Department of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Central Metallurgical R & D Institute, Cairo 11421, Egypt.
Department of Inorganic Chemistry, National Research Centre, Cairo 12622, Egypt.
Biosensors (Basel). 2022 Oct 27;12(11):931. doi: 10.3390/bios12110931.
The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is an important cancer biomarker that is commonly utilized in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. The development of a PSA determination technique that is rapid, simple, and inexpensive, in addition to highly accurate, sensitive, and selective, remains a formidable obstacle.
In this study, we developed a practical biosensor based on Zn(II) metal-organic framework nanoparticles (Zn-MOFs-NPs). Many spectroscopic and microanalytical tools are used to determine the structure, morphology, and physicochemical properties of the prepared MOF.
According to the results, Zn-MOFs-NPs are sensitive to PSA, selective to an extremely greater extent, and stable in terms of chemical composition. Furthermore, the Zn-MOFs-NPs did not exhibit any interferences from other common analytes that might cause interference. The detection limit for PSA was calculated and was 0.145 fg/mL throughout a wide linear concentration range (0.1 fg/mL-20 pg/mL).
Zn-MOFs-NPs were successfully used as a growing biosensor for the monitoring and measurement of PSA in biological real samples.
前列腺特异性抗原(PSA)是一种重要的癌症生物标志物,常用于前列腺癌的诊断。除了高度准确、灵敏和选择性之外,开发一种快速、简单、廉价的 PSA 测定技术仍然是一个艰巨的挑战。
在本研究中,我们开发了一种基于 Zn(II) 金属有机骨架纳米粒子(Zn-MOFs-NPs)的实用生物传感器。使用多种光谱和微分析工具来确定所制备的 MOF 的结构、形态和物理化学性质。
结果表明,Zn-MOFs-NPs 对 PSA 具有敏感性,对 PSA 具有极高的选择性和稳定性,并且在化学成分方面表现稳定。此外,Zn-MOFs-NPs 没有表现出任何可能引起干扰的其他常见分析物的干扰。通过计算得出 PSA 的检测限为 0.145 fg/mL,在很宽的线性浓度范围内(0.1 fg/mL-20 pg/mL)。
Zn-MOFs-NPs 成功地用作监测和测量生物实际样本中 PSA 的生长型生物传感器。