Phenol red as electrochemical indicator for highly sensitive quantification of SARS-CoV-2 by loop-mediated isothermal amplification detection

Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier B.V..

The current COVID-19 pandemic has made patent the need for rapid and cost-effective diagnostic tests, crucial for future infectious outbreaks. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a promising and decentralized alternative to qPCR. In this work we have developed a sensitive, fast, and simple innovative methodology for quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA copies, combining reverse-transcription LAMP with electrochemical detection. This is based on the oxidation of phenol red (PR), a visual and electroactive LAMP indicator, which oxidation peak potential (Ep) changes with the progress of the LAMP reaction. Using that Ep shift as analytical signal, a calibration curve was obtained for fragment N1 copies of SARS-CoV2 (which provided better results than N or S fragments), with a potential shift of 16.2 mV per order of magnitude, and a practical limit of detection of 21 copies·μL-1. Moreover, the precision of Ep is excellent (RSD < 2%): 557 ± 5 mV for negative and 602 ± 7 mV for positive (2148 N fragment RNA copies·µL-1·-1) LAMP controls. This methodology has been applied to the analysis of nasopharyngeal swab samples, resulting in total concordance with clinical RT-qPCR results. Advances towards fully decentralization have been achieved by designing and fabricating a small portable heater for isothermal procedures, obtaining comparable results to those from a commercial benchtop thermal cycler.

Media Type:

Electronic Article

Year of Publication:

2024

2023

Publication:

2024

Contained In:

To Main Record - volume:266

Contained In:

Talanta - 266(2023), Pt 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 124963

Language:

English

Contributors:

Rioboó-Legaspi, P [Author]
González-López, A [Author]
Beltrán-Sánchez, J F [Author]
Cima-Cabal, M D [Author]
García-Suárez, M M [Author]
Sánchez, A J García [Author]
Fernández-Otero, T [Author]
Haro, J García [Author]
Costa-Rama, E [Author]
Fernández-Abedul, M T [Author]

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Keywords:

Electrochemical detection
I6G9Y0J1OJ
Isothermal amplification (LAMP)
Journal Article
Low-cost analysis
Phenol red
Phenolsulfonphthalein
RNA, Viral
SARS-CoV-2
Screen-printed electrodes

Notes:

Date Completed 20.09.2023

Date Revised 20.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124963

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PPN (Catalogue-ID):

NLM36024212X