Label-Free QCM Immunosensor for the Detection of Ochratoxin A

Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a potent mycotoxin that poses a risk in food and feed moieties and subject to worldwide regulation. Laboratory-based analytical methods are traditionally employed for reliable OTA quantification, but these methods cannot provide rapid and on-site analysis, where biosensors fill...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2018-04, Vol.18 (4), p.1161
Main Authors: Pirinçci, Şerife Şeyda, Ertekin, Özlem, Laguna, Duygu Ercan, Özen, Fehime Şeyma, Öztürk, Zafer Ziya, Öztürk, Selma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biosensors
Contaminants
immobilization
immunobiosensor
Immunosensors
Molecular chains
Ochratoxin A
OTA
Proteins
QCM
quartz crystal microbalance
regeneration
Sensors
Sodium hydroxide
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Summary:Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a potent mycotoxin that poses a risk in food and feed moieties and subject to worldwide regulation. Laboratory-based analytical methods are traditionally employed for reliable OTA quantification, but these methods cannot provide rapid and on-site analysis, where biosensors fill this gap. In this study a label-free quartz crystal microbalance (QCM)-based immunosensor for the detection of OTA, which is one of the most important small molecule contaminants, was developed by direct immobilization of OTA to amine-bearing sensor surfaces using 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC)/N-Hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) chemistry. The protein-free sensor surface enabled regeneration of sensor surface with 50 mM NaOH and 1% SDS up to 13 times without loss of performance, which would disrupt a protein-containing sensor surface. We developed a QCM immunosensor using the developed sensor surface with a 17.2-200 ng/mL detection range which can be used for on-site detection of feedstuffs.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s18041161