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The development of a novel copper-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticle as a peroxidase mimetic for colorimetric biosensing and its application in H2O2 and GSH assay

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In recent years, the development of nanomaterials-based peroxidase mimics as enzyme sensors has been attracting considerable interest due to their outstanding features, including potent stability, and cost-effectiveness toward natural enzymes. In this work, mesoporous silica nanoparticles functionalized by copper (Cu-MSN) were prepared as a new artificial enzyme for the first time through the sol–gel procedure. A comprehensive investigation of the catalytic activity of Cu-MSN was done through the oxidation of chromogenic peroxidase substrates, 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), and (2,2′-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS), in the presence of H2O2. The results indicate that the peroxidase-like activity of the as-prepared sample is significantly higher than other nanoparticles. Additionally, for the study, a facile and rapid sensing method based on the enzyme-like activity of Cu-MSN to detect H2O2 and glutathione (GSH) was developed to examine the potency of the proposed biosensor. Preliminary analysis revealed that the limit of detection (LOD) of H2O2 and GSH is 0.2 and 0.0126 μM, in the range of 0.9–100 and 0.042–1 μM, respectively. These findings support the claims for the efficiency of the sensor in detection fields. Also, human serum was utilized as the real sample to obtain additional evidence.

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    Morvarid Aghayan, Ali Mahmoudi, Mohammad Reza Sazegar, Alireza Jahanafarin, Omid Nazari, Parisa Hamidi, Zeynab Poorhasan & Batoul Sadat Shafaei

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Aghayan, M., Mahmoudi, A., Sazegar, M.R. et al. The development of a novel copper-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticle as a peroxidase mimetic for colorimetric biosensing and its application in H2O2 and GSH assay. ANAL. SCI. 39, 1257–1267 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44211-023-00339-z

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