AnalystPub Date : 2025-06-21DOI: 10.1039/d5an00359h
Hongli Cao, Guofang Yin, Zhiguo Wang, Xianming Fan
{"title":"Proximity Cleavage assisted DNAzyme catalyzed Loading DNA Walker System for Accurate and Sensitive Small Extracellular Vesicles Analysis","authors":"Hongli Cao, Guofang Yin, Zhiguo Wang, Xianming Fan","doi":"10.1039/d5an00359h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5an00359h","url":null,"abstract":"The significant biological functions and clinical importance of small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) in lung malignancies make them crucial diagnostic markers. However, the current methods for cancer related sEVs commonly recognize single molecule on the surface of sEVs, which lack enough specificity. We developed a proximity cleavage- assisted DNAzyme- catalyzed loading DNA walker system for the precise investigation of sEVs. The target sEVs served as a loading medium by utilizing the cholesterol-substrate and recognition probe to attach to the lipid bilayer and EpCAM on the surface, thereby initiating the proximity ligation-triggered DNAzyme-catalyzed DNA walker. The DNAzyme-catalyzed DNA walker enables the simultaneous detection of the lipid bilayer and EpCAM, thereby conferring high specificity to the technique. The DNAzyme-catalyzed DNA walker on the surface of sEVs and the signal generation mediated by the cleavage of free DNAzymes constitute the signal generation system. The proposed approach demonstrated a low detection limit of 2.5 particles/μL based on this design. The proposed method offers a novel approach for the sensitive detection of sEVs and other membrane structural molecules, indicating promising potential for disease diagnosis.","PeriodicalId":63,"journal":{"name":"Analyst","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144335082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnalystPub Date : 2025-06-20DOI: 10.1039/d5an00161g
Desmond B Ofosu,Robert Z Mendoza,Paul J Bracher
{"title":"Internal standards for 1H NMR spectroscopy in concentrated sulfuric acid.","authors":"Desmond B Ofosu,Robert Z Mendoza,Paul J Bracher","doi":"10.1039/d5an00161g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5an00161g","url":null,"abstract":"This paper recommends the use of dimethyl sulfone and 1,4-dinitrobenzene as internal standards for 1H NMR spectroscopy in concentrated sulfuric acid. These compounds were selected from 8 candidates tested for thermal stability and resistance to outgassing and H/D exchange. The effectiveness of the internal standards was demonstrated by measuring the rate constant of a model decarboxylation reaction.","PeriodicalId":63,"journal":{"name":"Analyst","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144328899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two birds with one stone: A simple and integrated platform based on Fe-MOF for dual-mode detection and photocatalysis elimination of tetracycline","authors":"Fushen Niu, Hui Sun, Yifan Gao, Shusen Ding, Qing Xu, Xia Dong, Xiaoling Wang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xiaomin Wang, Yuan Fang","doi":"10.1039/d5an00433k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5an00433k","url":null,"abstract":"The persistence of tetracycline (TC) antibiotic residues in foodstuffs and aquatic systems poses critical threats to human health and ecological environment, driving an imperative demand for developing multifunctional platforms capable of simultaneous visual monitoring and high-efficiency elimination of these contaminants. Herein, a simple yet novel colorimetric sensor that integrates detection and degradation of TCs has been constructed based on the excellent peroxidase-like activity of the metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) MIL-101(Fe). Colorless 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) can be effectively oxidized to generate blue oxidized TMB (oxTMB) by MIL-101(Fe), which exhibits a characteristic peak at 652 nm. The presence of TCs at varying concentrations can specifically inhibit this oxidation reaction, leading to different degrees of decrease in the intensity of the characteristic peak. Based on this concentration-dependent chromogenic behavior, TCs are quantitative identified by the dual-mode detection of UV-Vis absorbance and naked eyes. The as-fabricated colorimetric sensor displays superior selectivity toward TCs, with its detection capability in complex matrices being successfully validated in environmental water and commercial milk samples. To avoid accessional antibiotic contamination, MIL-101(Fe) can also be served as scavenger to degrade TCs efficiently under visible light irradiation, achieving up to 90.51% removal efficiency within 3 h. The developed strategy has the advantages of visual recognition, rapid field detection and no need to use large-scale instruments. Most critically, it cleverly realizes the integration of antibiotic detection and degradation, which provides a low-cost and high-efficiency solution to fundamentally solve the problem of antibiotic contamination.","PeriodicalId":63,"journal":{"name":"Analyst","volume":"147 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnalystPub Date : 2025-06-19DOI: 10.1039/d5an00373c
Mohamed Amin El aguech, Komal Sethi, Adam R Hall
{"title":"Solid-state nanopore quantification of discrete sequence motifs from DNA and RNA targets in human plasma","authors":"Mohamed Amin El aguech, Komal Sethi, Adam R Hall","doi":"10.1039/d5an00373c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5an00373c","url":null,"abstract":"Fast and sensitive detection of target nucleic acid biomarker sequences in complex biofluids is essential for translational diagnostics. In this work, we report on the use of a solid-state nanopore assay to quantitate sequence motifs in human plasma. Extracted DNA or RNA is annealed to a biotinylated DNA oligonucleotide probe and then subjected to single-strand-specific enzymatic digestion to decompose off-target regions. The remaining duplex product is then bound to a protein tag that enables selective detection via resistive pulse sensing. We first demonstrate our approach on single-strand DNA and single-strand RNA spiked into human plasma and then extend the methodology to double-strand DNA, expanding the range of motifs that can be targeted. These advancements position our assay as a tool for the analysis of viral, bacterial, and human genetic markers.","PeriodicalId":63,"journal":{"name":"Analyst","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnalystPub Date : 2025-06-19DOI: 10.1039/d5an00332f
Zhongjie Yao, Yilan Li, Wei Xu
{"title":"Micro-immobilized enzyme reactors for mass spectrometry proteomics","authors":"Zhongjie Yao, Yilan Li, Wei Xu","doi":"10.1039/d5an00332f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5an00332f","url":null,"abstract":"Micro-immobilized enzyme reactors (μ-IMERs) have proven to be superior to traditional enzymatic methods by offering improved enzyme stability, less reagent consumption, and higher reaction efficiency. This review aims to provide an assessment of recent advances in μ-IMER design, fabrication, and proteomic applications. Common immobilization methods including adsorption, covalent binding, affinity binding, and entrapment are discussed, and their respective advantages, challenges and possible future development directions are summarized. The review also covers different μ-IMER designs, including open-tube, packed, monolithic reactors, and membrane-immobilized enzymes, and provides a detailed analysis of their structural architectures and operational performance characteristics. In addition, μ-IMER applications in proteomics are presented, demonstrating their potential for improving sample preparation and analytical workflows. Finally, we summarize the current state of development and the challenges faced, offering new insights into potential future directions.","PeriodicalId":63,"journal":{"name":"Analyst","volume":"599 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnalystPub Date : 2025-06-19DOI: 10.1039/d5an00419e
Malgorzata Baranska, Hugh J Byrne, Peter Gardner, Alex Henderson, Nick Stone, Bayden Robert Wood
{"title":"The International Society for Clinical Spectroscopy; Reflections on the first 10 years","authors":"Malgorzata Baranska, Hugh J Byrne, Peter Gardner, Alex Henderson, Nick Stone, Bayden Robert Wood","doi":"10.1039/d5an00419e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5an00419e","url":null,"abstract":"The article provides a perspective overview of the development and current status of the field of biomedical spectroscopy, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the foundation of the International Society for Clinical Spectroscopy (CLIRPEC). It provides a background into the prior evolution of the field, and international community, and rationale for the foundation of the legal entity, CLIRSPEC. It describes the continued dissemination and educational activities associated with the society, and maps out key technical developments, as well as trends towards clinical translation, and future perspectives.","PeriodicalId":63,"journal":{"name":"Analyst","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144329118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnalystPub Date : 2025-06-19DOI: 10.1039/d5an00325c
Piers Larkman, Sebastiano Vascon, Martin Šala, Nicolas Stoll, Carlo Barbante, Pascal Bohleber
{"title":"Faster Chemical Mapping Assisted by Computer Vision: Insights From Glass and Ice Core Samples","authors":"Piers Larkman, Sebastiano Vascon, Martin Šala, Nicolas Stoll, Carlo Barbante, Pascal Bohleber","doi":"10.1039/d5an00325c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5an00325c","url":null,"abstract":"Recent advances in high-repetition-rate lasers and fast aerosol transfer facilitate laser ablation in- ductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) mapping rates of up to megapixels per hour, however, practical limits in time and resources still hamper mapping the chemistry of square centimetre or larger areas of target samples at high resolutions. This is especially relevant for the analysis of deep sections of polar ice cores, motivating exploration of approaches to improve the efficiency of LA-ICP-MS data collection for large-area mapping. Assisted by computer vision, and demonstrated on glass and ice samples, we show how an informed experimental design coupled with computational post processing can contribute to large reductions in measurement times and lead to associated increases in measurement areas. Using various inpainting techniques, we demonstrate how the collection of data can be reduced by up to two thirds while still capturing spatial variability. Although motivated by ice core analysis, these approaches are generalisable to other target matrices and represent a new approach to large-area LA-ICP-MS mapping.","PeriodicalId":63,"journal":{"name":"Analyst","volume":"08 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnalystPub Date : 2025-06-19DOI: 10.1039/d5an00402k
Kubra Guven, Elif Çalık Kayış, Ilkay Erdogan Orhan, Mustafa Aslan, Ismail H Boyacı, Ugur Tamer
{"title":"A Novel Approach for Rapid Quantification of Food Supplement Components Using NIR Spectroscopy and Spectral Data Transfer","authors":"Kubra Guven, Elif Çalık Kayış, Ilkay Erdogan Orhan, Mustafa Aslan, Ismail H Boyacı, Ugur Tamer","doi":"10.1039/d5an00402k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5an00402k","url":null,"abstract":"The global interest in food supplements is increasing, creating a growing demand for efficient and reliable analytical methods to assess mixture compositions. Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has been widely employed for this purpose; however, traditional chemometric approaches, such as partial least squares (PLS), require a large number of calibration samples (typically 100–200), making the process time-consuming. To overcome this limitation, we propose the spectral data transfer (SDT) approach, which corrects calculated spectra derived from pure components to more accurately align with real measured spectra. The method was tested on a four-component food supplement containing Melissa officinalis, Hypericum perforatum, Passiflora incarnata, and L-tryptophan. By implementing SDT, we significantly enhanced the prediction accuracy of PLS models, reducing RMSEP for all components. Before SDT, RMSEP values were 5.26, 7.23, 20.43 and 9.56 for Melissa officinalis, Hypericum perforatum, Passiflora incarnata, and L-tryptophan, respectively, while they were 3.43, 2.03, 2.46 and 0.86 after SDT and preprocessing (2nd derivative) respectively. Validation using HPLC reference analysis confirmed the accuracy, robustness, and repeatability of the proposed method, demonstrating its effectiveness in advancing NIR spectroscopy for mixture analysis.","PeriodicalId":63,"journal":{"name":"Analyst","volume":"147 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dye doped fluorescent polypyrrole nanotherapeutic probes as a versatile platform for ratiometric pH sensing-guided and self-monitored photothermal therapy of tumors","authors":"Bei Li, Ruyu Li, Qi Zan, Xiaojing Chai, Xincheng Sun, Xiaoran Zhang, Chuan Dong, Shaomin Shuang","doi":"10.1039/d5an00426h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5an00426h","url":null,"abstract":"A multifunctional fluorescence polypyrrole nanotherapeutic probe (denoted as PPy@RhB-PAA-FITC) was constructed for pH sensing-guided photothermal therapy (PTT) of cancer and self-monitoring temperature variations during PTT. By using photothermal therapy materials polypyrrole (PPy) nanoparticles as a matrix, the temperature-responsive rhodamine B (RhB) and pH-sensitive fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) fluorescent dye were linked to the nanoparticles through encapsulation and electrostatic interaction, respectively. The fluorescent intensity of FITC increased dramatically with enhanced pH and little variation appeared in emission intensity of RhB, which was responsible for ratio fluorescent pH sensing performance. For pH detection, the nanoprobes exhibited a linearity in pH range from 4.54 to 6.4 with an acid dissociation constant (pKa) value of 5.80. PPy nanoparticles were in charge of PTT that endowed this nanotherapeutic system with 36.24% photothermal conversion efficiency. Meanwhile, the fluorescent intensity of RhB was decreased due to the increase of heat-induced temperature, which enabled to satisfy the need of self-monitoring temperature during PTT. The thermal sensitivity of 1.4%/°C were harvested in temperature-sensing assays. Moreover, by the combination of the ratio fluorescent pH imaging, the photothermal conversion and self-detection temperature, the PPy@RhB-PAA-FITC was successfully applied for pH-mediated tumor diagnosis and self-monitored treatment. The proposed PPy@RhB-PAA-FITC broadens the PPy-based nanomaterials applications in ratiometric fluorescent pH imaging and self-feedback temperature changes guided photothermal therapy.","PeriodicalId":63,"journal":{"name":"Analyst","volume":"604 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based separation columns: fundamental study for molecular recognitions and potential for separation of linear polymers with close terminal structure","authors":"Keigo Matsubara, Yoshiyuki Watabe, Sayaka K-Yamada, Nobuhiko Hosono, Takashi Uemura, Takuya Kubo","doi":"10.1039/d5an00548e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5an00548e","url":null,"abstract":"We report stationary phases using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) composed of metal ions and organic ligands in HPLC. We mainly applied [Zn2(1,4-ndc)2ted]n (ZnJAST4) (ndc: naphthalenedicarboxylate, ted: triethylenediamine) for the stationary phase. To inspect how metal ions and organic ligands affect retention behavior, three different types of MOF, [Cu2(1,4-ndc)2ted]n (CuJAST4) substituted from zinc ions of ZnJAST4 to copper ions, [Zn2(1,4-bdc)2ted]n (ZnJAST1) (bdc: benzenedicarboxylate) substituted from a part of naphthalene of ZnJAST4 to benzene, and ZnJAST4 were packed to columns, and then HPLC using benzene derivatives was conducted to evaluate the recognition ability toward functional groups and shapes of molecules using hexane as the mobile phase. The result revealed that the retention behavior depended on various factors such as halogen bonding, π stacking, molecular shapes, and molecular sizes. Furthermore, to evaluate retention selectivity toward functional groups, HPLC analyses were conducted with a ZnJAST4 packed column in a mobile phase, N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), using poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) derivatives, which have different polar terminal groups, as analytes. The result showed that when the polarity was low, the retention to ZnJAST4 decreased, and the retention behavior was affected by the molecular weight of the PEG.","PeriodicalId":63,"journal":{"name":"Analyst","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144311896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}