Yue Chen,Shaokai Du,Ailu Cui,Shipeng Jiang,Yuxuan He,Shuhan Yang,Ruyi Ma,Yue Sun
Temperature-responsive yeast cell-imprinted sensors (CIPs/AuNPs/Ti3C2Tx/AuNPs/Au) were prepared based on fluorescein isothiocyanate labeled yeast cells (FITC-yeast) via metal-free visible-light-induced atom transfer radical polymerization (MVL ATRP). Here, N-isopropyl acrylamide (NIPAM) was used as a temperature-responsive functional monomer, α-methacrylic acid (MAA) was chosen as an auxiliary functional monomer, N,N′-methylene bisacrylamide (MBA) was used as a cross-linker, and FITC-yeast was selected as both a template and photocatalyst. Under the optimal conditions, the detection range of the yeast cell-imprinted sensor toward yeast cells was 1.0 × 102 to 1.0 × 109 cells per mL, and the detection limit was 11 cells per mL (S/N = 3), with a linear equation of ΔI (μA) = 8.44 log[C (cells per mL)] + 7.62 (R2 = 0.993). The sensor showed good selective recognition in the presence of interfering substances such as autolyzed yeast cells (AY), dead yeast cells (DY), human mammary epithelial cells (MCF-10A), human breast cancer cells (MCF-7) and Escherichia coli (EC). The sensor also had good consistency and reproducibility. Finally, spiked recovery experiments were performed to investigate the recognition of yeast cells in the actual sample using the yeast cell-imprinted sensor. The spiked recoveries were all in the range of 98.5–108.0%, and the RSD values were all less than 4%, indicating that the sensor had good application prospects.
Xiwen Li,Zuan Yang,Peiran Meng,Shipeng Jiang,Mingyang Sun,Xiaoyu Zhang,Yue Sun
An ultrasensitive electrochemical sensor for phospholipase C (PLC) was developed via dual signal amplification based on metal-free visible-light induced atom transfer radical polymerization (MVL ATRP) and Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs). The environment-friendly MVL ATRP method was used to form aldehyde based polymers on the electrode surface, providing more reaction sites for further silver mirror reaction. In addition, a large number of electrically active AgNPs were obtained through efficient and low-cost silver mirror reaction, which improved the detection signal. Under the optimal conditions, the proposed sensor showed a linear response from 1 mU/L to 10 6 mU/L for PLC with a detection limit of 0.1032 mU/L (S/N = 3). Most importantly, the sensor was successfully applied to detect PLC in non-tumor cells (MCF-10A) and tumor cells (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231). The obtained values had no obvious difference with that determined by commercial ELISA kit. When 0.5–10 U/L standard PLC were added into the above cells extracts, the recovery rate was between 96.1% and 102.9%, and the RSD was less than 4.02%. The results showed that the fabricated PLC sensor had acceptable potential in clinical applications.