PMID- 35817266 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220907 LR - 20220907 IS - 1879-3177 (Electronic) IS - 0887-2333 (Linking) VI - 84 DP - 2022 Oct TI - The correlation of haptenation of gold nanoparticles and cysteine modified screen printed carbon electrode by impedance technique with local lymph node assay data. PG - 105433 LID - S0887-2333(22)00131-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.tiv.2022.105433 [doi] AB - Skin sensitization occurs when a skin sensitizer binds covalently to skin proteins through the haptenation process. The objective of this study was to correlate the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) data of a screen printed carbon electrode (SPCE) modified with cysteine and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with local lymph node assay (LLNA) data as a potential skin sensitizer biosensor. The EIS was used to quantify variations in charge transfer resistance of skin sensitizers (DeltaR(CT)(skin sensitizer)) due to different binding rates of skin sensitizers to cysteine. SPCE was modified through electrodeposition of AuNPs/thiourea/self-assembly of AuNPs/cysteine (assigned as ETSC) for the detection of skin sensitizers. Surface analysis of modified SPCEs using FESEM and EDX revealed a smooth surface with an uneven distribution of cysteine with AuNPs molecules. The ETSC modified SPCE showed a significant skin sensitizer biosensor since the DeltaR(CT)(skin sensitizer) readings were increased proportionally to the strength of the skin sensitizers, with strong/extreme skin sensitizers displaying higher DeltaR(CT)(skin sensitizer) readings compared to moderate and weak/non-skin sensitizers. The skin sensitization analysis from this work was compared to LLNA (animal study), human cell line activation (h-CLAT), direct peptide reactivity assay (DPRA), and KeratinoSens, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) matched the categorization of LLNA in the following descending order: 96%, 92%, 82%, 70%, 70%, and 12%. With just an 8% mismatch with LLNA data, the EIS approach used in this study could be used as a screening tool for skin sensitizers. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Noh, Teh Ubaidah AU - Noh TU AD - Bioprocess and Polymer Engineering Department, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia; Institute of Bioproduct Development, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. FAU - Aziz, Azila Abd AU - Aziz AA AD - Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Institute of Bioproduct Development, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. Electronic address: r-azila@utm.my. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220709 PL - England TA - Toxicol In Vitro JT - Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA JID - 8712158 RN - 7440-44-0 (Carbon) RN - 7440-57-5 (Gold) RN - K848JZ4886 (Cysteine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Carbon MH - Cysteine MH - *Dermatitis, Allergic Contact MH - Electric Impedance MH - Electrodes MH - Gold MH - Humans MH - Local Lymph Node Assay MH - *Metal Nanoparticles/toxicity OTO - NOTNLM OT - Charge transfer resistance OT - Cysteine OT - Gold nanoparticles OT - Impedance OT - Local lymph node assay OT - Skin sensitizer COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2022/07/12 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/08 06:00 CRDT- 2022/07/11 19:25 PHST- 2022/04/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/06/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/07/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/07/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/07/11 19:25 [entrez] AID - S0887-2333(22)00131-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.tiv.2022.105433 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicol In Vitro. 2022 Oct;84:105433. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2022.105433. Epub 2022 Jul 9.