Protein Determination with Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Recognition Combined with Birefringence Liquid Crystal Detection

Liquid crystal-based sensors offer the advantage of high sensitivity at a low cost. However, they often lack selectivity altogether or require costly and unstable biomaterials to impart this selectivity. To incur this selectivity, we herein integrated a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) film recognition unit with a liquid crystal (LC) in an optical cell transducer. We tested the resulting chemosensor for protein determination. We examined two different LCs, each with a different optical birefringence. That way, we revealed the influence of that parameter on the sensitivity of the (human serum albumin)-templated (MIP-HSA) LC chemosensor. The response of this chemosensor with the (MIP-HSA)-recognizing film was linear from 2.2 to 15.2 µM HSA, with a limit of detection of 2.2 µM. These values are sufficient to use the devised chemosensor for HSA determination in biological samples. Importantly, the imprinting factor (IF) of this chemosensor was appreciable, reaching IF = 3.7. This IF value indicated the predominant binding of the HSA through specific rather than nonspecific interactions with the MIP.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) - 20(2020), 17 vom: 20. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cieplak, Maciej [VerfasserIn]
Węgłowski, Rafał [VerfasserIn]
Iskierko, Zofia [VerfasserIn]
Węgłowska, Dorota [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Piyush S [VerfasserIn]
Noworyta, Krzysztof R [VerfasserIn]
D'Souza, Francis [VerfasserIn]
Kutner, Wlodzimierz [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Human serum albumin
Letter
Liquid crystal
Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
Molecularly imprinted polymer
Proteins
Serum Albumin, Human
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Date Completed 26.03.2021

Date Revised 26.03.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/s20174692

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31398994X