Molecular Weights of Polyethyleneimine-Dependent Physicochemical Tuning of Gold Nanoparticles and FRET-Based Turn-On Sensing of Polymyxin B

Environmental monitoring and the detection of antibiotic contaminants require expensive and time-consuming techniques. To overcome these challenges, gold nanoparticle-mediated fluorometric "turn-on" detection of Polymyxin B (PMB) in an aqueous medium was undertaken. The molecular weight of polyethyleneimine (PEI)-dependent physicochemical tuning of gold nanoparticles (PEIAuNPs) was achieved and employed for the same. The three variable molecular weights of branched polyethyleneimine (MW 750, 60, and 1.3 kDa) molecules controlled the nano-geometry of the gold nanoparticles along with enhanced stabilization at room temperature. The synthesized gold nanoparticles were characterized through various advanced techniques. The results revealed that polyethyleneimine-stabilized gold nanoparticles (PEI@AuNP-1-3) were 4.5, 7.0, and 52.5 nm in size with spherical shapes, and the zeta potential values were 29.9, 22.5, and 16.6 mV, respectively. Accordingly, the PEI@AuNPs probes demonstrated high sensitivity and selectivity, with a linear relationship curve over a concentration range of 1-6 μM for polymyxin B. The limit of detection (LOD) was calculated as 8.5 nM. This is the first unique report of gold nanoparticle nano-geometry-dependent FRET-based turn-on detection of PMB in an aqueous medium. We believe that this approach would offer a complementary strategy for the development of a highly sophisticated and advanced sensing system for PMB and act as a template for the development of new nanomaterial-based engineered sensors for rapid antibiotic detection in environmental as well as biological samples.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

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Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) - 24(2024), 7 vom: 28. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tiwari, Atul Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Munesh Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Meena, Ramovatar [VerfasserIn]
Pandey, Prem C [VerfasserIn]
Narayan, Roger J [VerfasserIn]

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7440-57-5
9002-98-6
Anti-Bacterial Agents
FRET
Fluorescence sensing
Gold
Gold nanoparticles
J2VZ07J96K
Journal Article
Polyethyleneimine
Polyethyleneimines
Polymyxin B

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Date Completed 15.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/s24072169

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370996968