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Serotonin level as a potent diabetes biomarker based on electrochemical sensing: a new approach in a zebra fish model

Authors
Khoshnevisan, K., Baharifar, H., Torabi, F., Sadeghi Afjeh, M., Maleki, H., Honarvarfard, E., Mohammadi, H., Sajjadi-Jazi, S.M., Mahmoudi-Kohan, S., Faridbod, F., Larijani, B., Saadat, F., Faridi Majidi, R., Khorramizadeh, M.R.
ID
ZDB-PUB-210128-22
Date
2021
Source
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry   413(6): 1615-1627 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Khorramizadeh, M.Reza, Mohammadi, Hassan
Keywords
Animal model, Biomarker, Diabetes mellitus, Electrochemical sensing, Nanocomposite, Serotonin level
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Ascorbic Acid/analysis
  • Biomarkers/metabolism
  • Diabetes Mellitus/diagnosis*
  • Dopamine/analysis
  • Electrochemical Techniques/methods*
  • Electrodes
  • Glucose/analysis
  • Gold/chemistry
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Limit of Detection
  • Metal Nanoparticles/chemistry
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Nanocomposites/chemistry
  • Particle Size
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Serotonin/analysis*
  • Tryptophan/analysis
  • Urea/analysis
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
33501550 Full text @ Anal. Bioanal. Chem.
Abstract
Serotonin (5-HT) levels have been associated with several exclusively metabolic disorders. Herein, a new approach for 5-HT level as a novel biomarker of diabetes mellitus is considered using a simple nanocomposite and HPLC method. Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) comprising gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was decorated with 18-crown-6 (18.Cr.6) to fabricate a simple nanocomposite (rGO-AuNPs-18.Cr.6). The nanocomposite was positioned on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) to form an electrochemical sensor for the biomarker 5-HT in the presence of L-tryptophan (L-Trp), dopamine (DA), ascorbic acid (AA), urea, and glucose. The nanocomposite exhibited efficient catalytic activity for 5-HT detection by square-wave voltammetry (SWV). The proposed sensor displayed high selectivity, excellent reproducibility, notable anti-interference ability, and long-term stability even after 2 months. SWV defined a linear range of 5-HT concentration from 0.4 to 10 μg L-1. A diabetic animal model (diabetic zebrafish model) was then applied to investigate 5-HT as a novel biomarker of diabetes. A limit of detection (LOD) of about 0.33 μg L-1 was found for the diabetic group and 0.15 μg L-1 for the control group. The average levels of 5-HT obtained were 9 and 2 μg L-1 for control and diabetic groups, respectively. The recovery, relative standard deviation (RSD), and relative error (RE) were found to be about 97%, less than 2%, and around 3%, respectively. The significant reduction in 5-HT level in the diabetic group compared to the control group proved that the biomarker 5-HT can be applied for the early diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.
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