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A simple, fast, green and cost-effective method is designed for the synthesis of copper iodide nanoparticles (CuI-NP) for spectroscopic detection of cancer biomarker, carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9). Results of UV-visible spectroscopy establish the efficacy of prepared CuI-NP to sense CA 19-9 in serum medium even at its low concentration (~ 0.066 U/mL). Our study reveals that γ-irradiated (24 h) copper iodide nanoparticles (CuI-NP-γ) have higher sensitivity towards CA 19-9 sensing due to their higher surface activity and charged nature as compared to CuI-NP. CuI-NP-γ could deliver higher signal enhancement and was able to lower the limit of detection (LOD) of CA 19-9 from 0.082 to 0.066 U/mL. Results also indicate that in presence of high concentration of glucose, cholesterol, bilirubin and insulin, which cause pathophysiological disorders like diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hepatic disorder, hyperinsulinemia, etc., the LOD is even lower (0.037, 0.034, 0.157, 0.029 U/mL respectively). The interaction between the biomarker and the NPs were further established using fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy. The specificity of sensing was tested by checking the response in presence of other biomarkers, like CEA and CA-125 which did not show any signal enhancement with CuI-NP-γ.
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KS and SB express sincere thanks to UGC-DAE-CSR, Collaborative Research Scheme no. UGC-DAE-CSR/KC/CRS/19/RC07/0982/1017 for providing necessary funding. SB acknowledges UGC-DAE-CSR, Govt. of India for providing fellowship. DD acknowledges the award and funding of CSIR SRA B12827. We express our sincere thanks to Dr. Aparna Datta, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata, India, for obtaining FTIR and fluorescence data. We thank DST FIST (SR/FST/CS-II/2017/27(C) dated 29.09.2018) and CAS-V (UGC) (540/3/CASV/2015 (SAP-I) for funding the PXRD instrument and UV-Vis spectrophotometer respectively
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Basu, S., Das, D., Morgan, D. et al. Green synthesis of copper iodide nanoparticles: gamma irradiation for spectroscopic sensing of cancer biomarker CA 19-9. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 3763–3778 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09056-3
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