Peptide-based simple detection of SARS-CoV-2 with electrochemical readout.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is considered one of the worst pandemic outbreaks worldwide. This ongoing pandemic urgently requires rapid, accurate, and specific testing devices to detect the virus. We report a simple electrochemical biosensor based on a highly specific synthetic peptide ...
to detect SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein. Unlike other reported electrochemical biosensors involving nanomaterials or complex approaches, our electrochemical platform uses screen-printed gold electrodes functionalized with the thiolated peptide, whose interaction with the Spike protein is directly followed by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy. The electrochemical platform was Spike protein concentration-dependent, with high sensitivity and reproducibility and a limit of detection of 18.2 ng/mL when tested in Spike protein commercial solutions and 0.01 copies/mL in lysed SARS-CoV-2 particles. The label-free biosensor successfully detected the Spike protein in samples from infected patients straightforwardly in only 15 min. The simplicity of the proposed format combined with an on-demand designed peptide opens the path for detecting other pathogen-related antigens.
Mesh Terms:
Biosensing Techniques, COVID-19, Electrochemical Techniques, Humans, Peptides, Reproducibility of Results, SARS-CoV-2, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Anal Chim Acta
Date: May. 01, 2022
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