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March 25, 2026
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Targeted detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis MPT64 antigen using an antibody-coated nanoporous anodic alumina biosensor: A novel approach for tuberculosis screening

Publicated to: TALANTA. 305 129625- - 2026-03-06 305(), DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2026.129625

Authors:

Caballos, Isabel; Hernandez-Montoto, Andy; Climent, Estela; Gil-Brusola, Ana; Martinez-Manez, Ramon; Aznar, Elena
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Affiliations

Hosp Politecn & Univ La Fe, Inst Invest Sanitaria La Fe IISLAFE, Grp Infecc Grave, Serv Microbiol, Ave Fernando Abril Martorell 106, Valencia 46026, Spain - Author
Inst Salud Carlos III, CIBER Bioingn Biomat & Nanomed CIBER BBN, Madrid 28029, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Ctr Invest Principe Felipe, Unidad Mixta UPV CIPF Invest Mecanismos Enfermedad, Valencia, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Invest Sanitaria La Fe IIS La Fe, Unidad Mixta Invest Nanomed & Sensores, Valencia, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Univ Valencia, Inst Interuniv Invest Reconocimiento Mol & Desarro, Camino Vera S-N, Valencia 46022, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic condition caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. According to WHO's Global Tuberculosis Report 2024, TB has again become the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, surpassing COVID-19 in 2023 and 2024 in terms of infectious disease deaths. Due to its high infectivity and serious effects, timely diagnosis and treatment are crucial for controlling its spread. This study presents a fluorogenic biosensor for detecting M. tuberculosis MPT64 antigen using gated nanoporous anodic alumina (NAA). NAA material is loaded with rhodamine B and capped with an antibody against MPT64 protein. The presence of MPT64 induces antibody displacement due to the specific recognition and subsequent release of rhodamine B to the medium that is detected by fluorescence measurement. The biosensor is physicochemically characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray spectroscopy. The biosensor achieves a limit of detection (LOD) of 1.32 nM (0.032 mg L-1) for MPT64 protein and demonstrated high selectivity through testing against various antigens from other viral pathogens and bacterial species. The efficacy of the biosensor is further validated with grown mycobacteria from clinical samples. The developed approach offers three key aspects: (i) selective detection of active TB by targeting the secreted MPT64 protein using gated nanomaterials; (ii) a rapid response (60 min); and (iii) a cost-effective design suitable for resource-limited settings. This biosensor shows great potential as a tool for the clinical diagnosis of active tuberculosis.
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Keywords

AntibodyFluorogenic biosensorGated materialsMycobacterium tuberculosisNanoporous anodic alumina

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal TALANTA due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2026, it was in position 14/111, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Chemistry, Analytical.

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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Caballos Gómez, María Isabel) and Last Author (Aznar, Elena).

the authors responsible for correspondence tasks have been Martinez-Manez, Ramon and Aznar, Elena.

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Awards linked to the item

We thank PID2024-155683OB-C41 and PID2021-126304OB-C41 from the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades and AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund) , and CIPROM/2021/007 (to R. M.-M.) from the Generalitat Valenciana. This research was also supported by CIBER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (group CB07/01/2012) . I.-C. thanks the Instituto de Salud Carlos III for her predoctoral fellowship (IFI21/00008) . We thank electron microscopy service of UPV for their support. R.M.M. thanks to the European Union's Horizon EUROPE research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101093042. E. C. thanks the Instituto de Salud Carlos III for funding the proyects Miguel Servet 2023 CP23/00086 and PI24_01239, both co-funded by the European Union.
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