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Antibody-based detection systems have long been chosen to facilitate on-site monitoring of environmental markers such as marine toxins. Antibodies were the first detection molecules to be seen as effective replacements to mouse bioassays, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and mass-spectrometry (MS)-based systems in the detection of harmful marine toxins. Thereby satisfying European Union regulatory standard 853/2004, legislation that states that all shellfish produced must be routinely monitored and tested for the presence of regulated marine toxins before they can reach the market. Antibodies have progressed significantly in their capabilities over the past 70 years, with much investigative research being carried out with regard to their production, purification, sensitivity enhancement and their incorporation into sensor platforms. However, reports of new small-molecule detectors such as affimers and aptamers over the past 20 years may now herald a ‘changing of the guard’. Many reports of aptamers being used for the detection of marine biotoxins have been produced and suggest that their sensitivities equal or surpass that of antibodies. The next stage for the use of aptamers lies in assessing and enhancing their incorporation into sensor platforms as well as investigating their capacity to detect multiple forms of marine congeners, of which there are many.
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Caroline Murphy was supported by TechOceanS project which received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101000858 (TechOceanS). This output reflects only the author’s view and the Research Executive Agency (REA) cannot be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. Caroline Murphy would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of Dublin City University.
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Murphy, C. (2023). Antibody, Aptamer and Affimer-Based Affinity Tools for Marine Toxin Biosensing. In: Regan, F., Hansen, PD., Barceló, D. (eds) Biosensors for the Marine Environment. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 122. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2022_953
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