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Portable gliadin-immunochip for contamination control on the food production chain

Journal

TALANTA
Volume 142, Issue -, Pages 57-63

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2015.04.040

Keywords

Lab on chip; Celiac disease; Gliadin-Immunochip; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Microfluidics; On-chip contamination control

Funding

  1. ONEV [PONa3_00354]
  2. SAFEMEAT [PON01_01409]
  3. BEYOND NANO [PONa3_00362]

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Celiac disease (CD) is one of the most common digestive disorders caused by an abnormal immune reaction to gluten. So far there are no available therapies, the only solution is a strict gluten-free diet, which however could be very challenging as gluten can be hidden in many food products. Furthermore an additional problem is related to cross-contamination of nominal gluten-free foods with gluten-based ones during manufacturing. Here we propose a lab on chip platform as a powerful tool to help food manufacturers to evaluate the real amount of gluten in their products by an accurate in-situ control of the production chain and maybe to specify the real gluten content in packages labeling. Our portable gliadin-immunochips, based on an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy transduction method, were first calibrated and then validated for both liquid and solid food matrixes by analyzing different beers and flours. The high specificity of our assay was also demonstrated by performing control experiments on rice and potatoes flours containing prolamin-like proteins. We achieved limit of quantification of 0.5 ppm for gliadin that is 20 times lower than the worldwide limit established for gluten-free food while the method of analysis is faster and cheaper than currently employed ELISA-based methods. Moreover our results on food samples were validated through a mass spectrometry standard analysis. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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