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In Vitro Quantified Determination of β-Amyloid 42 Peptides, a Biomarker of Neuro-Degenerative Disorders, in PBS and Human Serum Using a Simple, Cost-effective Thin Gold Film Biosensor
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: Received: 13 June 2017 / Approved: 13 June 2017 / Online: 13 June 2017 (18:14:57 CEST)
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Dai, Y.; Molazemhosseini, A.; Liu, C.C. In Vitro Quantified Determination of β-Amyloid 42 Peptides, a Biomarker of Neuro-Degenerative Disorders, in PBS and Human Serum Using a Simple, Cost-effective Thin Gold Film Biosensor. Preprints2017, 2017060060 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201706.0060.v1).
Dai, Y.; Molazemhosseini, A.; Liu, C.C. In Vitro Quantified Determination of β-Amyloid 42 Peptides, a Biomarker of Neuro-Degenerative Disorders, in PBS and Human Serum Using a Simple, Cost-effective Thin Gold Film Biosensor. Preprints 2017, 2017060060 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201706.0060.v1).
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Dai, Y.; Molazemhosseini, A.; Liu, C.C. In Vitro Quantified Determination of β-Amyloid 42 Peptides, a Biomarker of Neuro-Degenerative Disorders, in PBS and Human Serum Using a Simple, Cost-effective Thin Gold Film Biosensor. Preprints2017, 2017060060 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201706.0060.v1).
Dai, Y.; Molazemhosseini, A.; Liu, C.C. In Vitro Quantified Determination of β-Amyloid 42 Peptides, a Biomarker of Neuro-Degenerative Disorders, in PBS and Human Serum Using a Simple, Cost-effective Thin Gold Film Biosensor. Preprints 2017, 2017060060 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201706.0060.v1).
Abstract
A simple in vitro biosensor for the detection of β-amyloid 42 in phosphate-buffer saline (PBS) and undiluted human serum was fabricated and tested based on our platform sensor technology. The bio-recognition mechanism of this biosensor was based on the effect of the interaction between antibody and antigen of β-amyloid 42 to the redox couple probe of K4Fe (CN) 6 and K3Fe (CN) 6. Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) served as the transduction mechanism measuring the current output derived from the redox coupling reaction. The biosensor was a three-electrode electrochemical system, and the working and counter electrodes were 50 nm thin gold film deposited by sputtering technique. The reference electrode was a thick-film printed Ag/AgCl electrode. Laser ablation technique was used to define the size and structure of the biosensor. Cost-effective roll-to-roll manufacturing process was employed in the fabrication of the biosensor making it simple and relatively inexpensive. Self-assembled monolayers (SAM) of 3-Mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) was employed to covalently immobilize the thiol group on the gold working electrode. A carbodiimide conjugation approach using N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N’-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) and N–hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) was undertaken for cross-linking antibody of β-amyloid 42 to the carboxylic groups on one end of the MPA. The antibody concentration of β-amyloid 42 used was 18.75µg/mL. The concentration range of β-amyloid 42 in this study was from 0.0675µg/mL to 0.5µg/mL for both PBS and undiluted human serum. DPV measurements showed excellent response in this antigen concentration range. Interference study of this biosensor was carried out in the presence of Tau protein antigen. Excellent specificity of this β-amyloid 42 biosensor was demonstrated without interference by other species such as T-tau protein.
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Yifan Dai