Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Department of Chemistry, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
Anal Chem. 2023 Nov 7;95(44):16366-16373. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03787. Epub 2023 Oct 26.
The widespread use of sulfonamide (SA) antibiotics in animal husbandry has led to residues of SAs in the environment, causing adverse effects to the ecosystem and a risk of bacterial resistance, which is a potential threat to public health. Therefore, it is highly desirable to develop simple, high-throughput methods that can detect multiple SAs simultaneously. In this study, we isolated aptamers with different specificities based on a multi-SA systematic evolution of ligands by the exponential enrichment (SELEX) strategy using a mixture of sulfadimethoxine (SDM), sulfaquinoxaline (SQX), and sulfamethoxazole (SMZ). Three aptamers were obtained, and one of them showed a similar binding to all tested SAs, with dissociation constant () ranging from 0.22 to 0.63 μM. For the other two aptamers, one is specific for SQX, and the other is specific for SDM and sulfaclozine. A label-free detection method based on the broad-specificity aptamer was developed for the simultaneous detection of six SAs, with detection of limits ranging from 0.14 to 0.71 μM in a lake water sample. The aptasensor has no binding for other broad-spectrum antibiotics such as β-lactam antibiotics, quinolones, tetracyclines, and chloramphenicol. This work provides a promising biosensor for rapid, multiresidue, and high-throughput detection of SAs, as well as a shortcut for the preparation of different specific recognition elements required for the detection of broad-spectrum antibiotics.
磺胺类(SA)抗生素在畜牧业中的广泛应用导致其在环境中残留,对生态系统造成不良影响,并增加了细菌耐药性的风险,这对公共健康构成了潜在威胁。因此,开发简单、高通量的方法来同时检测多种磺胺类抗生素是非常可取的。在这项研究中,我们使用磺胺二甲氧嘧啶(SDM)、磺胺喹恶啉(SQX)和磺胺甲恶唑(SMZ)混合物,基于多磺胺系统进化配体的指数富集(SELEX)策略,分离出具有不同特异性的适配体。获得了三个适配体,其中一个与所有测试的磺胺类抗生素具有相似的结合能力,解离常数()范围为 0.22 到 0.63 μM。对于另外两个适配体,一个特异性结合 SQX,另一个特异性结合 SDM 和磺胺氯哒嗪。基于广谱特异性适配体,建立了一种无需标记的检测方法,用于同时检测六种磺胺类抗生素,在湖水样品中的检测限范围为 0.14 到 0.71 μM。该适配体传感器与其他广谱抗生素如β-内酰胺类抗生素、喹诺酮类、四环素类和氯霉素没有结合。这项工作为快速、多残留、高通量检测磺胺类抗生素提供了一种有前景的生物传感器,也为检测广谱抗生素所需的不同特异性识别元件的制备提供了一种捷径。