Label-Free Detection of Gliadin in Food by Quartz Crystal Microbalance-Based Immunosensor.

Riccardo Funari, Irma Terracciano, Bartolomeo Della Ventura, Sara Ricci, Teodoro Cardi, Nunzio D'Agostino, Raffaele Velotta

Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2017 Feb 15

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Gluten is a protein composite found in wheat and related grains including barley, rye, oat, and all their species and hybrids. Gluten matrix is a biomolecular network of gliadins and glutenins that contribute to the texture of pastries, breads, and pasta. Gliadins are mainly responsible for celiac disease, one of the most widespread food-related pathologies in Western world. In view of the importance of gliadin proteins, by combining the quartz crystal microbalance technology, a cheap and robust piezoelectric transducer, with the so-called photonic immobilization technique, an effective surface functionalization method that provides spatially oriented antibodies on gold substrates, we realized a sensitive and reliable biosensor for quantifying these analytes extracted from real samples in a very short time. The resulting immunosensor has a limit of detection of about 4 ppm and, more remarkably, shows excellent sensitivity in the range 7.5-15 ppm. This feature makes our device reliable and effective for practical applications since it is able to keep low the influence of false positives.

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Riccardo Funari, Irma Terracciano, Bartolomeo Della Ventura, Sara Ricci, Teodoro Cardi, Nunzio D'Agostino, Raffaele Velotta. Label-Free Detection of Gliadin in Food by Quartz Crystal Microbalance-Based Immunosensor. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. 2017 Feb 15;65(6):1281-1289