A highly effective way to improve prognosis of viral infectious diseases and to determine the outcome of infection is early, fast, simple, and efficient diagnosis of viral pathogens in biological fluids. Among a wide range of viral pathogens, Flaviviruses attract a special attention. Flavivirus genus includes more than 70 viruses, the most familiar being dengue virus (DENV), Zika virus (ZIKV), and Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). Haemorrhagic and encephalitis diseases are the most common severe consequences of flaviviral infection. Currently, increasing attention is being paid to the development of electrochemical immunological methods for the determination of Flaviviruses. This review critically compares and evaluates recent research progress in electrochemical biosensing of DENV, ZIKV, and JEV without labelling. Specific attention is paid to comparison of detection strategies, electrode materials, and analytical characteristics. The potential of so far developed biosensors is discussed together with an outlook for further development in this field.
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- biosenzitivní techniky * MeSH
- dengue * diagnóza MeSH
- Flavivirus * MeSH
- infekce virem zika * diagnóza MeSH
- japonská encefalitida * diagnóza MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- virus zika MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
This work reports for the first time a significantly improved and simplified electrochemical immunoassay to detect antibodies to tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) using a 96-well microtiter plate as a platform for immobilization and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as electrochemical labels. The electrochemical assay is performed by detecting the elemental silver oxidation signal where the electroactive signalling silver species are released from the bioconjugates (Ab@AgNP, AbS@AgNP, and ProteinA@AgNP). For this purpose, AgNPs were synthesized and further tagged with biomolecules (antibodies to TBEV, cleaved antibodies to TBEV, and protein A). Signal is read by linear sweep anodic stripping voltammetry (LSASV) of silver ions (through the electrochemical stripping of accumulated elemental silver) on a graphite electrode (GE). AbS@AgNP was chosen as the best option for the new electrochemical immunoassay. The results of electrochemical measurements demonstrated that voltammetric signal increased with the increasing concentration of target antibodies to TBEV within the range from 100 to 1600 IU mL-1, with a detection limit of 90 IU mL-1. To verify the practical application of the novel electrochemical immunosensor, the quantity of immunoglobulins against TBEV in human serum was checked. The results may contribute to the development of alternative methods for monitoring TBEV in biological fluids.
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- elektrochemické techniky metody MeSH
- imunoanalýza metody MeSH
- klíšťová encefalitida diagnóza virologie MeSH
- kovové nanočástice chemie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- protilátky virové analýza MeSH
- stříbro chemie MeSH
- viry klíšťové encefalitidy imunologie MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
A highly effective way to improve the prognosis of viral infectious diseases is early detection of antibodies to various viral pathogens in biological fluids. Among a wide range of viral pathogens, tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) attracts a special attention. This work reports a comparison between two bioanalytical methods (enzyme‑linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and voltammetric immunoassay) to determine antibodies to TBEV in a human blood serum. In these assays, the detected molecule binds to the conjugate which is labelled with enzyme (in ELISA) or silver nanoparticles (in voltammetric immunoassay). In the ELISA, the signal corresponding to a colour-producing substrate (3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine) through an enzymatic reaction is detected using a spectrophotometer at a wavelength of 450 nm. In the electrochemical immunoassay, the signal is read by the linear sweep anodic stripping voltammetry (LSASV) of silver ions (through the electrochemical stripping of accumulated elemental silver) on a graphite composite electrode. The results of both measurements demonstrated that signals increased with the increasing concentration of the target antibodies to TBEV within the range from 100 to 1600 IU mL–1. Detection limits for ELISA and voltammetric assay were 30 and 90 IU mL–1, respectively. The practical application of both immunoanalytical approaches has been verified by determining the amount of antibodies to TBEV in the human blood serum. The obtained results clearly showed an excellent agreement between the detected concentration values of antibodies to TBEV obtained by the electrochemical method and by the standard ELISA method.
