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ArticleMikrochimica acta2019

CdS quantum dots generated in-situ for fluorometric determination of thrombin activity.

Laura Saa, Beatriz Díez-Buitrago, Nerea Briz, Valeri Pavlov

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Article in Mikrochimica acta, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laura SaaBiosensing Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramón 182, 20014, San Sebastián, Spain.
Beatriz Díez-BuitragoBiosensing Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramón 182, 20014, San Sebastián, Spain.
Nerea BrizTecnalia, Paseo Mikeletegi, 20009, San Sebastián, Spain.
Valeri PavlovBiosensing Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramón 182, 20014, San Sebastián, Spain. vpavlov@cicbiomagune.es.ORCID 0000-0002-5885-9710
CIC biomaGUNE · ESTecnalia · ES

Funding

Maria de Maeztu Units of Excellence Programme ) MDM-2017-0720Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities/AEI/FEDER, UE BIO2017-88030-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A method is presented for sensitive determination of thrombin activity. It is based on (a) the interaction between fibrinogen after activation with thrombin, and (b) an enzymatic amplification step consisting of in-situ growth of CdS quantum dots (QDs). Fibrinogen is immobilized on the surface of the wells of a microplate and then incubated with a mixture of biotinylated fibrinogen and thrombin. Thrombin activates immobilized fibrinogen and free biotinylated fibrinogen. This leads to the formation of insoluble biotinylated fibrin that remains bound on the surface of the wells. Afterwards, the samples are incubated with avidin-labeled alkaline phosphatase (ALP) which binds to biotinylated fibrin. ALP hydrolyzes the substrate p-nitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP) under formation of phosphate ions which stabilize CdS QDs that are grown in-situ from cadmium(II) and sulfide. The generation of fibrin is correlated with the activity of thrombin. Increased thrombin concentration results in increased fluorescence that can be measured at excitation/emission wavelengths of 300/510 nm. The introduction of such an amplification step (the enzyme-triggered growth of QDs) allows for the quantification of thrombin in the picomolar concentration range, with a linear response up to 2.5 pM and a detection limit of 0.05 pM. The method was applied to the determination of thrombin activity in human plasma and of the thrombin inhibitor argatroban. Graphical abstract Schematic representation of a fluorometric method for determination of thrombin activity in the picomolar concentration range based on the interaction between fibrinogen after activation with thrombin, and an enzymatic amplification step consisting of in-situ growth of CdS quantum dots (CdS QD).

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FluorometryCadmium CompoundsFibrinogenHumansParticle SizeQuantum DotsSulfidesSurface PropertiesThrombinCadmium Compoundscadmium sulfideFibrinogenSulfidesThrombinAlkaline phosphataseBioassayBiosensingCoagulationEcarinEmissionFibrinFibrinogenHuman plasmaNanoparticles

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