Skonta Anastasia, Bellou Myrto G, Stamatis Haralambos
Laboratory of Biotechnology, Department of Biological Applications and Technologies, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
Biosensors (Basel). 2025 Jul 18;15(7):461. doi: 10.3390/bios15070461.
Biosensors play a central role in the early detection of abnormal glucose levels in individuals with diabetes; therefore, the development of less invasive systems is essential. Herein, a 3D-printed colorimetric biosensor combining microneedles and chitosan nanoparticles was developed for glucose detection in sweat using machine learning. Briefly, hollow 3D-printed polylactic acid microneedles were constructed and loaded with chitosan nanoparticles encapsulating glucose oxidase, horseradish peroxidase, and the chromogenic substrate 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), resulting in the formation of the chitosan nanoparticle-microneedle patches. Glucose detection was performed colorimetrically by first incubating the chitosan nanoparticle-microneedle patches with glucose samples of varying concentrations and then by using photographs of the top side of each microneedle and a color recognition application on a smartphone. The Random Sample Consensus algorithm was used to train a simple linear regression model to predict glucose concentrations in unknown samples. The developed biosensor system exhibited a good linear response range toward glucose (0.025-0.375 mM), a low limit of detection (0.023 mM), a limit of quantification (0.078 mM), high specificity, and recovery rates ranging between 86-112%. Lastly, the biosensor was applied to glucose detection in spiked artificial sweat samples, confirming the potential of the proposed methodology for glucose detection in real samples.
生物传感器在糖尿病患者异常血糖水平的早期检测中发挥着核心作用;因此,开发侵入性较小的系统至关重要。在此,利用机器学习开发了一种结合微针和壳聚糖纳米颗粒的3D打印比色生物传感器,用于汗液中的葡萄糖检测。简要地说,构建了中空的3D打印聚乳酸微针,并装载了包裹葡萄糖氧化酶、辣根过氧化物酶和显色底物2,2'-联氮-双(3-乙基苯并噻唑啉-6-磺酸)的壳聚糖纳米颗粒,从而形成壳聚糖纳米颗粒-微针贴片。通过首先将壳聚糖纳米颗粒-微针贴片与不同浓度的葡萄糖样品孵育,然后使用每个微针顶面的照片以及智能手机上的颜色识别应用程序,以比色法进行葡萄糖检测。使用随机抽样一致性算法训练一个简单的线性回归模型,以预测未知样品中的葡萄糖浓度。所开发的生物传感器系统对葡萄糖表现出良好的线性响应范围(0.025-0.375 mM)、低检测限(0.023 mM)、定量限(0.078 mM)、高特异性以及86-112%的回收率。最后,将该生物传感器应用于加标人工汗液样品中的葡萄糖检测,证实了所提出方法在实际样品中检测葡萄糖的潜力。