Department of Medical Biotechnology and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Department of Medical Biotechnology and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Medical Toxicology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Talanta. 2023 Dec 1;265:124804. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124804. Epub 2023 Jun 12.
Since the rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 (2019), the need for early diagnostic techniques to control this pandemic has been highlighted. Diagnostic methods based on virus replication, such as RT-PCR, are exceedingly time-consuming and expensive. As a result, a rapid and accurate electrochemical test which is both available and cost-effective was designed in this study. MXene nanosheets (TiCTx) and carbon platinum (Pt/C) were employed to amplify the signal of this biosensor upon hybridization reaction of the DNA probe and the virus's specific oligonucleotide target in the RdRp gene region. By the differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) technique, the calibration curve was obtained for the target with varying concentrations ranging from 1 aM to 100 nM. Due to the increase in the concentration of the oligonucleotide target, the signal of DPV increased with a positive slope and a correlation coefficient of 0.9977. Therefore, at least a limit of detection (LOD) was obtained 0.4 aM. Furthermore, the specificity and sensitivity of the sensors were evaluated with 192 clinical samples with positive and negative RT-PCR tests, which revealed 100% accuracy and sensitivity, 97.87% specificity and limit of quantification (LOQ) of 60 copies/mL. Besides, various matrices such as saliva, nasopharyngeal swabs, and serum were assessed for detecting SARS-CoV-2 infection by the developed biosensor, indicating that this biosensor has the potential to be used for rapid Covid-19 test detection.
自 2019 年 SARS-CoV-2(严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2)迅速传播以来,人们对控制这一流行疫情的早期诊断技术的需求凸显出来。基于病毒复制的诊断方法,如 RT-PCR,非常耗时且昂贵。因此,本研究设计了一种快速、准确且具有成本效益的电化学测试方法。MXene 纳米片(TiCTx)和碳铂(Pt/C)用于在 DNA 探针与 RdRp 基因区域中病毒特定寡核苷酸目标杂交反应时放大生物传感器的信号。通过差分脉冲伏安法(DPV)技术,获得了目标物浓度从 1 aM 到 100 nM 变化的校准曲线。由于寡核苷酸目标物浓度的增加,DPV 的信号呈正斜率增加,相关系数为 0.9977。因此,至少可以得到 0.4 aM 的检测限(LOD)。此外,通过对 192 份经 RT-PCR 检测呈阳性和阴性的临床样本进行传感器的特异性和灵敏度评估,该传感器的准确率和灵敏度达到 100%,特异性为 97.87%,定量限(LOQ)为 60 拷贝/mL。此外,开发的生物传感器还评估了唾液、鼻咽拭子和血清等各种基质中 SARS-CoV-2 感染的检测情况,表明该生物传感器具有用于快速新冠病毒检测的潜力。
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