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ArticleAnalytical chemistry2021

Hybrid Antibody-Aptamer Assay for Detection of Tetrodotoxin in Pufferfish.

Xhensila Shkembi, Vasso Skouridou, Marketa Svobodova, Sandra Leonardo, Abdulaziz S Bashammakh, Abdulrahman O Alyoubi, Mònica Campàs, Ciara K O Sullivan

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Article in Analytical chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Xhensila ShkembiInterfibio, Nanobiotechnology and Bioanalysis Group, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Paisos Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
Vasso SkouridouInterfibio, Nanobiotechnology and Bioanalysis Group, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Paisos Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9712-5429
Marketa SvobodovaInterfibio, Nanobiotechnology and Bioanalysis Group, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Paisos Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
Sandra LeonardoIRTA, Ctra. Poble Nou km 5.5, 43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain.
Abdulaziz S BashammakhDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, 21589 Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman O AlyoubiDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, 21589 Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mònica CampàsIRTA, Ctra. Poble Nou km 5.5, 43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1220-7100
Ciara K O SullivanInterfibio, Nanobiotechnology and Bioanalysis Group, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Paisos Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2603-2230
Universitat Rovira i Virgili · ESInstitute of Agrifood Research and Technology · ESKing Abdulaziz University · SAInstitució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The marine toxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) poses a great risk to public health safety due to its severe paralytic effects after ingestion. Seafood poisoning caused by the consumption of contaminated marine species like pufferfish due to its expansion to nonendemic areas has increased the need for fast and reliable detection of the toxin to effectively implement prevention strategies. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry is considered the most accurate method, although competitive immunoassays have also been reported. In this work, we sought to develop an aptamer-based assay for the rapid, sensitive, and cost-effective detection of TTX in pufferfish. Using capture-SELEX combined with next-generation sequencing, aptamers were identified, and their binding properties were evaluated. Finally, a highly sensitive and user-friendly hybrid antibody-aptamer sandwich assay was developed with superior performance compared to several assays reported in the literature and commercial immunoassay kits. The assay was successfully applied to the quantification of TTX in pufferfish extracts, and the results obtained correlated very well with a competitive magnetic bead-based immunoassay performed in parallel for comparison. This is one of the very few works reported in the literature of such hybrid assays for small-molecule analytes whose compatibility with field samples is also demonstrated.

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TetraodontiformesAnimalsAntibodiesChromatography, LiquidImmunoassayTetrodotoxinAntibodiesTetrodotoxin

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PMCPMC8581965
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