{"title":"Ratiometric electrochemical aptasensor based on functionalized graphene nanocomposites for detection of CA19-9.","authors":"Feifei Lin, Xiaosha Li, Jian Zhang, Hailin Zhang, Zemiao Zhang, Lijie Hou, Bingjun Shen, Lihong Jin","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00743-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-025-00743-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A ratiometric electrochemical aptasensor was constructed based on rGO-cMWCNTs/AuNPs functionalized graphene nanocomposites for the detection of CA19-9 in serum samples. First, rGO-cMWCNTs/AuNPs nanocomposites were modified on the surface of glassy carbon electrodes. Second, the aptamer complementary chain labeled with anthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid (cDNA-AQ) was covalently linked by Au-S. Finally, the hybrid chain was formed with ferrocene (Fc)-labeled Apt-Fc by base pairing, and a sensing interface with specific target recognition and electrochemical signal amplification was constructed. In this study, the ratio of response signal to internal reference signal (I<sub>Fc</sub>/I<sub>AQ</sub>) was used as the target molecular response signal to achieve the quantitative detection of CA19-9. The ratiometric electrochemical biosensor based on aptamer molecular recognition has good selectivity, reproducibility and stability. Under the optimal reaction conditions, the logarithm of CA19-9 concentration had a good linear relationship with I<sub>Fc</sub>/I<sub>AQ</sub>, the linear range was 1.0-1.0 × 10<sup>6</sup> mU/mL, the detection limit was 0.65 mU/mL, and the recovery rate in CA19-9 serum was 94.12-97.83%. The results show that the sensor has potential practical application prospects, and provides a simple and feasible strategy for the rapid and accurate detection of other tumor markers.</p>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143565504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Taisuke Shimada, Takao Yasui, Hiroshi Yukawa, Yoshinobu Baba
{"title":"Nanobiodevices and quantum life science for future healthcare.","authors":"Taisuke Shimada, Takao Yasui, Hiroshi Yukawa, Yoshinobu Baba","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00742-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-025-00742-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Maintaining healthy life in old age (healthy aging) is an important social challenge. An effective approach to realizing healthy aging involves providing personalized healthcare through disease prevention, early diagnostics, and optimal treatments. Nanobiodevices and quantum life sciences have tremendous potential to revolutionize current techniques for disease prevention, diagnostics, and treatment via the efficient analyses of biomolecules, bioparticles, pathogens, and cells. In this review, we outline our research on nanobiodevices and quantum life sciences for future healthcare, including cancer diagnostics, pathogen detection, in vivo imaging-guided therapy, and intracellular sensing for stem cell quality checks.</p>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143539969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stratified quantification of targets in skin by three-dimensional Raman spectroscopic imaging.","authors":"Yunchi Hu, Tong Ha, Yan Kang, Yiping Du","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00738-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-025-00738-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to utilize three-dimensional (3D) Raman imaging technology for the stratified quantification of active ingredients (AIs) within the skin, which involves determining their contents in the stratum corneum (SC) and the active epidermal (EP) layer. Multiple linear regression combined with a least squares algorithm was used to analyze the relative concentration coefficients of targets in the skin. However, an issue of signal attenuation with increasing depth was encountered during the 3D Raman data acquisition process. A calibration process was performed based on establishing the relationships among depth in skin, the relative concentration coefficients of a two-dimensional (2D) Raman imaging and the concentration value from high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) technology. Nicotinamide was selected as the target in this study, and a 3D Raman signal attenuation correction equation specific to nicotinamide was developed. A 3D stratified imaging of nicotinamide in skin was achieved by this method. This method offers a visual analysis of AIs in the SC and EP by in vivo Raman technology.</p>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143536543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yalan Liu, Yaru Peng, Qiping Wu, Zeneng Cheng, Feifan Xie, Sanwang Li
{"title":"Quantitative analysis of related substances in acetaminophen tablets using pre-column derivatization coupled with HPLC-ICP-MS.","authors":"Yalan Liu, Yaru Peng, Qiping Wu, Zeneng Cheng, Feifan Xie, Sanwang Li","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00739-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-025-00739-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>High-performance liquid chromatography coupled with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICP-MS) is a promising structure-independent technique for accurate quantification of drug-related substances in pharmaceuticals. In this study, we aimed to develop a sensitive HPLC-ICP-MS method, combined with pre-column derivatization, to quantify related substances in acetaminophen tablets. Through this method, we enhanced the sensitivity and accuracy of detecting substances that do not directly respond to ICP-MS. The key advancements include the systematic optimization of derivatization conditions and the establishment of a calibration curve with correlation coefficients greater than 0.999. The method achieved impressive limits of quantification: 0.089 µM for o-acetaminophenol, 0.097 µM for p-nitrophenol, and 0.161 µM for p-aminophenol. It demonstrated suitable accuracy and precision for the following substances: o-acetaminophenol with accuracy between 95.7-104.4% and precision ≤ 4.9%, p-nitrophenol with accuracy between 97.6-101.8% and precision ≤ 2.7%, and p-aminophenol with accuracy between 95.6-102.5% and precision ≤ 3.2%. Comparative analysis with standard HPLC-UV method revealed less than 20% difference in quantification, underscoring the effectiveness of this combined technique. Our study demonstrated the feasibility of combining chemical derivatization with HPLC-ICP-MS as a robust tool for the accurate quantification of drug-related substances, particularly those lacking elements detectable by ICP-MS alone.</p>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143536609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The latest developments of near-infrared fluorescent probes from NIR-I to NIR-II for bioimaging.","authors":"Yuzuka Kuronuma, Ryuji Watanabe, Yuki Hiruta","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00735-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-025-00735-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Near-infrared I (NIR-I: 650-950 nm) fluorescence imaging is a powerful tool for deep-tissue biological imaging, addressing the limitations of photon penetration depth in the visible-light region. Over the past decade, NIR imaging has extended to the near-infrared II (NIR-II: 1000-1700 nm) region, offering high-resolution and low background imaging by suppressing light scattering, and autofluorescence of tissues. Near-infrared fluorescent probes from NIR-I to NIR-II, with diverse functionalities, are increasingly utilized across biological fields to meet various detection needs and to explore physiological events in real time and spatial dimensions. This review discusses recent advancements in small-molecule NIR fluorescent dyes and probes, particularly those based on cyanine and rhodamine scaffolds, highlighting examples of their applications in bioimaging.</p>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143522492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solid-phase-extraction device for extracting volatile organic compounds from gaseous samples.","authors":"Ikuo Ueta, Koki Nakagami, Yoshihiro Saito","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00729-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-025-00729-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Solid-phase extraction (SPE) is a sample preparation technique typically used for purifying target analytes in liquid samples prior to instrumental analysis, such as chromatographic analysis. Typical SPE device consists of packing particulate adsorbent into a glass or plastic cartridge. In the sample preparation process, the target analytes are extracted onto the adsorbent by loading the liquid sample into the SPE cartridge and separated from other contaminants. Then, the extracted compounds are eluted by the organic solvent. This article summarizes the SPE devices designed for extracting volatile organic compounds in gaseous samples. In these SPE devices, the extracted analytes are eluted by simply passing the desorption solvent. The devices can be reused after drying the adsorbent.</p>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143497945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determination of circulating tumor cells by surface-enhanced Raman scattering based on molecularly imprinted polymers doped with silver nanoparticles.","authors":"JunJie Wei, Yong Shen, GangFeng Ouyang","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00719-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-025-00719-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The rapid and simple detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can help with early diagnosis of tumor diseases and assist clinical judgment of tumor disease development status and prognosis. An important alteration in cancer progression is a significant increase in sialic acid (SA) levels, making sialic acid one of an interesting biomarker for cancer type diversity. Here, novel SERS nano-biosensors were fabricated employing molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) particles loaded with Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) to form high affinity toward sialic acid on CTCs. In this work, the glycol-specific MIPs are produced using precipitation polymerization. The nanocomposite was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), zeta potential, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Consequently, CTC can be rapidly detected in mouse blood in a specific and sensitive manner, as low as 1 cells/ml. In addition, a good linear relationship was observed between CTC concentration and signal intensity (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.9881). Moreover, the SERS nano-biosensors was used to detect CTC with excellent precision (relative standard deviation, RSD = 3.9%) and good repeatability (RSD = 6.8%). Therefore, this inexpensive, highly sensitive, and rapid method using SERS nano-biosensors can quickly detect CTCs and may prove to be a new platform to be an early diagnostic tool for cancer patient detection.</p>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143490411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impacts of electrogenerated chemiluminescence mechanism on the emission spectra and intensities.","authors":"Ryoichi Ishimatsu","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00736-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-025-00736-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this mini-review, recent progress in electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) reported by our group is mainly introduced. First, the general principles of ECL and standard molecules for ECL are described, and then the ECL properties of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) molecules, pyrrolopyrrole aza-BODIPYs (PPABs), pyrene (Py) and its derivative, Eu(III) and Tb(III) complexes are introduced. The ECL efficiency of TADF molecules is increased by spin up-conversion from the T<sub>1</sub> to S<sub>1</sub> state, and that of PPABs is incremented kinetically due to the slower rate for the T<sub>1</sub> state formation than the S<sub>1</sub> state formation. The excimer formation mechanism of Py and its derivative in ECL is discussed. It is shown that very sharp ECL spectra can be obtained from Eu(III) and Tb(III) complexes. Furthermore, intense ECL for binary mixed systems using Ir(ppy)<sub>3</sub> and electron donor or acceptor molecules is described. These results provide insight into how the ECL mechanism affects emission intensity, efficiency, and spectrum.</p>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143490415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Raman spectroscopic analysis of carbonates on a CY-type carbonaceous chondrite Yamato 980115: unexpectedly abundant terrestrial weathering products.","authors":"Shu-Hei Urashima, Hayato Tsuchiya, Naoya Imae, Akira Yamaguchi, Hiroharu Yui","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00731-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-025-00731-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study presents Raman spectra of carbonates on a carbonaceous chondrite, Yamato (Y) 980115. Y 980115 is an Antarctic meteorite and is originally classified as CI1-type. Since CI1-type meteorites are expected to record information of aqueous alteration of carbonaceous matters in the primitive solar photosphere or planetesimals, extensive studies have been performed. Among a variety of minerals on meteorites, carbonates are one of environment indicators because its cation composition depends on thermochemical properties of the aqueous solution when they were precipitated. Although the minerals on meteorites are usually identified by elemental composition analysis techniques such as backscattered electron imaging, these techniques have a drawback that they lack information of crystal structures so that it is difficult to distinguish some minerals such as ordered or disordered dolomite (CaMg(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>) and a mixture of calcite (CaCO<sub>3</sub>) and magnesite (MgCO<sub>3</sub>). The present study employed Raman spectroscopy as a complementary technique to the elemental composition analysis. As a result, surprisingly, while the Mg-bearing carbonates on Y 980115 were expected mainly to be dolomite, the Raman spectra revealed that they are indeed nesquehonite (Mg(HCO<sub>3</sub>)(OH)·2H<sub>2</sub>O), which is a typical terrestrial weathering product for Antarctic meteorites. Among 63 carbonate grains found on Y 980115, 60 and 3 grains were assigned to nesquehonite and calcite, respectively, and no dolomite was found. This result indicates that there are unexpectedly abundant terrestrial weathering products for carbonates found on Y 980115.</p>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143482099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determination of iodide in concentrated chloride springs by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection.","authors":"Tomoko Kemmei, Azusa Yudo, Shuji Kodama, Atsushi Yamamoto, Yoshinori Inoue, Shigehiro Kagaya, Kazuichi Hayakawa","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00732-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-025-00732-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We developed a convenient and simple reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method for analysis of iodide in concentrated chloride springs. Using a C18 column, the iodide and chloride peaks were well separated. Setting the wavelength at 240 nm allows direct ultraviolet (UV) detection of iodide without any UV or Schlieren effect due to the high chloride concentration. The high ionic strength of spring samples containing high levels of sodium chloride broadens the iodide peak. Iodide was quantified based on the peak areas of standard solutions of iodide, in which 100 mM sodium chloride was added to match the saline matrixes with the samples. The detection limit of iodide at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3 was 0.0003 mM. The detector response was linear over the concentration ranges of 0.001-0.1 mM. The proposed RP-HPLC/UV method was successfully applied to determine iodide in some concentrated chloride spring samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143482097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}