Alatraktchi Fatima AlZahra'a, Andersen Sandra Breum, Johansen Helle Krogh, Molin Søren, Svendsen Winnie E
Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kogle Allé 6, 2970 Hørsholm, Denmark.
Sensors (Basel). 2016 Mar 19;16(3):408. doi: 10.3390/s16030408.
Pyocyanin is a virulence factor uniquely produced by the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The fast and selective detection of pyocyanin in clinical samples can reveal important information about the presence of this microorganism in patients. Electrochemical sensing of the redox-active pyocyanin is a route to directly quantify pyocyanin in real time and in situ in hospitals and clinics. The selective quantification of pyocyanin is, however, limited by other redox-active compounds existing in human fluids and by other metabolites produced by pathogenic bacteria. Here we present a direct selective method to detect pyocyanin in a complex electroactive environment using commercially available electrodes. It is shown that cyclic voltammetry measurements between -1.0 V to 1.0 V reveal a potential detection window of pyocyanin of 0.58-0.82 V that is unaffected by other redox-active interferents. The linear quantification of pyocyanin has an R² value of 0.991 across the clinically relevant concentration range of 2-100 µM. The proposed method was tested on human saliva showing a standard deviation of 2.5% ± 1% (n = 5) from the known added pyocyanin concentration to the samples. This inexpensive procedure is suggested for clinical use in monitoring the presence and state of P. aeruginosa infection in patients.
绿脓菌素是病原菌铜绿假单胞菌独特产生的一种毒力因子。临床样本中绿脓菌素的快速、选择性检测能够揭示患者体内这种微生物存在的重要信息。对具有氧化还原活性的绿脓菌素进行电化学传感是在医院和诊所实时、原位直接定量绿脓菌素的一条途径。然而,绿脓菌素的选择性定量受到人体体液中存在的其他氧化还原活性化合物以及病原菌产生的其他代谢产物的限制。在此,我们提出一种使用市售电极在复杂电活性环境中检测绿脓菌素的直接选择性方法。结果表明,在 -1.0 V 至 1.0 V 之间进行循环伏安测量显示,绿脓菌素的潜在检测窗口为 0.58 - 0.82 V,不受其他氧化还原活性干扰物的影响。在 2 - 100 µM 的临床相关浓度范围内,绿脓菌素的线性定量 R² 值为 0.991。所提出的方法在人唾液上进行了测试,与样品中已知添加的绿脓菌素浓度相比,标准偏差为 2.5% ± 1%(n = 5)。建议将这种低成本的方法用于临床,以监测患者体内铜绿假单胞菌感染的存在和状态。