title: Amperometric bioelectrode for specific human immunoglobulin G determination: optimization of the method to diagnose American trypanosomiasis.
abstract: Bioelectrodes to detect immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies occurring in sera of patients suffering from American trypanosomiasis were assembled. The device consisted of a gold electrode modified with a thiol sensitized with parasite proteins. The assemblage was accomplished by adsorbing IgG antibodies from confirmed infected patients followed by adsorption of anti-human IgG labeled with a redox enzyme. The appliance was used as a working electrode in a three-electrode cell containing a soluble charge-transfer mediator, also behaving as enzyme cosubstrate. The method is based on the measurement of the catalytic current after addition of the enzyme substrate, occurring when a positive serum is used to build up the biosensor. The discrimination efficiency between positive and negative sera was 100% for the samples studied. A 0.9525 correlation coefficient was obtained for results acquired by using this approach and one commercial diagnostic kit. The reproducibility, evaluated by the percentage coefficient of variation, varied between 7 and 20%. The sensitivity was 12.4 ng mL(-1) IgG, which is in the same order as that obtained with the commercial kit. Stability of the device was studied for a 7-day period and the results showed no significant change (p = 0.218). Leishmaniasic sera showed cross-reactivity when total parasite homogenate was used as antigen.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina.
authors.forename: María E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ribone
authors.forename: María S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Belluzo
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pagani
authors.forename: Iván S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Marcipar
authors.forename: Iván S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Macipar
authors.forename: Claudia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lagier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis*; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods; D004566:Electrodes; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G