{"title":"Ion-transfer voltammetry at a supported fluorous liquid membrane | water interface","authors":"Kohei Uematsu, Yusuke Iwai, Yuki Nara, Minato Tanaka, Hajime Katano","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00793-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44211-025-00793-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ion-transfer reactions at the supported fluorous liquid membrane (SFLM) | water (W) interface were examined using cyclic voltammetry. The SFLM was constructed by impregnating a polytetrafluoroethylene or polyvinylidene fluoride microporous filter with a fluorous solvent, 1<i>H</i>,1<i>H</i>,5<i>H</i>-octafluoropentyl-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl ether (OFE). Various ions, including tetraphenylarsonium and tetraphenylborate, exhibited nearly reversible voltammetric waves for the ion-transfer reaction at the SFLM | W interface, enabling the determination of formal ion-transfer potentials. The formal Gibbs transfer energies calculated from these potentials were in good agreement with those determined from the conventional OFE | W interface, particularly when the polytetrafluoroethylene membrane was used. This indicates that the fluorophilic property of OFE was maintained in the SFLM. The supported liquid membrane is an effective means of providing a liquid | liquid interface with mechanical stability and ease of handling. Additionally, it enables a marked reduction in the volume of the expensive fluorous solvent required for electrochemical measurements. Therefore, the SFLM system is advantageous for liquid | liquid electrochemical studies and applications using fluorous solvents.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":"41 8","pages":"1335 - 1342"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144126632","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":"Characterization of ene reaction products of Cookson-type fluorescent reagents and their application for recognizing amyloid β aggregation","authors":"Kotone Nojiri, Yusuke Hatakawa, Seon Hwa Lee, Tomoyuki Oe","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00795-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44211-025-00795-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Cookson reagent (4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione, PTAD) is a powerful dienophile for the Diels–Alder reaction and is used as a protecting group for conjugated dienes in organic chemistry. PTAD also undergoes a selective ene reaction with tyrosine (Tyr) residues in aqueous solvents. In this study, we investigated the ene reaction products with Tyr using two Cookson-type fluorescent reagents, 4-(1-naphthyl)-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (NTAD) and 4-[2-(6,7-dimethoxy-4-methyl-3-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinoxalyl)ethyl]-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (DMEQTAD). The fluorescence properties were examined to develop peptide probes using Tyr itself, angiotensin II, and amyloid β<sub>40</sub> (Aβ<sub>40</sub>) as models. NTAD-Tyr showed major changes in fluorescence spectra based on the conditions of the surrounding environment, such as pH, solvent hydrophobicity, and human serum albumin concentration. The increase in the fluorescence intensity of NTAD-Tyr was greater than that of DMEQTAD-Tyr, especially for pH and human serum albumin. Furthermore, a wavelength shift (blue shift) was observed for NTAD-Tyr but not for DMEQTAD-Tyr. Therefore, NTAD was used for the following peptide experiments. NTAD-Aβ<sub>40</sub> showed an unexpected red shift in a hydrophobic solvent, which was the opposite shift to NTAD-Tyr and NTAD-Ang II. In the aggregation study of Aβ<sub>40</sub> co-incubated with NTAD-Aβ<sub>40</sub>, the fluorescence of NTAD-Aβ<sub>40</sub> increased and reached a plateau earlier than the common thioflavin T method for recognizing β-sheet formation.</p><h3>Graphical Abstract</h3>\u0000<div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":"41 8","pages":"1343 - 1354"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144131770","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":"Temperature-modulated separation of therapeutic cells, viral vectors, and exosomes using functional polymers","authors":"Kenichi Nagase, Hideko Kanazawa","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00785-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44211-025-00785-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In recent decades, advanced therapeutic modalities such as therapeutic cells, viral vectors, and extracellular vesicles (exosomes), have emerged as effective therapies for intractable diseases. These therapeutic modalities produced through bioprocesses must be purified from contaminants. Effective separation methods are essential for optimizing therapeutic modalities. This review highlights innovative temperature-modulated separation methods enabled by the thermoresponsive polymer poly(<i>N</i>-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm). The design of PNIPAAm-modified interfaces plays a pivotal role in ensuring precise and efficient separation. We summarize the recent advancements in the application of temperature-modulated separation methods for cells, viral vectors, and exosomes, with a focus on the design of PNIPAAm interfaces.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":"41 8","pages":"1251 - 1267"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12307572/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144126633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mami Asakura, Shuyan Wang, Minako Hirano, Toru Ide
{"title":"Direct insertion of an ion channel immobilized on a soft agarose gel bead into a lipid bilayer: an optimized method","authors":"Mami Asakura, Shuyan Wang, Minako Hirano, Toru Ide","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00792-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44211-025-00792-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, we report the development of a device that improves the conventional artificial lipid bilayer method and can measure channel currents more efficiently. Ion channel proteins are an attractive research target in biophysics, because their functions can be measured at the single-molecule level with high time resolution. In addition, they have attracted attention as targets for drug discovery because of their crucial roles in vivo. Although electrophysiological methods are powerful tools for studying channel proteins, they suffer from low measurement efficiency and require considerable skill. In our previous paper, we reported that by immobilizing channel proteins on agarose gel beads and forming an artificial lipid bilayer on the bead surface, we simultaneously solved two problems that had been hindering the efficiency of the artificial bilayer method: the time-consuming formation of artificial lipid bilayers and the time-consuming incorporation of channels into artificial bilayers. Previous studies have utilized crosslinked hard beads; however, here we show that channel current measurement can be achieved more simply and efficiently using non-crosslinked soft beads. In this study, we detailed the process of immobilizing channel proteins on the surface of non-crosslinked beads through chemical modification, allowing us to measure their channel activity. This method enables current measurements without the need for stringent bead size selection or high negative pressure.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3>\u0000<div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":"41 7","pages":"1073 - 1082"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12202583/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144109409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jia Tang, Fan Shui, Li Deng, Yujie Zhang, Qibing Mei, Min Wang, Jing Zeng
{"title":"Development of a frontal analysis capillary electrophoresis coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry for determining the equilibrium dissociation constant between cyclophilin A and cyclosporin A","authors":"Jia Tang, Fan Shui, Li Deng, Yujie Zhang, Qibing Mei, Min Wang, Jing Zeng","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00790-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44211-025-00790-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Exploring the interactions between ligands and proteins in vitro and in vivo is of irreplaceable significance for disease prevention, diagnosis, therapeutic development, and drug discovery. Herein, we have developed a novel method for determining the equilibrium dissociation constant (<i>Kd</i>) using frontal analysis capillary electrophoresis coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (FACE-TOF-MS). This method enables the rapid determination of the <i>Kd</i> value for the interaction between cyclophilin A and cyclosporin A. Furthermore, the reliability of this method was validated by comparing it with bio-layer interferometry (BLI). The <i>Kd</i> values determined by FACE-TOF-MS and BLI were 3.32 μM and 0.60 μM, respectively, which fall within an acceptable range when considering previous reports using various methods. This study introduces a novel approach for analyzing molecular interactions, offering potential specificity for simultaneously determining the <i>Kd</i> values of multiple ligands in complex samples, particularly in the areas of biomarker discovery, high-throughput lead compound screening, and therapeutic target validation.</p><h3>Graphical Abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":"41 7","pages":"1061 - 1072"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144101323","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":"A label-free electrochemical biosensor based on rGO/Ppy nanocomposite for detection of Herpes simplex virus type 1","authors":"Hamed Sadegh Mazji, Fatemeh Zeydi, Amir Hossein Esfandiari, Ehsan Aryan, Seyed Abdolrahim Rezaee, Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany, Zahra Meshkat, Behnaz Hatamluyi","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00779-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44211-025-00779-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The <i>herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)</i> is a prevalent herpes virus found in many regions worldwide, and it infects only humans as its natural hosts. These viruses cause a wide range of acute, latent, and chronic infections in humans, as the virus can cause latent infections as well as diseases such as primary and recurrent oropharyngeal disease, primary and recurrent genital disease, and herpes simplex infection. Therefore, a fast response, cost-effective, sensitive, and selective detection method for <i>HSV-1</i> is much needed. Here, we present an electrochemical biosensor that is sensitive and selective for the accurate measurement of <i>HSV-1</i>. The glassy carbon electrode was coated with a reduced graphene oxide and polypyrrole nanocomposite (rGO/Ppy-NCs) for modification. The next step involved linking a specific antisense single-stranded DNA oligonucleotide for <i>HSV-1</i> to the rGO/Ppy-NCs through a π-stacking interaction. The process of DNA hybridization was assessed through the measurement of changes in the free guanine peak current with changing ssDNA target concentrations by employing the method called differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). This biosensor showed a consistent response to synthetic ssDNA target, ranging from 1.0 × 10<sup>–15</sup> to 1.0 × 10<sup>–11</sup> M, with a detection limit of 0.83 fM. The biosensor's performance was put to the test using a cell culture sample positive for HSV-1, a positive HTLV-1 sample, and a PCR-confirmed negative sample. The obtained results exhibited excellent detection potential of the proposed biosensor as a sensitive and specific biosensing system. </p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3>\u0000<div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":"41 7","pages":"997 - 1005"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144092685","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":"Prediction of baicalin concentration within scutellaria based on terahertz spectroscopy by analyzing aligned principal component","authors":"Yizhang Li, Yongbin Guo, Zhongmin Wang, Xiaodi Dong, Guiyun Cao, Xiuewei Yang, Dongyue Han, Zhaoqing Meng, Feng Qi","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00786-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44211-025-00786-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Terahertz spectral analysis is made to study baicalin concentration within scutellaria by enlarging spectral feature. In detail, baicalin powder is added to scutellaria and the change in terahertz spectroscopy is intensified by multiplicative scattering correction and principal component analysis. It is found that multiplicative scattering correction contributes to aligning the first principal components, which allows the prediction of active ingredient ratio with increasing accuracy. The mechanism of feature change is verified from the perspective of spectrum overlapping of independent material. Moreover, by combining the assumption of linear superposition and the algorithm of principal component analysis, the error attached to experiment results is interpreted and attributed to difference between the claimed and actual material component. The study suggests that principal component analysis plays a role in analyzing superposition of independent terahertz spectrum, which is seldom noticed in practice.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":"41 7","pages":"1051 - 1059"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143952778","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":"Progress and prospect in analytical science and technology","authors":"Noritada Kaji","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00770-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44211-025-00770-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":"41 5","pages":"503 - 503"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143925535","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":"Microfluidic devices integrated with track-etched porous membranes for cell-based bioanalysis","authors":"Naoki Sasaki","doi":"10.1007/s44211-025-00789-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44211-025-00789-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Microfluidic devices integrated with track-etched porous membranes are useful for cell-based bioanalysis. In this mini review, our latest achievements based on membrane-integrated microfluidic devices are reviewed. The membrane-integrated microfluidic devices in parallel configuration have been employed to develop a microfluidic model of microcirculation and for the development of nanomedicines. Co-culture of endothelial cells with tumor cells and parallel permeation assays through keratinocyte cell layer have also been demonstrated. Membrane-integrated microfluidic devices in perpendicular configuration have been employed to simulate extravasation of tumor cells and to evaluate the efficacy of anti-inflammatory drug on the function of keratinocyte cell layer formed on the membrane. These microfluidic devices have unique features and a lot of advantages, so we hope that they are utilized as a powerful tool for cell-based bioanalysis.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":7802,"journal":{"name":"Analytical Sciences","volume":"41 8","pages":"1107 - 1113"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143952769","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}