A zinc selective oxytocin based biosensor

Citation:

E. Mervinetsky, I. Alshanski, K. K. Tadi, A. Dianat, J. Buchwald, R. Gutierrez, G. Cuniberti, M. Hurevich, and S. Yitzchaik. 2020. “A zinc selective oxytocin based biosensor.” J Mater Chem B, 8, 1, Pp. 155-160.
A zinc selective oxytocin based biosensor

Abstract:

Oxytocin is a peptide hormone with high affinity to both Zn2+ and Cu2+ ions compared to other metal ions. This affinity makes oxytocin an attractive recognition layer for monitoring the levels of these essential ions in biofluids. Native oxytocin cannot differentiate between Cu2+ and Zn2+ ions and hence it is not useful for sensing Zn2+ in the presence of Cu2+. We elucidated the effect of the terminal amine group of oxytocin on the affinity toward Cu2+ using theoretical calculations. We designed a new Zn2+ selective oxytocin-based biosensor that utilizes the terminal amine for surface anchoring, also preventing the response to Cu2+. The biosensor shows exceptional selectivity and very high sensitivity to Zn2+ in impedimetric biosensing. This study shows for the first time an oxytocin derived sensor that can be used directly for sensing Zn2+ in the presence of Cu2+.

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