Polymer-Based Micromotor Fluorescence Immunoassay for On-the-Move Sensitive Procalcitonin Determination in Very Low Birth Weight Infants' Plasma

A new fluorescence micromotor-based immunoassay (FMIm) has been developed for procalcitonin (PCT) determination as an early sepsis diagnostic analytical tool. The micromotors combine the high binding capacity of the specific antibodies onto their polymeric polypyrrole outer layer (PPy layer), with their magnetic guidance (Ni layer) and self-propulsion by catalytic generation of oxygen bubbles (PtNP inner layer) to actively recognize the PCT antigen. This FMIm allowed a sensitive (LOD = 0.07 ng mL-1) and direct PCT determination in clinical samples from very low-birth-weight infants (VLBWI) with sepsis suspicion, using small volumes of sample (25 μL) in a clinically relevant range of concentrations (0.5-150 ng mL-1). The good agreement between PCT levels obtained by our micromotor-based method and routine immunofluorescence hospital determination demonstrates the feasibility for the analysis in VLBWI samples and its potential as a point-of-care diagnostic tool for sepsis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

ACS sensors - 5(2020), 5 vom: 22. Mai, Seite 1336-1344

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Molinero-Fernández, Águeda [VerfasserIn]
Moreno-Guzmán, María [VerfasserIn]
Arruza, Luis [VerfasserIn]
López, Miguel Ángel [VerfasserIn]
Escarpa, Alberto [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diagnostics
Fluorescence microscopy
Journal Article
Micromotors
Neonate sepsis
On-the-move immunoassay
Polymers
Procalcitonin
Pyrroles
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 14.05.2021

Date Revised 14.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acssensors.9b02515

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307906833