Sensing of Alzheimer’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis Using Nano-Bio Interfaces

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Hajipour, Mohammad Javad^{a; b; c} | Ghasemi, Forough^d | Aghaverdi, Haniyeh^b | Raoufi, Mohammad^{b; e} | Linne, Uwe^f | Atyabi, Fatemeh^b | Nabipour, Iraj^a | Azhdarzadeh, Morteza^b | Derakhshankhah, Hossein^g | Lotfabadi, Alireza^g | Bargahi, Afshar^a | Alekhamis, Zahra^b | Aghaie, Afsaneh^h | Hashemi, Ehsanⁱ | Tafakhori, Abbas^j | Aghamollaii, Vajiheh^k | Mashhadi, Marzie Maserat^j | Sheibani, Sara^l | Vali, Hojatollah^{l; *} | Mahmoudi, Morteza^{b; *}

Affiliations: [a] Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran | [b] Department of Nanotechnology and Nanotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | [c] Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | [d] Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran | [e] Department of New Materials and Biosystems, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany | [f] Fachbereich Physik/Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany | [g] Department of Pharmaceutical Biomaterials and Medical Biomaterials Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | [h] Blood Transfusion Research Center, High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Tehran, Iran | [i] National Research Center for Transgenic Mouse, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran | [j] Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | [k] Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | [l] Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Facility for Electron Microscopy Research, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada

Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Hojatollah Vali, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Facility for Electron Microscopy Research, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 0C7, Canada. E-mail: hojatollah.vali@mcgill.ca and Morteza Mahmoudi, Department of Nanotechnology and Nanotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 13169-43551, Iran. E-mail: mahmoudi-m@tums.ac.ir.

Abstract: It is well understood that patients with different diseases may have a variety of specific proteins (e.g., type, amount, and configuration) in their plasmas. When nanoparticles (NPs) are exposed to these plasmas, the resulting coronas may incorporate some of the disease-specific proteins. Using gold (Au) NPs with different surface properties and corona composition, we have developed a technology for the discrimination and detection of two neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and multiple sclerosis (MS). Applying a variety of techniques, including UV-visible spectra, colorimetric response analyses and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, we found the corona-NP complexes, obtained from different human serums, had distinct protein composition, including some specific proteins that are known as AD and MS biomarkers. The colorimetric responses, analyzed by chemometrics and statistical methods, demonstrate promising capabilities of the technology to unambiguously identify and discriminate AD and MS. The developed colorimetric technology might enable a simple, inexpensive and rapid detection/discrimination of neurodegenerative diseases.

Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, colorimetric technology, disease-specific protein corona, gold nanoparticles, multiple sclerosis

DOI: 10.3233/JAD-160206

Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 1187-1202, 2017