适体
马拉硫磷
纳米技术
计算生物学
计算机科学
生化工程
材料科学
生物
分子生物学
杀虫剂
工程类
农学
作者
Ulhas Sopanrao Kadam,Kien Hong Trinh,Vikas Kumar,Keun Woo Lee,Yuhan Cho,Mai-Huong Thi Can,Hyebi Lee,Yujeong Kim,Sundong Kim,Jae-Hee Kang,Jae‐Yean Kim,Woo Sik Chung,Jong Chan Hong
出处
期刊:Biomaterials
[Elsevier]
日期:2022-08-01
卷期号:287: 121617-121617
被引量:19
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121617
摘要
Malathion is an organophosphate chemical (OPC) and a toxic contaminant that adversely impacts food quality, human health, biodiversity, and the environment. Due to its small size and unavailability of sensitive sensors, detection of malathion remains a challenging task. Often chromatographic methods employed to analyze OPCs suffer from several shortcomings, including cost, immobility, laboriousness, and unsuitability for point-of-care settings. Hence, developing a specific and sensitive diagnostic sensor for quick and inexpensive food testing is essential. We discovered four unique malathion-specific ssDNA aptamers; designed two independent sensing strategies using fluorescence labeling and Thioflavin T (ThT) displacement. Selected aptamers formed the G4-quadruplex-like (G4Q) structure, which helped develop a label-free detection approach with a 2.01 ppb limit of detection. Additionally, 3D structures of aptamers were generated and validated using a series of computational modeling programs. Furthermore, we explored structural features using CD spectroscopy and molecular docking, probing ligands’ binding mode, and revealed vital intermolecular interactions with aptamers. Subsequently, the novel sensors were optimized to detect malathion from food samples. The novel sensors could be further developed to meet the demands of sensing and quantifying toxic contaminants from real food samples in field conditions.
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