Abstract

A nanochannel-based electrochemical biosensor has been demonstrated for rapid and multiplexed detection of a panel of three biomarkers associated with rapid detection of sepsis. The label-free biosensor detected procalcitonin (PCT), lipoteichoic acid (LTA), and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from human whole blood. The biosensor comprises a nanoporous nylon membrane integrated onto a microelectrode sensor platform for nanoconfinement effects. Charge perturbations due to biomarker binding are recorded as impedance changes using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The measured impedance change is used to quantitatively determine the concentration of the three biomarkers using antibody receptors from the tested sample. We were successful in detecting and quantifying the three biomarkers from whole blood. The limit of detection was 0.1 ng/mL for PCT and 1 µg/mL for LPS and LTA. The sensor was able to demonstrate a dynamic range of detection from 01.1 ng/mL to 10 µg/mL for PCT and from 1 µg/mL to 1000 µg/mL for LPS and LTA biomarkers. This novel technology has promising preliminary results toward the design of sensors for rapid and sensitive detection of the three panel biomarkers in whole blood toward diagnosis and classification of sepsis.

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