Detection of Aβ40 in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma of Alzheimer’s disease patients using photoelectrochemical biosensors

IF 5.3 2区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL

Microchimica Acta Pub Date : 2024-12-04 DOI:10.1007/s00604-024-06816-0

Liting Li, Na Wei, Yiwei Guo, Xingyu Zhu, Lin Wang, Yanzhao Zhu, Ke Fang, Shenhui Ma, Yingying Zhang, Yan Zhang, Xiaofei Zhou, Gang Zhao, Yuyu Bu, Linfu Zhou

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Abstract

An ultra-sensitive photoelectrochemical (PEC) biosensor for amyloid-beta 40 (Aβ40), a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), was developed using g-C₃N₄ modified with gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) to form Au-C₃N₄. This was further combined with TiO₂ to create a tightly bonded TiO₂/Au-C₃N₄ heterojunction, leading to a highly responsive photocatalytic process. Furthermore, the incorporation of noble metal Au NPs not only enhances photocurrent generation but also securely immobilizes the aptamer through Au–S bonds, providing additional surface binding sites. This significantly increases the sensor's capture efficiency. The sensor exhibited excellent performance, featuring a linear detection range from 10⁻¹⁵ to 10⁻¹¹ g/mL and a remarkably low detection limit (LOD) of 0.33 fg/mL. Moreover, the validation in clinical settings demonstrated the successful detection in real cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma, from AD patients and non-AD controls. These results strongly suggest that PEC biosensors possess significant potential as cost-effective and highly sensitive tools for detecting ultra-trace substances in human body fluids, which offers promising opportunities for the early screening of high-risk populations for AD.

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Microchimica Acta 化学-分析化学

CiteScore

9.80

自引率

5.30%

发文量

410

审稿时长

2.7 months

期刊介绍： As a peer-reviewed journal for analytical sciences and technologies on the micro- and nanoscale, Microchimica Acta has established itself as a premier forum for truly novel approaches in chemical and biochemical analysis. Coverage includes methods and devices that provide expedient solutions to the most contemporary demands in this area. Examples are point-of-care technologies, wearable (bio)sensors, in-vivo-monitoring, micro/nanomotors and materials based on synthetic biology as well as biomedical imaging and targeting.