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    Facile Fabrication of Surface-Imprinted Macroporous Films for Chemosensing of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Hormone

    Year: 2019

    Journal: ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Volume 11, 1-Mar, page 9265–9276

    Authors: Darowski, Marcin; Ziminska, Agnieszka; Kalecki, Jakub; Cieplak, Maciej; Lisowski, Wojciech; Maksym, Radoslaw; Shao, Shuai; D'Souza, Francis; Kuhn, Alexander; Sharma, Piyush S.

    Organizations: National Science Centre; NCN [2017/25/B/ST4/01696]; UNT-AMMPI

    Keywords: molecularly imprinted polymer; macroporous electrodes; semi-covalent imprinting; extended-gate field-effect transistor; capacitive impedimetry; chemosensor; human chorionic gonadotropin hormone

    We present an improved approach for the preparation of highly selective and homogeneous molecular cavities in molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) via the combination of surface imprinting and semi-covalent imprinting. Toward that, first, a colloidal crystal mold was prepared via the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique. Then, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) template protein was immobilized on the colloidal crystal mold. Later, hCG derivatization with electroactive functional monomers via amide chemistry was performed. In a final step, optimized potentiostatic polymerization of 2,3'-bithiophene enabled depositing an MIP film as the macroporous structure. This synergistic strategy resulted in the formation of molecularly imprinted cavities exclusively on the internal surface of the macropores, which were accessible after dissolution of silica molds. The recognition of hCG by the macroporous MIP film was transduced with the help of electric transducers, namely, extended-gate field-effect transistors (EG-FET) and capacitive impedimetry (CI). These readout strategies offered the ability to create chemosensors for the label-free determination of the hCG hormone. Other than the simple confirmation of pregnancy, hCG assay is a common tool for the diagnosis and follow-up of ectopic pregnancy or trophoblast tumors. Concentration measurements with these EG-FET and CI-based devices allowed real-time measurements of hCG in the range of 0.8-50 and 0.17-2.0 fM, respectively, in 10 mM carbonate buffer (pH = 10). Moreover, the selectivity of chemosensors with respect to protein interferences was very high.
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