The development of a method to produce diagnostic reagents using LaNiO nanospheres and their application in nanozyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the colorimetric screening of C-reactive protein with high sensitivity.

LaNiO perovskite nanoparticles, especially nanospheres (LNNS), show great promise in biomedical assays due to their peroxidase-like catalytic properties. However, LNNS-based diagnostic reagents have not been tested in nanozyme enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (NLISA) or other enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, and there is limited data on their synthesis. To fill this gap, it is necessary to develop a method for creating LNNS conjugates with monoclonal antibodies and to investigate the reproducibility, scalability, and applicability of these diagnostic reagents in NLISA.

Effect of Short Peptides of Pregnancy-Specific β1-Glycoprotein on Differentiation of Human Regulatory T Cells In Vitro and on Their Cytokine Profile.

Pregnancy-specific β1-glycoprotein (PSG), one of the most important proteins of pregnancy, has a pronounced immunosuppressive effect. Short peptides of PSG, the so-called SLiMs (short linear motifs), are promising molecules for mild immunosuppression. We studied in vitro effect of short PSG peptides (YACS, YQCE, YVCS, and YECE) on differentiation and cytokine profile of human T-regulatory lymphocytes (Treg).

Development and performance of NLISA for C-reactive protein detection based on Prussian blue nanoparticle conjugates.

Prussian blue nanoparticles (PBNPs), also called nanozymes, are very attractive as an alternative to horseradish peroxidase in immunoassay development due to their simple and low-cost synthesis, stability and high catalytic activity. Today, there is a method for highly effective PBNP synthesis based on the reduction of an FeCl/K[Fe(CN)] mixture by hydrogen peroxide. However, there is a lack of research showcasing the use of these highly effective PBNPs for specific target detection in clinical settings, as well as a lack of comprehensive comparisons with conventional methods.

Effect of PEGylated Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles on the Metabolism of Jurkat Cells.

The effect of graphene oxide (GO) nanoparticles of 100-200 nm in size coated with linear (LP-GO) and branched (BP-GO) polyethylene glycol at concentrations of 5 and 25 μg/mL on the metabolism of Jurkat tumor cells was studied. It was found that LP-GO nanoparticles at a concentration of 25 μg/mL can enhance basal glycolysis of Jurkat T-lymphocyte tumor cell line cells, while LP-GO and BP-GO at the same concentration can reduce the indicators of compensatory glycolysis. Despite this, GO nanoparticles coated with linear and branched PEG at a concentration of 5 μg/mL do not have pronounced effects on oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis of Jurkat cells and could therefore be safe for activated T cells.

Optimizing the Composition of the Substrate Enhances the Performance of Peroxidase-like Nanozymes in Colorimetric Assays: A Case Study of Prussian Blue and 3,3'-Diaminobenzidine.

One of the emerging trends in modern analytical and bioanalytical chemistry involves the substitution of enzyme labels (such as horseradish peroxidase) with nanozymes (nanoparticles possessing enzyme-like catalytic activity). Since enzymes and nanozymes typically operate through different catalytic mechanisms, it is expected that optimal reaction conditions will also differ. The optimization of substrates for nanozymes usually focuses on determining the ideal pH and temperature.