传感器类型
电化学生物传感器
检测对象
黄曲霉毒素M1(Aflatoxin M1, AFM1);样品基质:牛奶(脱脂牛奶、商业牛奶、ELISA试剂盒空白牛奶)
检测原理
该传感器采用竞争性免疫分析。样品中的AFM1与AFM1-HRP偶联物竞争结合包被在超顺磁性纳米颗粒上的抗AFM1抗体;AFM1浓度越高,结合到颗粒上的AFM1-HRP越少。经磁场将磁性颗粒聚集并固定于丝网印刷碳电极表面后,洗涤去除未结合的AFM1和AFM1-HRP。加入MPMS和H2O2,颗粒表面HRP催化MPMS发生氧化还原反应,生成可被电极还原的MPMSred。在-0.2 V下进行计时安培测量,还原电流随AFM1浓度升高而降低,从而实现定量检测。该方法以酶催化作为信号放大,无需额外核酸或酶促沉积放大。
检测灵敏度
LOD: 0.01 µg L−1 (ppb);上限: 0.25 µg L−1 (ppb);标准范围: 0–0.5 ppb;牛奶样品检测范围: 0.01–0.1 ppb
效应效果
脱脂牛奶基质未对测量产生干扰,标准溶液、加标缓冲液和加标牛奶的响应曲线一致。传感器对商业牛奶加标0.01、0.025、0.05和0.1 ppb AFM1的响应与标准系列相近,重现性良好。与Badea等流动注射免疫分析相比,本方法在高浓度端具有相同0.5 ppb检出能力,但在低浓度端灵敏度更高,可达0.01 ppb,与Carlson等手持式生物传感器相当。样品仅需离心脱脂,无需稀释或复杂前处理,分析时间较HPLC和ELISA更短,成本低、易操作,适合乳品厂实验室快速筛查和自动化卫生控制。
传感器的构成
- 换能器电极:丝网印刷碳电极(DropSens 110),含碳工作电极、碳对电极和银参比电极,用于安培信号采集。
- 磁性纳米修饰层:超顺磁性纳米颗粒 Bio-Adembeads Protein G(d=300 nm,Protein G 偶联),通过磁场聚集于电极表面并固定抗体,便于磁分离。
- 识别元件:抗AFM1抗体(anti-AFM1,1 mg/mL),包被于Protein G纳米颗粒表面,与AFM1或AFM1-HRP竞争结合。
- 酶标记物:AFM1-HRP偶联物(AFM1-HRP conjugate),作为竞争性示踪剂,其结合量反映样品AFM1浓度。
- 酶促底物/介质:5-甲基吩嗪鎓甲基硫酸盐(MPMS)与过氧化氢(H2O2),在HRP催化下产生可安培检测的还原产物。
- 缓冲介质:PBS-T(0.05 M,pH 7.4,Tween-20 0.05% v/v)与醋酸缓冲液(0.05 M/100 mM,pH 5.2),用于免疫反应和酶反应。
中文摘要
本文报道了一种用于食品中痕量黄曲霉毒素M1(AFM1)检测的电化学免疫传感器。该传感器基于竞争性免疫分析,以辣根过氧化物酶(HRP)标记的AFM1-HRP偶联物作为示踪剂,利用包被抗AFM1抗体的超顺磁性纳米颗粒分离结合态与游离态组分。含AFM1的样品与固定量抗体及AFM1-HRP孵育至平衡,抗原与偶联物竞争抗体结合位点。随后将混合物沉积于丝网印刷碳电极表面,加入介质5-甲基吩嗪鎓甲基硫酸盐(MPMS)和过氧化氢,采用计时安培法测定酶促响应。以ELISA试剂盒中AFM1污染牛奶标准系列(0–0.5 ppb)建立标准曲线,并对商业牛奶加标0.01、0.025、0.05和0.1 ppb进行验证。该免疫传感器检出限为0.01 ppb,低于AFM1推荐限量0.05 µg L−1,且重现性良好。
英文摘要
We have developed an electrochemical immunosensor for the detection of ultratrace amounts of aflatoxin M(1) (AFM(1)) in food products. The sensor was based on a competitive immunoassay using horseradish peroxidase (HRP) as a tag. Magnetic nanoparticles coated with antibody (anti-AFM(1)) were used to separate the bound and unbound fractions. The samples containing AFM(1) were incubated with a fixed amount of antibody and tracer [AFM(1) linked to HRP (conjugate)] until the system reached equilibrium. Competition occurs between the antigen (AFM(1)) and the conjugate for the antibody. Then, the mixture was deposited on the surface of screen-printed carbon electrodes, and the mediator [5-methylphenazinium methyl sulphate (MPMS)] was added. The enzymatic response was measured amperometrically. A standard range (0, 0.005, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5 ppb) of AFM(1)-contaminated milk from the ELISA kit was used to obtain a standard curve for AFM(1). To test the detection sensitivity of our sensor, samples of commercial milk were supplemented at 0.01, 0.025, 0.05 or 0.1 ppb with AFM(1). Our immunosensor has a low detection limit (0.01 ppb), which is under the recommended level of AFM(1) [0.05 μg L-1 (ppb)], and has good reproducibility.