PMID- 35162026 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220216 LR - 20220219 IS - 1424-8220 (Electronic) IS - 1424-8220 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 3 DP - 2022 Feb 8 TI - A Simple Yet Effective Preanalytical Strategy Enabling the Application of Aptamer-Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for the Colorimetric Detection of Antibiotic Residues in Raw Milk. LID - 10.3390/s22031281 [doi] LID - 1281 AB - The misuse of antibiotics in the cattle sector can lead to milk contamination, with concomitant effects on the dairy industry and human health. Biosensors can be applied in this field; however, the influence of the milk matrix on their activity has been poorly studied in light of the preanalytical process. Herein, aptamer-conjugated gold nanoparticles (nanoaptasensors) were investigated for the colorimetric detection in raw milk of four antibiotics used in cattle. The effect of milk components on the colorimetric response of the nanoaptasensors was analyzed by following the selective aggregation of the nanoparticles, using the absorption ratio A(520)/A(720). A preanalytical strategy was developed to apply the nanoaptasensors to antibiotic-contaminated raw milk samples, which involves a clarification step with Carrez reagents followed by the removal of cations through dilution, chelation (EDTA) or precipitation (NaHCO(3)). The colorimetric signals were detected in spiked samples at concentrations of antibiotics as low as 0.25-fold the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for kanamycin (37.5 mug/L), oxytetracycline (25 mug/L), sulfadimethoxine (6.25 mug/L) and ampicillin (1 mug/L), according to European and Chilean legislation. Overall, we conclude that this methodology holds potential for the semiquantitative analysis of antibiotic residues in raw milk obtained directly from dairy farms. FAU - Diaz-Garcia, Victor AU - Diaz-Garcia V AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2343-4712 AD - Facultad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia, Universidad San Sebastian, Sede Concepcion, Concepcion 4080871, Chile. FAU - Contreras-Trigo, Braulio AU - Contreras-Trigo B AD - Facultad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia, Universidad San Sebastian, Sede Concepcion, Concepcion 4080871, Chile. FAU - Rodriguez, Camila AU - Rodriguez C AD - Facultad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia, Universidad San Sebastian, Sede Concepcion, Concepcion 4080871, Chile. FAU - Coelho, Pablo AU - Coelho P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7501-7785 AD - Facultad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia, Universidad San Sebastian, Sede Concepcion, Concepcion 4080871, Chile. FAU - Oyarzun, Patricio AU - Oyarzun P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7305-1632 AD - Facultad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia, Universidad San Sebastian, Sede Concepcion, Concepcion 4080871, Chile. LA - eng GR - PAI77180078/Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo/ GR - Fondecyt Posdoctorado 3190734/Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220208 PL - Switzerland TA - Sensors (Basel) JT - Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101204366 RN - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents) RN - 0 (Aptamers, Nucleotide) RN - 7440-57-5 (Gold) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Bacterial Agents/analysis MH - *Aptamers, Nucleotide MH - Cattle MH - Colorimetry MH - Gold MH - Limit of Detection MH - *Metal Nanoparticles MH - Milk/chemistry PMC - PMC8837955 OTO - NOTNLM OT - antibiotics OT - aptamer OT - clarification OT - gold nanoparticles OT - nanoaptasensor OT - preanalytical processing COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/02/16 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/17 06:00 PMCR- 2022/02/08 CRDT- 2022/02/15 01:12 PHST- 2021/12/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/12/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/12/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/15 01:12 [entrez] PHST- 2022/02/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/02/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - s22031281 [pii] AID - sensors-22-01281 [pii] AID - 10.3390/s22031281 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sensors (Basel). 2022 Feb 8;22(3):1281. doi: 10.3390/s22031281.