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Single-Shot Detection of Neurotransmitters in Whole-Blood Samples by Means of the Heat-Transfer Method in Combination with Synthetic Receptors
Serotonin is an important neurotransmitter that plays a major role in the pathogenesis of a variety of conditions, including psychiatric disorders. The detection of serotonin typically relies on high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), an expensive technique that requires sophisticated equipme...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751640/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29168733 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s17122701 |
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author | Vandenryt, Thijs van Grinsven, Bart Eersels, Kasper Cornelis, Peter Kholwadia, Safira Cleij, Thomas J. Thoelen, Ronald De Ceuninck, Ward Peeters, Marloes Wagner, Patrick |
author_facet | Vandenryt, Thijs van Grinsven, Bart Eersels, Kasper Cornelis, Peter Kholwadia, Safira Cleij, Thomas J. Thoelen, Ronald De Ceuninck, Ward Peeters, Marloes Wagner, Patrick |
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description | Serotonin is an important neurotransmitter that plays a major role in the pathogenesis of a variety of conditions, including psychiatric disorders. The detection of serotonin typically relies on high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), an expensive technique that requires sophisticated equipment and trained personnel, and is not suitable for point-of-care applications. In this contribution, we introduce a novel sensor platform that can measure spiked neurotransmitter concentrations in whole blood samples in a fast and low-cost manner by combining synthetic receptors with a thermal readout technique—the heat-transfer method. In addition, the design of a miniaturized version of the sensing platform is presented that aims to bridge the gap between measurements in a laboratory setting and point-of-care measurements. This fully automated and integrated, user-friendly design features a capillary pumping unit that is compatible with point-of-care sampling techniques such as a blood lancet device (sample volume—between 50 µL and 300 µL). Sample pre-treatment is limited to the addition of an anti-coagulant. With this fully integrated setup, it is possible to successfully discriminate serotonin from a competitor neurotransmitter (histamine) in whole blood samples. This is the first demonstration of a point-of-care ready device based on synthetic receptors for the screening of neurotransmitters in complex matrices, illustrating the sensor’s potential application in clinical research and diagnosis of e.g., early stage depression. |
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spelling | pubmed-57516402018-01-10 Single-Shot Detection of Neurotransmitters in Whole-Blood Samples by Means of the Heat-Transfer Method in Combination with Synthetic Receptors Vandenryt, Thijs van Grinsven, Bart Eersels, Kasper Cornelis, Peter Kholwadia, Safira Cleij, Thomas J. Thoelen, Ronald De Ceuninck, Ward Peeters, Marloes Wagner, Patrick Sensors (Basel) Article Serotonin is an important neurotransmitter that plays a major role in the pathogenesis of a variety of conditions, including psychiatric disorders. The detection of serotonin typically relies on high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), an expensive technique that requires sophisticated equipment and trained personnel, and is not suitable for point-of-care applications. In this contribution, we introduce a novel sensor platform that can measure spiked neurotransmitter concentrations in whole blood samples in a fast and low-cost manner by combining synthetic receptors with a thermal readout technique—the heat-transfer method. In addition, the design of a miniaturized version of the sensing platform is presented that aims to bridge the gap between measurements in a laboratory setting and point-of-care measurements. This fully automated and integrated, user-friendly design features a capillary pumping unit that is compatible with point-of-care sampling techniques such as a blood lancet device (sample volume—between 50 µL and 300 µL). Sample pre-treatment is limited to the addition of an anti-coagulant. With this fully integrated setup, it is possible to successfully discriminate serotonin from a competitor neurotransmitter (histamine) in whole blood samples. This is the first demonstration of a point-of-care ready device based on synthetic receptors for the screening of neurotransmitters in complex matrices, illustrating the sensor’s potential application in clinical research and diagnosis of e.g., early stage depression. MDPI 2017-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5751640/ /pubmed/29168733 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s17122701 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Vandenryt, Thijs van Grinsven, Bart Eersels, Kasper Cornelis, Peter Kholwadia, Safira Cleij, Thomas J. Thoelen, Ronald De Ceuninck, Ward Peeters, Marloes Wagner, Patrick Single-Shot Detection of Neurotransmitters in Whole-Blood Samples by Means of the Heat-Transfer Method in Combination with Synthetic Receptors |
title | Single-Shot Detection of Neurotransmitters in Whole-Blood Samples by Means of the Heat-Transfer Method in Combination with Synthetic Receptors |
title_full | Single-Shot Detection of Neurotransmitters in Whole-Blood Samples by Means of the Heat-Transfer Method in Combination with Synthetic Receptors |
title_fullStr | Single-Shot Detection of Neurotransmitters in Whole-Blood Samples by Means of the Heat-Transfer Method in Combination with Synthetic Receptors |
title_full_unstemmed | Single-Shot Detection of Neurotransmitters in Whole-Blood Samples by Means of the Heat-Transfer Method in Combination with Synthetic Receptors |
title_short | Single-Shot Detection of Neurotransmitters in Whole-Blood Samples by Means of the Heat-Transfer Method in Combination with Synthetic Receptors |
title_sort | single-shot detection of neurotransmitters in whole-blood samples by means of the heat-transfer method in combination with synthetic receptors |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751640/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29168733 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s17122701 |
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