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Voltammetric DNA Biosensor for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Strain 18 Detection

2020-07-09 , Mhd Akhir M.A. , Nor Azizah Parmin , Uda Hashim , Subash Chandra Bose Gopinath , Rejali Z. , Afzan A. , Muhammad Nur Aiman Uda , Muhammad Nur Afnan Uda , Voon Chun Hong

This research was developed to focus on the study of the voltammetric DNA biosensor for the detection of HPV strain 18. In this research, electrical DNA biosensor was expected to detect HPV strain 18 more efficiently by using electrical characterization. In this project, device inspection was conducted to make sure the functional of the gold interdigitated electrode (IDE) by using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). 3-Aminopropyl Triethoxysilane (APTES) solution was used for the process of surface modification to form the amine group on the surface of the device to facilitate the attachment of the DNA probe. In this project, synthetic DNA sample and DNA from the saliva of several Biosystems Engineering students were used as the target DNA. The current-voltage (I-V) electrical characterization was conducted to detect the presence of HPV strain 18 in both DNA samples. As the results, perfect alignment between the electrodes on the IDE was detected under SEM. Surface modification of the biosensor successfully conducted which is the covalent bond between APTES and DNA probe increase the electrical. Synthetic DNA shows the presence of HPV strain 18 while there was no HPV strain 18 detected in the DNA from saliva samples.

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Ultrasensitive and highly selective graphene-based field-effect transistor biosensor for anti-diuretic hormone detection

2020-05-01 , Selvarajan, Reena Sri , Ruslinda A. Rahim , Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis , Subash Chandra Bose Gopinath , Azrul Azlan Hamzah

Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI), which can be congenital or acquired, results from the failure of the kidney to respond to the anti-diuretic hormone (ADH). This will lead to excessive water loss from the body in the form of urine. The kidney, therefore, has a crucial role in maintaining water balance and it is vital to restore this function in an artificial kidney. Herein, an ultrasensitive and highly selective aptameric graphene-based field-effect transistor (GFET) sensor for ADH detection was developed by directly immobilizing ADH-specific aptamer on a surface-modified suspended graphene channel. This direct immobilization of aptamer on the graphene surface is an attempt to mimic the functionality of collecting tube V2 receptors in the ADH biosensor. This aptamer was then used as a probe to capture ADH peptide at the sensing area which leads to changes in the concentration of charge carriers in the graphene channel. The biosensor shows a significant increment in the relative change of current ratio from 5.76 to 22.60 with the increase of ADH concentration ranging from 10 ag/mL to 1 pg/mL. The ADH biosensor thus exhibits a sensitivity of 50.00 µA·(g/mL)−1 with a limit of detection as low as 3.55 ag/mL. In specificity analysis, the ADH biosensor demonstrated a higher current value which is 338.64 µA for ADH-spiked in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and 557.89 µA for ADH-spiked in human serum in comparison with other biomolecules tested. This experimental evidence shows that the ADH biosensor is ultrasensitive and highly selective towards ADH in PBS buffer and ADH-spiked in human serum.

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Whole genome sequence of moderate halophilic marine bacterium Marinobacter litoralis SW-45: Abundance of non-coding RNAs

2019-07-15 , Musa H. , Farizul Hafiz Kasim , Ahmad Anas Nagoor Gunny , Subash Chandra Bose Gopinath , Chinni S.V. , Ahmad M.A.

A report on the de novo Whole Genome Sequence (WGS)of Marinobacter litoralis SW-45, a moderately salt-tolerant bacterium isolated from the seawater in Malaysia is presented. The strain has a genome size of 3.45 Mb and is capable of producing halophilic lipase, protease and esterase enzymes. Computational prediction of non-coding RNA (ncRNA)genes in M. litoralis SW-45 was performed using standalone software known as the non-coding RNA characterization (nocoRNAc). In addition, a phylogenetic tree showing the evolutionary relationship between the strain and other members of the genus Marinobacter was constructed using 16SrRNA sequence information. A total of 385 ncRNA transcripts, 1124 terminator region, and 2350 Stress Induced Duplex Destabilization sites were predicted. The current WGS shotgun project has provided the relevant genetic information that may be useful for the strain's improvement studies. This manuscript gives the first description of M. litoralis with a complete genome.

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Gold Nanoparticles Enhanced Electrochemical Impedance Sensor (EIS) for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 16 Detection E6 region

2020-07-09 , Amrul Muhadi A.S. , Nor Azizah Parmin , Uda Hashim , Subash Chandra Bose Gopinath , Rejali Z. , Afzan A. , Muhammad Nur Afnan Uda , Muhammad Nur Aiman Uda , Hong V.C.

The persistent infection by high risk HPV is a necessary but not sufficient cause of this cancer which develops over a long period through precursor lesions which can be detected by electrochemical impedance sensor. The HPV driven molecular mechanisms underlying the development of cervical lesions have provided a number of potential biomarkers for both diagnostic and prognostic use in the clinical management of women with HPV related cervical disease and these biomarkers can also be used to increase the positive predictive value of current methods. The most influential methods for the detection and identification of HPV using gold nanoparticle (GNP) included electrochemical impedance sensor will visit their sensitivity, selectivity and characteristic detection on synthetic target which are complement of the DNA, non-complement of the DNA and mismatch of the DNA. In difference concentration of synthetic target, which stage can get the exactly value to determine the HPV in strain 16 was evaluated in this research studies.

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Electrochemical DNA Biosensor based on 30 nM Gold Nanoparticle Modified Electrode by Electro Less Deposition for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 18 E6 Region

2020-07-09 , Koo Siew Kim N.S. , Parmin N.A. , Uda Hashim , Subash Chandra Bose Gopinath , Rejali Z. , Afzan A. , Muhammad Nur Aiman Uda , Muhammad Nur Afnan Uda , Voon Chun Hong

The aim of this work was to develop a novel, simple, inexpensive, sensitive an electrochemical DNA biosensor based on interdigitated electrodes (IDEs) integrated gold nanoparticle modified electrode by electro less deposition for HPV 18. The biosensor was designed with a 30 mer E6 region of HPV 18 DNA modified probe. The E6 region has been used for their clinical importance properties and suitable as recognition biomarker region. Three different target types were tested which complementary target, non-complementary target and mismatch target. All target were analyzed for detection of HPV 18 in early stages by using Dielectric Analyzer (DA), Alpha-A High-performance Frequency Analyzer, Novocontrol Technologies, Handsagen, Germany associated with the software package Windeta. Complementary target gives a positive result in HPV detection, while non-complementary and mismatch target give negative results. IDE device with 5 nm gap sizes has demonstrated a high performance towards the detection of HPV18 ssDNA target by modified with 30 nm gold nanoparticle. The electrochemical biosensor showed better performance compared to agarose gel electrophoresis assay. This technology can be used as a new and attractive sensor development for detection of virus infection in human bodies.

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Turning oil palm empty fruit bunch waste into substrate for optimal lipase secretion on solid state fermentation by Trichoderma strains

2017-12-01 , Haliru Musa , Pang Chien Han , Farizul Hafiz Kasim , Subash Chandra Bose Gopinath , Mohd Azmier Ahmad

This study is aimed to improving extracellular lipase production by Trichoderma strains using oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) medium on solid state fermentation with the assistance of statistical optimization. Two selected Trichoderma strains (Trichoderma sp.1 and Hypocrea neorufa.1) with high lipase producing potential were employed in a stepwise optimization. Initially, the influence of nutritional (carbon, nitrogen sources, and inducers) and environmental (moisture and temperature) factors on lipase production was evaluated using One-Factor-At-A-time (OFAT) method. Next, three most influential factors (Glucose, Urea and Olive oil) resulting from OFAT were optimized for lipase production by Trichoderma sp.1 using the central composite design under response surface methodology. Experiments conducted under optimum conditions (10.38% (w/w) glucose, 0.86% (w/w) urea, and 7.38% (v/w) olive oil) were further improved the lipase production from 0.195 to 0.390 Ug−1, which is about 2 folds greater than un-optimized condition. This study demonstrated that OPEFB can be utilized as inexpensive substrate for improving the lipase secretion by Trichoderma sp.1.