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Glucose oxidase-like activity of cerium oxide nanoparticles: use for personal glucose meter-based label-free target DNA detection

Hyo Yong Kim1, Ki Soo Park2✉, Hyun Gyu Park1✉

1. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21+ Program), KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.
2. Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.

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Kim HY, Park KS, Park HG. Glucose oxidase-like activity of cerium oxide nanoparticles: use for personal glucose meter-based label-free target DNA detection. Theranostics 2020; 10(10):4507-4514. doi:10.7150/thno.41484. https://www.thno.org/v10p4507.htm
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Recently, personal glucose meter (PGM) has been utilized for the detection of non-glucose targets for point-of-care (POC) testing. Aimed at this goal, we herein developed a new PGM-based label-free read-out method for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based on our novel finding that cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs) exhibit glucose oxidase-like activity comparable to the natural glucose oxidase enzyme.

Methods: In principle, DNA amplicons produced by PCR in the presence of target DNA electrostatically bind to CeO2 NPs, leading to their aggregation and reducing the efficiency for CeO2 NP-catalyzed glucose oxidation reaction. Thus, glucose is hardly oxidized to gluconic acid, resulting in the maintenance of initial high glucose level. On the contrary, in the absence of target DNA or presence of non-target DNA, DNA amplicons are not produced and glucose is effectively oxidized by the glucose oxidase-like activity of CeO2 NPs, leading to the significant reduction of glucose level. Finally, the resulting glucose level is simply measured by using PGM.

Results: With this strategy, DNA amplicons were quantitatively examined within 5 min, realizing ultrafast analysis of PCR results without any cumbersome and labor-intensive procedures. In addition, the target genomic DNA derived from Escherichia coli (E. coli) was sensitively determined down to 10 copies with high selectivity.

Conclusion: Importantly, the use of PGM as a detection component enables its direct application in POC settings. Based on the meritorious features of PGM such as rapidity, simplicity, and cost-effectiveness, we expect that the devised system could serve as a core platform for the on-site read-out of PCR amplification.

Keywords: Polymerase chain reaction, Cerium oxide nanoparticle, Glucose oxidase-like activity, Personal glucose meter, Biosensor


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Kim, H.Y., Park, K.S., Park, H.G. (2020). Glucose oxidase-like activity of cerium oxide nanoparticles: use for personal glucose meter-based label-free target DNA detection. Theranostics, 10(10), 4507-4514. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.41484.

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Kim, H.Y.; Park, K.S.; Park, H.G. Glucose oxidase-like activity of cerium oxide nanoparticles: use for personal glucose meter-based label-free target DNA detection. Theranostics 2020, 10 (10), 4507-4514. DOI: 10.7150/thno.41484.

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Kim HY, Park KS, Park HG. Glucose oxidase-like activity of cerium oxide nanoparticles: use for personal glucose meter-based label-free target DNA detection. Theranostics 2020; 10(10):4507-4514. doi:10.7150/thno.41484. https://www.thno.org/v10p4507.htm

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Kim HY, Park KS, Park HG. 2020. Glucose oxidase-like activity of cerium oxide nanoparticles: use for personal glucose meter-based label-free target DNA detection. Theranostics. 10(10):4507-4514.

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