Whole Cell Recognition of Staphylococcus aureus Using Biomimetic SPR Sensors

• Published in: Biosensors (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 5; p. 140
• Main Authors: Idil, Neslihan, Bakhshpour, Monireh, Perçin, Işık, Mattiasson, Bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 29.04.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Alcohol; Basic Medicine; Biomimetics; Biosensing Techniques; Cell recognition; Drug resistance; E coli; Genes; Health risks; Histidine; Histidine - analogs & derivatives; Humans; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper; Methacrylates; Micro-contact imprinting; Microbiology in the Medical Area; Microorganisms; Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området; Multidrug resistance; N-methacryloyl-L-histidine methyl ester; N-methacryloyl-Lhistidine methyl ester; Nitrogen; Optical measuring instruments; Polymerization; Polymers; Recognition; Salmonella; Selectivity; Sensors; SPR biosensor; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Staphylococcus infections; Strains (organisms); Surface Plasmon Resonance; United States > US; Germany; micro-contact imprinting; Staphylococcus aureus; SPR biosensor; N-methacryloyl-L-histidine methyl ester
• ISSN: 2079-6374; 2079-6374
• DOI: 10.3390/bios11050140

Over the past few decades, a significant increase in multi-drug-resistant pathogenic microorganisms has been of great concern and directed the research subject to the challenges that the distribution of resistance genes represent. Globally, high levels of multi-drug resistance represent a significant health threat and there is a growing requirement of rapid, accurate, real-time detection which plays a key role in tracking of measures for the infections caused by these bacterial strains. It is also important to reduce transfer of resistance genes to new organisms. The, World Health Organization has informed that millions of deaths have been reported each year recently. To detect the resistant organisms traditional detection approaches face limitations, therefore, newly developed technologies are needed that are suitable to be used in large-scale applications. In the present study, the aim was to design a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor with micro-contact imprinted sensor chips for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus. Whole cell imprinting was performed by N-methacryloyl-L-histidine methyl ester (MAH) under UV polymerization. Sensing experiments were done within a concentration range of 1.0 × 102–2.0 × 105 CFU/mL. The recognition of S. aureus was accomplished by the involvement of microcontact imprinting and optical sensor technology with a detection limit of 1.5 × 103 CFU/mL. Selectivity of the generated sensor was evaluated through injections of competing bacterial strains. The responses for the different strains were compared to that of S. aureus. Besides, real experiments were performed with milk samples spiked with S. aureus and it was demonstrated that the prepared sensor platform was applicable for real samples.