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Biosensors based on porous cellulose nanocrystal-poly(vinyl alcohol) scaffolds.

Abstract
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), which offer a high aspect ratio, large specific surface area, and large number of reactive surface groups, are well suited for the facile immobilization of high density biological probes. We here report functional high surface area scaffolds based on cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and demonstrate that this platform is useful for fluorescence-based sensing schemes. Porous CNC/PVA nanocomposite films with a thickness of 25-70 nm were deposited on glass substrates by dip-coating with an aqueous mixture of the CNCs and PVA, and the porous nanostructure was fixated by heat treatment. In a subsequent step, a portion of the scaffold's hydroxyl surface groups was reacted with 2-(acryloxy)ethyl (3-isocyanato-4-methylphenyl)carbamate to permit the immobilization of thiolated fluorescein-substituted lysine, which was used as a first sensing motif, via nucleophile-based thiol-ene Michael addition. The resulting sensor films exhibit a nearly instantaneous and pronounced change of their fluorescence emission intensity in response to changes in pH. The approach was further extended to the detection of protease activity by immobilizing a Förster-type resonance energy transfer chromophore pair via a labile peptide sequence to the scaffold. This sensing scheme is based on the degradation of the protein linker in the presence of appropriate enzymes, which separate the chromophores and causes a turn-on of the originally quenched fluorescence. Using a standard benchtop spectrometer to monitor the increase in fluorescence intensity, trypsin was detected at a concentration of 250 μg/mL, i.e., in a concentration that is typical for abnormal proteolytic activity in wound fluids.
AuthorsBastien Schyrr, Stéphanie Pasche, Guy Voirin, Christoph Weder, Yoan C Simon, E Johan Foster
JournalACS applied materials & interfaces (ACS Appl Mater Interfaces) Vol. 6 Issue 15 Pg. 12674-83 (Aug 13 2014) ISSN: 1944-8252 [Electronic] United States
PMID24955644 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Acrylates
  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Peptides
  • Toluene 2,4-Diisocyanate
  • 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate
  • Polyvinyl Chloride
  • Cellulose
  • Fluorescein
Topics
  • Acrylates (chemistry)
  • Biocompatible Materials (chemistry)
  • Biosensing Techniques
  • Cellulose (chemistry)
  • Fluorescein
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Nanocomposites (chemistry, ultrastructure)
  • Nanoparticles (chemistry, ultrastructure)
  • Peptides (chemistry)
  • Polyvinyl Chloride (chemistry)
  • Porosity
  • Toluene 2,4-Diisocyanate (chemistry)

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