Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis
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2024
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Yue Liu,Taimei Cai,Sen Chen,Tao Wen,Hailong Peng
The overuse of antibiotics has led to the severe contamination of water bodies, posing a considerable hazard to human health. Therefore, the development of an accurate and rapid point-of-care testing (POCT) platform for the quantitative detection of antibiotics is necessary. In this study, Cerium oxide (CeO 2 ) and Ferrosoferric oxide (Fe 3 O 4 ) nanoparticles were simultaneously encapsulated into N-doped nanofibrous carbon microspheres to form of a novel nanozyme (CeFe-NCMzyme) with a porous structure, high surface area, and N-doped carbon material properties, leading to a considerable enhancement of the peroxidase (POD)-like activity compared with that of the CeO 2 or Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles alone. The POD-like activity of CeFe-NCMzyme can be quenched using L-Cysteine (Cys) and subsequently restored by the addition of a quinolone antibiotic (norfloxacin, NOR). Therefore, CeFe-NCMzyme was used as a colorimetric sensor to detect NOR via an “On-Off” model of POD-like activity. The sensor possessed a wide linear range of 0.05-20.0 μM ( R 2 = 0.9910) with a detection limit of 35.70 nM. Furthermore, a smartphone-assisted POCT platform with CeFe-NCMzyme was fabricated for quantitative detection of NOR based on RGB analysis. With the use of the POCT platform, a linear range of 0.1-20.0 μM and a detection limit of 54.10 nM were obtained. The spiked recoveries in the water samples were ranged from 97.73% to 102.01%, and the sensor exhibited good accuracy and acceptable reliability. This study provides a portable POCT platform for the on-site and quantitative monitoring of quinolone antibiotics in real samples, particularly in resource-constrained settings.
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2023
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Liping Xia,Juxin Yin,Jianjian Zhuang,Weihong Yin,Zheyu Zou,Ying Mu
Rapid and sensitive pathogen detection methods are critical for disease diagnosis and treatment. RPA-CRISPR/Cas12 systems have displayed remarkable potential in pathogen detection. A self-priming digital PCR chip is a powerful and attractive tool for nucleic detection. However, the application of the RPA-CRISPR/Cas12 system to the self-priming chip still has great challenges due to the problems of protein adsorption and two-step detection mode of RPA-CRISPR/Cas12. In this study, an adsorption-free self-priming digital chip was developed and a direct digital dual-crRNAs (3D) assay was established based on the chip for ultrasensitive detection of pathogens. This 3D assay combined the advantages of rapid amplification of RPA, specific cleavage of Cas12a, accurate quantification of digital PCR, and point-of-care testing (POCT) of microfluidics, enabling accurate and reliable digital absolute quantification of Salmonella in POCT. Our method can provide a good linear relationship of Salmonella detection in the range from 2.58 × 101 to 2.58 × 104 cells/mL with a limit of detection ∼0.2 cells/mL within 30 min in a digital chip by targeting the invA gene of Salmonella. Moreover, the assay could directly detect Salmonella in milk without nucleic acid extraction. Therefore, the 3D assay has the significant potential to provide accurate and rapid pathogen detection in POCT. This study provides a powerful nucleic detection platform and facilitates the application of CRISPR/Cas-assisted detection and microfluidic chips.
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Small Methods
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2024
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Chunyang Li,Yujian Li,Shaoyan Wu,Gui Li,Juan Li,Yan Zhao,Huan Cai,Jia Shu,Mingxuan Song,Qing Fu,Jianbo Yuan,Xin Gao,Zhujun Ai,Xiaosong Li,Rui Chen,Zhong Zuo
Catalytic nanoparticle@metal-organic framework (MOF) composites have attracted significant interest in point-of-care testing (POCT) owing to their prominent catalytic activity. However, the trade-off between high loading efficiency and high catalytic activity remains challenging because high concentrations of nanoparticles tend to cause the misjoining and collapse of the MOFs. Herein, a facile strategy is reported to encapsulate high concentrations of platinum (Pt) nanoparticles into zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) using polydopamine (PDA) as a support for Pt@ZIF-8 and as a flexible scaffold for further immobilization of Pt nanoparticles. The resulting composite (Pt@ZIF-8@PDA@Pt) exhibits ultrahigh Pt nanoparticle loading efficiency, exceptional catalytic activity, stability, and a bright colorimetric signal. Following integration with lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA), the detection limits for pre- and post-catalysis detection of B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) are 0.18 and 0.015 ng mL −1 , respectively, representing a 6-fold and 70-fold improvement compared to gold nanoparticle-based LFIA. Moreover, Pt@ZIF-8@PDA@Pt-based LFIA achieves 100% diagnostic sensitivity for NT-proBNP in a cohort of 184 clinical samples.
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Aggregate
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2024
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Yi Long,Shurui Tao,Dongni Shi,Xingyu Jiang,Tian Yu,Yingxi Long,Libing Song,Guozhen Liu
Developing the sensitive point-of-care testing (POCT) of oncogenic nucleic acids from human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is essential in preventing cervical cancer, especially in resource-limited settings. Rolling circle amplification (RCA) is attractive in achieving POCT via nucleic acid-based aggregation under isothermal conditions. However, the influence of RCA product structure on the aggregation remains unexplored resulting in limited sensitivity. Here, a minimum secondary structured RCA technique (MSS-RCA) is developed by designing a unique circular template, demonstrating significantly enhanced detection sensitivity with only one amplification step and one primer under isothermal conditions. The amplification efficiency of MSS-RCA could be kinetically manipulated by controlling the secondary structure of the circular template. Introducing the invertase probe to MSS-RCA, HPV16 E6/E7 nucleic acid target was detected with a personal glucose meter (PGM) with a sensitivity of 5 f m (50 zmol in 10 µL). This integrated MSS-RCA-PGM detection system was successfully applied to detect HPV16 E6/E7 mRNA extracted from 54 cervical swab samples reaching a positive predictive value of 100.00% and negative predictive values of 96.00% (77.77% to 99.40%, 95% CI). MSS-RCA-PGM provides a sensitive POCT platform for the detection of nucleic acid biomarkers for screening of cervical cancer or other diseases.
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Sensors & Diagnostics
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2023
·Vol. 2
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·1292-1301
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Yu Lu,Ruihua Fei,Jiahe Zhang,Geng Zhu,Xiufang Mo,Yu Wan,Yan Huang,Qingjiang Sun,Dianhuai Meng,Xiangwei Zhao
The clinical symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), are similar to those of influenza A infection. Therefore, accurate diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A in the early infection stage is essential for appropriate clinical treatment. In this work, a vertical flow assay (VFA) device based on Au@Ag@Au core–shell SERS nanotags and anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) was proposed to diagnose and distinguish between SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A at the same time. Antibodies paired with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A were immobilized simultaneously on the AAO. In the presence of SARS-CoV-2 or influenza A antigens, sandwich immune-complexes were formed on the AAO and the corresponding SERS signals of nanotags could be detected. The whole detection process took only about 15 minutes, taking comparable or even shorter time than reported POCT antigen assays. The detection limit reached 0.47 pg ml−1 for SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein (NP) and 0.62 pg ml−1 for influenza A antigen. The clinical feasibility of the proposed VFA device was validated by testing clinical throat swab samples (3 SARS-CoV-2 positive samples and 17 negative samples). Real sample analysis indicated a well-distinguished positive/negative sample group. Conceptually, this VFA device is a potential POCT diagnosis tool for determining if a suspected patient is infected with SARS-CoV-2 or influenza A.
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ANALYST
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2020
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Fan Lu,Yeling Yang,Yucheng Liu,Fubing Wang,Xinghu Ji,Zhike He
High concentration of uric acid is usually related to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Developing a simple method for the rapid and efficient detection of uric acid has a great significance in clinical diagnosis. In this work, alginate hydrogel microspheres embedded with CdZnTeS QDs and urate oxidase (Alg@QDs-UOx MSs) were prepared for the first time, and further used for point-of-care testing (POCT) of patients with a high concentration of uric acid. This strategy is mainly based on visual detection of H2O2, the product of uric acid after an enzymatic reaction. The proposed sensor (Alg@QDs-UOx MSs) has several advantages. First, it can reduce the interference of the proteins to the fluorescence of QDs. Second, Alg@QDs-UOx MSs help improve the stability of the CdZnTeS QDs as well as the activity of urate oxidase during storage. Third, it is easy to use, has fast response speed, and is of low cost. Therefore, the proposed sensor shows good application prospects. Simply through the built-in camera of a smartphone, we can visualize the urine samples from patients with a high concentration of uric acid within 10 minutes, and the accuracy rates were 100%. In the range of 100.0 μM to 900.0 μM, the I/I0 values and uric acid concentrations are in a great linear relationship (R2 = 0.9973), indicating that this method can be employed for quantitative analysis of uric acid in human urine (<10 mM). The limit of detection (LOD) is 20.3 μM.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2023
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IF 8.4
Jiaxin Peng,Xiaomin Hang,Huiyi Wang,Kairen Zhao,Honghong Wang,Haoming Yu,Li Wang
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as powerful biomarkers for various diseases diagnosis, yet their clinical application is greatly plagued by the lack of reliable and rapid detection methods. Here, a simple, fast, and accurate point-of-care testing (POCT) platform for miRNA-155 detection was developed by interfacing self-primer exponential amplification reaction (SPEXPAR) with colorimetric and POCT lateral flow assay (LFA). In this platform, a hairpin template was designed for exponential amplification reaction, which could effectively avoid nonspecific template interactions and eventually effectively avoid undesirable background amplification; the colorimetric assay is based on the SPEXPAR amplicons induced gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) color change; and the LFA detection principle involves the amplicons hybridization with designed probes. Under the optimized conditions, the colorimetric assay could detect miRNA-155 as low as 0.41 pM in less than 35 min; and LFA could detect as low as 100 pM in less than 40 min. Furthermore, the method was adopted to detect miRNA-155 in human serum samples with satisfactory recoveries. In summary, this study offered a promising analytical tool for molecular diagnostic testing application.
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ACS Sensors
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2025
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Jing Yang,Xiaoye Feng,Haiqin Li,Pengtao Chang,Xiaojun Ren,Xiaochun Li
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become a public health burden, with a high mortality rate and a trend toward youthfulness. It is imperative to develop a home monitoring system for the early diagnosis and long-term monitoring of CKD serum biomarkers. However, due to the limitations of conventional centrifugation preprocessing of whole blood samples, the real-time detection platform cannot fully meet the requirement of obtaining quantitative results directly from whole blood. Herein, a novel smartphone-assisted microfluidic chip integration of a whole blood separation point-of-care testing (POCT) system was proposed to achieve accurate quantification of CKD biomarkers uric acid (UA), creatinine (CR), and albumin (Alb) based on 30 μL of whole blood (fingertip blood). The whole blood separation module allows rapid separation of plasma from whole blood samples by vertical flow. A smartphone App for automated image recognition and processing was developed, which was applied for at-home routine healthcare. The detection limits of UA, CR, and Alb were 0.1127 mmol/L, 0.2978 μmol/L, and 0.7696 mg/mL, respectively, meeting clinical requirements. Additionally, the quantitative performance of 83 clinical whole blood samples showed high consistency with the clinical analyzer (Beckman AU 5400 automatic biochemical analyzer). This system is simple to operate and user-friendly, providing an accurate, rapid, cost-effective, and reliable detection method for the early screening and real-time monitoring of CKD, which holds significant potential in enhancing home self-management of CKD.
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ChemPlusChem
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2022
·Vol. 87
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IF 3.21
Guang Liu,Yaru Li,Yanli Lu,Yixuan Jia,Jianzhen Shan,Qingjun Liu
Graphical A transition metal ion coordination-based label-free cysteine sensor with smartphone-based square wave voltammetry sensing system was proposed for the point-of-care testing (POCT). With the advantages of high sensitivity and quantification, the smartphone-based sensing system provides an effective strategy for cysteine detection, and it can also serve as a promising portable sensing platform for the analysis of other small molecules. The detection of biologically important compounds such as cysteine remains a challenge for monitoring body metabolism. This work proposes a transition metal ion coordination-based label-free cysteine sensor with smartphone-based square wave voltammetry sensing system for the point-of-care testing (POCT). In the sensing system, potential excitation and current measurements were accomplished by a miniaturized and integrated circuit board with a smartphone to wirelessly control the system via Bluetooth. The electrochemical currents changed with the cysteine concentrations ranging from 0 μM to 200 μM with a linearity correlation coefficient of 0.9915. The limit of detection was as low as 0.0149 μM for cysteine. The smartphone-based system provides an effective strategy for cysteine detection, and it can also serve as a promising portable sensing platform for the analysis of other small molecules.
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ANALYTICAL SCIENCES
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2021
·Vol. 37
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IF 2.081
Nailong GAO,Jianguo CHANG,Peng DAI,Ziming ZHU,Hui YOU
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is an important disease biomarker, relating to cancers such as hepatocarcinomas and gastric cancer. However, traditional methods are time-consuming, relied on bulky instruments and trained professionals, cannot satisfy the demand for low cost and point-of-care testing (POCT). In this study, a power-free POCT device was developed for the rapid and low-cost detection of AFP via one-sampling. Based on the principle of sandwich immunofluorescence, the chip is capable of automatically accomplishing on-chip mixing, labeling and capturing procedures, which only require that operator add 40 μL sample into the chip one time. The proposed device is capable of sensitively detecting human AFP in FBS with a dynamic range of 10 – 1000 ng/mL and LOD (1.88 ng/mL) within a short time of 3 min. Predictably, our method holds a great potential to be applied in the POC diagnostics of proteins, especially for some regions that are resource-limited.
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Biosensors-Basel
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2022
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Qin Zhu,Huimin Wu,Zhen Ma,Yuqiao Liu,Junmin Li,Ling Zhu,Xinran Zhang,Chengcheng Wang,Dajing Chen,Danhua Zhu
In this paper, we report a point-of-care (POCT) testing strip based on a porous membrane structure for whole blood separation and colorimetric analysis without external supporting equipment. Conventional blood tests rely on large instruments for blood pretreatment and separation to improve measurement accuracy. Cellulose acetate (CA) membranes with different pore diameters and structures were prepared via a non-solvent method for the separation of whole blood. Among them,[email protected]membranes with nano-pores on the surface and micro-pores in the interior facilitated the capture of blood cells on the surface, as well as the free diffusion of plasma through the porous interior structure. The fluid flow of blood in the asymmetric porous structure can be theoretically estimated using the Lucas-Washburn equation. Compared with the conventional paper strips and other porous membranes, the[email protected]membrane with an immobilized sensing layer exhibited efficient blood separation, a short response time (less than 2 min), an ultralow dosage volume (5 μL), and high sensitivity. The fabricated blood separation membranes can be further used for the detection of various biomarkers in whole blood, providing additional options for rapid quantitative POCT tests.Keywords:blood separation;porous membranes;colorimetric assay
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2023
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Yang Chen,Min Zhang,Xin Wang,Xin Wang,Zainabu Majid,Kunlun Huang,Wentao Xu,Yunbo Luo,Cheng Nan
There is a need for facile yet reliable bacterial pretreatment and signal-graded strategies for current pathogens' point-of-care testing (POCT). Herein, we present a multifunction and portable 3D-printed magnetic separation device with graded lateral flow assay (LFA) for semi-automated pretreatment and rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus ( S. aureus ) in food. The 3D-printed pretreatment device allows purification and enrichment of the [email protected] nanoparticles ( [email protected] NPs)-antibody- S. aureus complex. The recovery rate was 81.7–96.1% in actual food samples. [email protected] NPs-mediated signal amplification immunoassay achieved graded detection of S. aureus , reducing the detection limit from 10 3 CFU/mL to 10 2 CFU/mL, corresponding to the highest safety limit value (M) and acceptable level limit value (m) of S. aureus in many countries and organizations, respectively. This study paves the way for cost-effective and sensitive POCT with multiplexing potential in applications ranging from pretreatment of samples in the complex matrix as well as foodborne pathogens graded and rapid analysis.
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