogenic Bacterium Lonsdalea quercina. Plant Dis 2019; 103:1940-1946. [PMID: 31184970 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-18-2248-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The focus of investigation in this study was to consider the potential of arthropods in the dissemination of the bacterium involved in drippy blight disease, Lonsdalea quercina. Arthropod specimens were collected and tested for the presence of the bacterium with molecular markers. The bacterium L. quercina was confirmed on 12 different insect samples from three orders (Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Hymenoptera) and eight families (Buprestidae, Coccinellidae, Dermestidae, Coreidae, Pentatomidae and/or Miridae, Apidae, Formicidae, and Vespidae). Approximately half of the insects found to carry the bacterium were in the order Hymenoptera. Estimates of the insects that are contaminated with the bacterium, and likely carry it between trees, is conservative because the documented insects represent only a subset of the insect orders that were observed feeding on the bacterium or present on diseased trees yet were not able to be tested. The insects contaminated with L. quercina exhibited diverse life histories, where some had a facultative relationship with the bacterium and others sought it out as a food source. These findings demonstrate that a diverse set of insects naturally occur on diseased trees and may disseminate L. quercina.
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- Rachael A Sitz
- 1Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177
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- 2Facilities Management, University of Colorado - Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
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- 1Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177
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- 1Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177
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- 1Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177
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Rashidi G, Ostrowski EA. Phagocyte chase behaviours: discrimination between Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria by amoebae. Biol Lett 2019; 15:20180607. [PMID: 30958215 PMCID: PMC6371911 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Phagocytes are cells that pursue, engulf and kill bacteria. They include macrophages and neutrophils of the mammalian immune system, as well as free-living amoebae that hunt and engulf bacteria for food. Phagocytosis can result in diverse outcomes, ranging from sustenance to infection and colonization by either pathogens or beneficial symbionts-and thus, discrimination may be necessary to seek out good bacteria while avoiding bad ones. Here we tested whether the soil amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum can discriminate among different types of bacteria using behavioural assays where amoebae were presented with paired choices of different bacteria. We observed variation in the extent to which the amoebae pursued different types of bacteria, as well as preferential migration towards Gram-negative compared with Gram-positive bacteria. Response profiles were similar for amoebae that originated from different geographical locations, suggesting that chase preference is conserved across much of the species range. While prior work has demonstrated that bacteria use chemotaxis to seek out amoebae they colonize, our work suggests that the opposite also occurs-amoebae can preferentially direct themselves to particular bacteria in the environment. Preferential sensing and response may help to explain why some amoeba-bacteria associations are more common in nature than others.
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- Ghazal Rashidi
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
- Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
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Bagi A, Soelberg SD, Furlong CE, Baussant T. Implementing Morpholino-Based Nucleic Acid Sensing on a Portable Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrument for Future Application in Environmental Monitoring. Sensors (Basel) 2018; 18:E3259. [PMID: 30274157 DOI: 10.3390/s18103259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 09/22/2018] [Accepted: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A portable surface plasmon resonance (SPR) instrument was tested for the first time for the detection of oligonucleotide sequences derived from the 16S rRNA gene of Oleispira antarctica RB-8, a bioindicator species of marine oil contamination, using morpholino-functionalized sensor surfaces. We evaluated the stability and specificity of morpholino coated sensor surfaces and tested two signal amplification regimes: (1) sequential injection of sample followed by magnetic bead amplifier and (2) a single injection of magnetic bead captured oligo. We found that the sensor surfaces could be regenerated for at least 85 consecutive sample injections without significant loss of signal intensity. Regarding specificity, the assay clearly differentiated analytes with only one or two mismatches. Signal intensities of mismatch oligos were lower than the exact match target at identical concentrations down to 200 nM, in standard phosphate buffered saline with 0.1 % Tween-20 added. Signal amplification was achieved with both strategies; however, significantly higher response was observed with the sequential approach (up to 16-fold), where first the binding of biotin-probe-labeled target oligo took place on the sensor surface, followed by the binding of the streptavidin magnetic beads onto the immobilized targets. Our experiments so far indicate that a simple coating procedure in combination with a relatively cost-efficient magnetic-bead-based signal amplification will provide robust SPR based nucleic acid sensing down to 0.5 nM of a 45-nucleotide long oligo target (7.2 ng/mL).
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Yang X, Shi J, Wang Y, Yang K, Zhao X, Wang G, Xu D, Wang Y, Yao J, Fu W. Label-free bacterial colony detection and viability assessment by continuous-wave terahertz transmission imaging. J Biophotonics 2018; 11:e201700386. [PMID: 29633578 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201700386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Timely and accurate bacterial detection is critical for various health and safety applications, which promotes the continuous development of versatile optical sensors for bacterial investigations. Here, we report a new strategy for bacterial colony sensing using terahertz (THz) imaging with minimal assay procedures. The proposed method utilizes the acute sensitivity of THz wave to the changes in the water content and cellular structures. Single bacterial colonies of 4 bacterial species were directly distinguished using THz imaging by utilizing their differences in THz absorption. In addition, the distribution of mixed bacterial samples has been demonstrated by THz imaging, which demonstrated that the target bacterium could be easily recognized. Furthermore, we investigated the differentiation of bacterial viability, which indicated that bacteria under different living states could be distinguished by THz imaging because of their different hydration levels and cellular structures. Our results suggest that THz imaging has the potential to be used for mixed bacterial sample detection and bacterial viability assessment in a label-free and nondestructive manner.
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- Xiang Yang
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics, School of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronic Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics, School of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronic Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics, School of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronic Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics, School of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronic Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China
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Hoyos-Nogués M, Gil FJ, Mas-Moruno C. Antimicrobial Peptides: Powerful Biorecognition Elements to Detect Bacteria in Biosensing Technologies. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23071683. [PMID: 29996565 PMCID: PMC6100210 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23071683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 07/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Bacterial infections represent a serious threat in modern medicine. In particular, biofilm treatment in clinical settings is challenging, as biofilms are very resistant to conventional antibiotic therapy and may spread infecting other tissues. To address this problem, biosensing technologies are emerging as a powerful solution to detect and identify bacterial pathogens at the very early stages of the infection, thus allowing rapid and effective treatments before biofilms are formed. Biosensors typically consist of two main parts, a biorecognition moiety that interacts with the target (i.e., bacteria) and a platform that transduces such interaction into a measurable signal. This review will focus on the development of impedimetric biosensors using antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as biorecognition elements. AMPs belong to the innate immune system of living organisms and are very effective in interacting with bacterial membranes. They offer unique advantages compared to other classical bioreceptor molecules such as enzymes or antibodies. Moreover, impedance-based sensors allow the development of label-free, rapid, sensitive, specific and cost-effective sensing platforms. In summary, AMPs and impedimetric transducers combine excellent properties to produce robust biosensors for the early detection of bacterial infections.
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- Mireia Hoyos-Nogués
- Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Group (BBT), Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08019 Barcelona, Spain.
- Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, UPC, 08019 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Group (BBT), Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08019 Barcelona, Spain.
- Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), 08195 Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain.
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- Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Group (BBT), Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08019 Barcelona, Spain.
- Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, UPC, 08019 Barcelona, Spain.
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Pathogenic contamination and resistant bacterial infections remain critical concerns in both developed and developing countries. Rapid and sensitive detection of pathogens is still a key requirement for both environmental and clinical settings. This article introduces a simple, colorimetric, cost-effective, and high-throughput system based on a positively charged iron oxide/enzyme complex for the detection of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria in water between 103 and 108 cfu/mL. This study provides an effective strategy for the identification and purification of pathogen contamination in drinking water.
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- Mingyue Cui
- 1 Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute, Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.,2 School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- 2 School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- 4 NTU Food Technology Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- 2 School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- 3 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- 1 Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute, Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- 3 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- 1 Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute, Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.,2 School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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