Davidson Chloé E D, Prakash Ravi
Department of Electronics Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.
Biosensors (Basel). 2025 Apr 3;15(4):228. doi: 10.3390/bios15040228.
Surface-imprinted polymers (SIPs) represent an exciting and cost-effective alternative to antibodies for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)-based biosensing. They can be produced using simple printing techniques and have shown high efficacy in detecting large biomolecules and microorganisms. Stamp imprinting, a novel SIP method, creates the target analyte's imprint using a soft lithography mask of the analyte matrix, thereby reducing material complexities and eliminating the need for cross-linking, which makes the process more scalable than the conventional SIPs. In this work, we demonstrate a stamp-imprinted EIS biosensor using a biocompatible polymer, polycaprolactone (PCL), for quantifying amyloid beta-42 (Aβ-42), a small peptide involved in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease. The evaluated SIP-EIS biosensors showed a detection limit close to 10 fg/mL, and a detection range covering the physiologically relevant concentration range of the analyte in blood serum (from 10 fg/mL to 10 μg/mL). The device sensitivity, which is found to be comparable to antibody-based EIS devices, demonstrates the potential of SIP-EIS biosensors as an exciting alternative to conventional antibody-based diagnostic approaches. We also evaluate the viability of analyzing these proteins in complex media, notably in the presence of serum albumin proteins, which cause biofouling and non-specific interactions. The combination of high sensitivity, selectivity, and ease of fabrication makes SIP-EIS biosensors particularly suited for portable and point-of-care applications.
表面印迹聚合物(SIPs)是基于电化学阻抗谱(EIS)的生物传感中一种令人兴奋且具有成本效益的抗体替代品。它们可以通过简单的印刷技术制备,并且在检测大生物分子和微生物方面已显示出高效性。印章印迹是一种新型的SIP方法,它使用分析物基质的软光刻掩膜来创建目标分析物的印迹,从而降低材料复杂性并消除交联的需要,这使得该过程比传统的SIPs更具可扩展性。在这项工作中,我们展示了一种使用生物相容性聚合物聚己内酯(PCL)的印章印迹EIS生物传感器,用于定量淀粉样β-42(Aβ-42),这是一种与阿尔茨海默病病理生理学相关的小肽。评估的SIP-EIS生物传感器显示出接近10 fg/mL的检测限,以及涵盖血清中分析物生理相关浓度范围(从10 fg/mL到10 μg/mL)的检测范围。发现该设备的灵敏度与基于抗体的EIS设备相当,这证明了SIP-EIS生物传感器作为传统基于抗体的诊断方法的令人兴奋的替代品的潜力。我们还评估了在复杂介质中分析这些蛋白质的可行性,特别是在存在会导致生物污染和非特异性相互作用的血清白蛋白的情况下。高灵敏度、选择性和易于制造的结合使得SIP-EIS生物传感器特别适合便携式和即时检测应用。