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Lyu N, Hassanzadeh-Barforoushi A, Rey Gomez LM, Zhang W, Wang Y. SERS biosensors for liquid biopsy towards cancer diagnosis by detection of various circulating biomarkers: current progress and perspectives. NANO CONVERGENCE 2024; 11:22. [PMID: 38811455 PMCID: PMC11136937 DOI: 10.1186/s40580-024-00428-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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Liquid biopsy has emerged as a promising non-invasive strategy for cancer diagnosis, enabling the detection of various circulating biomarkers, including circulating tumor cells (CTCs), circulating tumor nucleic acids (ctNAs), circulating tumor-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), and circulating proteins. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) biosensors have revolutionized liquid biopsy by offering sensitive and specific detection methodologies for these biomarkers. This review comprehensively examines the application of SERS-based biosensors for identification and analysis of various circulating biomarkers including CTCs, ctNAs, sEVs and proteins in liquid biopsy for cancer diagnosis. The discussion encompasses a diverse range of SERS biosensor platforms, including label-free SERS assay, magnetic bead-based SERS assay, microfluidic device-based SERS system, and paper-based SERS assay, each demonstrating unique capabilities in enhancing the sensitivity and specificity for detection of liquid biopsy cancer biomarkers. This review critically assesses the strengths, limitations, and future directions of SERS biosensors in liquid biopsy for cancer diagnosis.
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- Nana Lyu
- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
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Gao X, Cao K, Yang J, Liu L, Gao L. Recent advances in nanotechnology for programmed death ligand 1-targeted cancer theranostics. J Mater Chem B 2024; 12:3191-3208. [PMID: 38497358 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb02787b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1)/programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapy has provided a unique and potent weapon against cancer in clinical practice. The likelihood of achieving beneficial effects from PD-L1/PD-1 immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy is clinically assessed by detecting PD-L1 expression through invasive tissue biopsies. However, PD-L1 expression is susceptible to tumor heterogeneity and dynamic response to ICB therapy. Moreover, currently, anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy still faces challenges of the low targeting efficiency of antibody drugs and the risk of immune-associated adverse events. To overcome these issues, advanced nanotechnology has been developed for the purpose of quantitative, non-invasive, and dynamic analyses of PD-L1, and to enhance the efficiency of ICB therapy. In this review, we first introduce the nanoprobe-assisted in vitro/in vivo modalities for the selective and sensitive analysis of PD-L1 during the diagnostic and therapeutic process. On the other hand, the feasibility of fabricating diverse functional nanocarriers as smart delivery systems for precisely targeted delivery of PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors and combined therapies is highlighted. Finally, the current challenges are discussed and future perspectives for PD-L1-targeted cancer theranostics in preclinical research and clinical settings are proposed.
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- Xinxin Gao
- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China.
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Saridag AM, Karagoz ID, Wachsmann-Hogiu S, Kahraman M. Diatomite-Based, Flexible SERS Immunosensor Platform for Rapid, Specific, and Sensitive Detection of Circulating Cancer-Specific Protein Biomarkers in Serum Using Raman Probes. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2024; 7:1878-1887. [PMID: 38414330 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.3c01253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Cancer is one of the most actively researched diseases having a high mortality rate when not detected at an early stage. Thus, rapid, simultaneous, and sensitive quantification of cancer biomarkers plays an important role in early diagnosis, with patient impact to disability adjusted life years. Herein, a diatomite-based SERS flexible platform for the rapid and sensitive detection of circulating cancer-specific protein biomarkers in serum is presented. In this approach, diatomite/AgNPs strips with maximum SERS activity prepared using the layer-by-layer (LbL) technique were modified with specific antibodies, and specific antigens (HER2, CA15-3, PSA, and MUC4) were captured and detected. By using Raman probes specific to the captured antigens in serum, a SERS limit of detection (LOD) of 0.1 ng/mL was measured (calculated LOD < 0.1 ng/mL). This value is lower than the cutoff amount of cancer antigens in the person's blood. The specificity for the antigens of each antibody was calculated to be higher than 95%. As a result, an immunosensor for rapid detection of cancer biomarkers in serum with good specificity, high sensitivity, good reproducibility, and low cost has been demonstrated. Overall, we show that the prepared diatomite-based SERS substrate with a high surface-to-volume ratio is a useable platform for immunoassay tests.
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- Ayse Mine Saridag
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Gaziantep University, 27310 Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Gaziantep University, 27310 Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Gaziantep University, 27310 Gaziantep, Turkey
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Zhou Q, Wang J, Zhang Z, Wuethrich A, Lobb RJ, Trau M. Tracking the EMT-like phenotype switching during targeted therapy in melanoma by analyzing extracellular vesicle phenotypes. Biosens Bioelectron 2024; 244:115819. [PMID: 37952322 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Melanoma continues to be a leading cause of mortality among skin cancers. Despite advancements in targeted therapy, patients frequently develop resistance, leading to disease progression within a year. This resistance may result from the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-like phenotype switching of melanoma cells. Tracking EMT-related phenotypic changes on extracellular vesicles (EVs) has potential to inform early about response to targeted therapy and melanoma progression. However, the knowledge on protein biomarkers carried by melanoma EVs involved in the EMT-like process remains unexplored. Herein, we present a biosensor integrating surface-enhanced Raman scattering and alternating current electrohydrodynamics-induced nanomixing enhancement, for sensitive detection of EMT-associated biomarkers on EV surfaces during targeted therapy. This biosensor successfully tracks the EMT-like phenotype switching in melanoma cell lines treated with mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor (MAPKi). Longitudinal monitoring of patients who receive MAPKi therapy and develop resistance, our biosensor shows its ability to identify the EMT-like phenotype switching on circulating EVs. This ability potentially can be leveraged to predict the development of resistance to targeted therapy, allowing for timely intervention and personalized treatment strategies.
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- Quan Zhou
- Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia; Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine of Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, China.
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- Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
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- Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia; School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
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Kumar P, Shimali, Chamoli S, Khondakar KR. Advances in optical and electrochemical sensing of bisphenol a (BPA) utilizing microfluidic Technology: A mini perspective. Methods 2023; 220:69-78. [PMID: 37951559 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2023.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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Continuous exposure to toxic pollutants highlights the need for sensitive detection technologies that can be rapidly applied in the current world for quick screening of real samples. Bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the most common environmental contaminants, and it has the potential to harm both the environment and human health, notably causing reproductive disorders, cancer, heart disease, infertility, mental disorders, etc. Thus, significant attention has been paid to the detection of BPA and microplastics to promote food safety, environmental health, and human health on a sustainable earth. Among the current technologies, microfluidic based systems have garnered a lot of interest as future diagnostic tools for healthcare applications. Microfluidic devices can be deployed for quick screening and real-time monitoring, with inherent advantages like portability, miniaturisation, highly sensing tool and ease of integration with various detection systems. Optical and electrochemical sensors are two major analytical tools found in almost all microfluidic-based devices for ultrasensitive BPA and microplastics determination. In this review, we have evaluated and discussed microfluidic-based detection methods for BPA and microplastics.
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- Piyush Kumar
- School of Health Sciences and Technology, Bidholi Campus, UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248007, India
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- School of Health Sciences and Technology, Bidholi Campus, UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248007, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002, India
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Yang Y, Wu S, Chen Y, Ju H. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering sensing for detection and mapping of key cellular biomarkers. Chem Sci 2023; 14:12869-12882. [PMID: 38023499 PMCID: PMC10664603 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04650h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Cellular biomarkers mainly contain proteins, nucleic acids, glycans and many small molecules including small biomolecule metabolites, reactive oxygen species and other cellular chemical entities. The detection and mapping of the key cellular biomarkers can effectively help us to understand important cellular mechanisms associated with physiological and pathological processes, which greatly promote the development of clinical diagnosis and disease treatment. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) possesses high sensitivity and is free from the influence of strong self-fluorescence in living systems as well as the photobleaching of the dyes. It exhibits rich and narrow chemical fingerprint spectra for multiplexed detection, and has become a powerful tool to detect and map cellular biomarkers. In this review, we present an overview of recent advances in the detection and mapping of different classes of cellular biomarkers based on SERS sensing. These advances fully confirm that the SERS-based sensors and sensing methods have great potential for the exploration of biological mechanisms and clinical applications. Additionally, we also discuss the limitations of present research and the future developments of the SERS technology in this field.
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- Yuanjiao Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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Ilyas A, Dyussupova A, Sultangaziyev A, Shevchenko Y, Filchakova O, Bukasov R. SERS immuno- and apta-assays in biosensing/bio-detection: Performance comparison, clinical applications, challenges. Talanta 2023; 265:124818. [PMID: 37453393 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy is increasingly used as a sensitive bioanalytical tool for detection of variety of analytes ranging from viruses and bacteria to cancer biomarkers and toxins, etc. This comprehensive review describes principles of operation and compares the performance of immunoassays and aptamer assays with Surface Enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection to each other and to some other bioassay methods, including ELISA and fluorescence assays. Both immuno- and aptamer-based assays are categorized into assay on solid substrates, assays with magnetic nanoparticles and assays in laminar flow or/and strip assays. The best performing and recent examples of assays in each category are described in the text and illustrated in the figures. The average performance, particularly, limit of detection (LOD) for each of those methods reflected in 9 tables of the manuscript and average LODs are calculated and compared. We found out that, on average, there is some advantage in terms of LOD for SERS immunoassays (0.5 pM median LOD of 88 papers) vs SERS aptamer-based assays (1.7 pM median LOD of 51 papers). We also tabulated and analyzed the clinical performance of SERS immune and aptamer assays, where selectivity, specificity, and accuracy are reported, we summarized the best examples. We also reviewed challenges to SERS bioassay performance and real-life application, including non-specific protein binding, nanoparticle aggregation, limited nanotag stability, sometimes, relatively long time to results, etc. The proposed solutions to those challenges are also discussed in the review. Overall, this review may be interesting not only to bioanalytical chemist, but to medical and life science researchers who are interested in improvement of bioanalyte detection and diagnostics.
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- Aisha Ilyas
- Department of Chemistry, SSH, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Chemistry, SSH, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Biology, SSH, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Chemistry, SSH, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
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Khondakar KR, Kaushik A. Role of Wearable Sensing Technology to Manage Long COVID. BIOSENSORS 2022; 13:62. [PMID: 36671900 PMCID: PMC9855989 DOI: 10.3390/bios13010062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Long COVID consequences have changed the perception towards disease management, and it is moving towards personal healthcare monitoring. In this regard, wearable devices have revolutionized the personal healthcare sector to track and monitor physiological parameters of the human body continuously. This would be largely beneficial for early detection (asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic cases of COVID-19), live patient conditions, and long COVID monitoring (COVID recovered patients and healthy individuals) for better COVID-19 management. There are multitude of wearable devices that can observe various human body parameters for remotely monitoring patients and self-monitoring mode for individuals. Smart watches, smart tattoos, rings, smart facemasks, nano-patches, etc., have emerged as the monitoring devices for key physiological parameters, such as body temperature, respiration rate, heart rate, oxygen level, etc. This review includes long COVID challenges for frequent monitoring of biometrics and its possible solution with wearable device technologies for diagnosis and post-therapy of diseases.
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- Kamil Reza Khondakar
- School of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248007, Uttarakhand, India
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- NanoBioTech Laboratory, Department of Environmental Engineering, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL 33805-8531, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2094, South Africa
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Gong T, Das CM, Yin MJ, Lv TR, Singh NM, Soehartono AM, Singh G, An QF, Yong KT. Development of SERS tags for human diseases screening and detection. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Ni J, Huang M, Ji W, Wang L, Sun T. Recent advances in Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering for Liver Cancer Detection. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjac.2022.100180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Silva RKS, Rauf S, Dong M, Chen L, Bagci H, Salama KN. 3D Concentric Electrodes-Based Alternating Current Electrohydrodynamics: Design, Simulation, Fabrication, and Potential Applications for Bioassays. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:215. [PMID: 35448276 PMCID: PMC9028247 DOI: 10.3390/bios12040215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Two-dimensional concentric asymmetric microelectrodes play a crucial role in developing sensitive and specific biological assays using fluid micromixing generated by alternating current electrohydrodynamics (ac-EHD). This paper reports the design, simulation, fabrication, and characterization of fluid motion generated by 3D concentric microelectrodes for the first time. Electric field simulations are used to compare electric field distribution at the electrodes and to analyze its effects on microfluidic micromixing in 2D and 3D electrodes. Three-dimensional devices show higher electric field peak values, resulting in better fluid micromixing than 2D devices. As a proof of concept, we design a simple biological assay comprising specific attachment of streptavidin beads onto the biotin-modified electrodes (2D and 3D), which shows ~40% higher efficiency of capturing specific beads in the case of 3D ac-EHD device compared to the 2D device. Our results show a significant contribution toward developing 3D ac-EHD devices that can be used to create more efficient biological assays in the future.
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- Raphaela K. S. Silva
- Sensors Laboratory, Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Centre (AMPMC), Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; (R.K.S.S.); (S.R.)
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- Sensors Laboratory, Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Centre (AMPMC), Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; (R.K.S.S.); (S.R.)
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Program, Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; (M.D.); (L.C.); (H.B.)
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Program, Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; (M.D.); (L.C.); (H.B.)
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Program, Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; (M.D.); (L.C.); (H.B.)
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- Sensors Laboratory, Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Centre (AMPMC), Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; (R.K.S.S.); (S.R.)
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El-Sawy ER, Abdelwahab AB, Kirsch G. Insight on Mercapto-Coumarins: Synthesis and Reactivity. Molecules 2022; 27:2150. [PMID: 35408548 PMCID: PMC9000435 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27072150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Mercapto (or sulfanyl)-coumarins are heterocycles of great interest in the development of valuable active structures in material and biological domains. They represent a highly exploitable class of compounds that open many possibilities for further chemical transformations. The present review aims to draw focus toward the synthetic applicability of various forms of mercapto-coumarins and their representations in pharmaceuticals and industries. This work covers the literature issued from 1970 to 2021.
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- Eslam Reda El-Sawy
- National Research Centre, Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt
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- Laboratoire Lorrain de Chimie Moleculaire (L.2.C.M.), Universite de Lorraine, 57050 Metz, France
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Wang Y, Gao Y, Yin Y, Pan Y, Wang Y, Song Y. Nanomaterial-assisted microfluidics for multiplex assays. Mikrochim Acta 2022; 189:139. [PMID: 35275267 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-022-05226-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Simultaneous detection of different biomarkers from a single specimen in a single test, allowing more rapid, efficient, and low-cost analysis, is of great significance for accurate diagnosis of disease and efficient monitoring of therapy. Recently, developments in microfabrication and nanotechnology have advanced the integration of nanomaterials in microfluidic devices toward multiplex assays of biomarkers, combining both the advantages of microfluidics and the unique properties of nanomaterials. In this review, we focus on the state of the art in multiplexed detection of biomarkers based on nanomaterial-assisted microfluidics. Following an overview of the typical microfluidic analytical techniques and the most commonly used nanomaterials for biochemistry analysis, we highlight in detail the nanomaterial-assisted microfluidic strategies for different biomarkers. These highly integrated platforms with minimum sample consumption, high sensitivity and specificity, low detection limit, enhanced signals, and reduced detection time have been extensively applied in various domains and show great potential in future point-of-care testing and clinical diagnostics.
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- Yanping Wang
- Sino-French Engineer School, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Kenny SE, Antaw F, Locke WJ, Howard CB, Korbie D, Trau M. Next-Generation Molecular Discovery: From Bottom-Up In Vivo and In Vitro Approaches to In Silico Top-Down Approaches for Therapeutics Neogenesis. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12030363. [PMID: 35330114 PMCID: PMC8950575 DOI: 10.3390/life12030363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Protein and drug engineering comprises a major part of the medical and research industries, and yet approaches to discovering and understanding therapeutic molecular interactions in biological systems rely on trial and error. The general approach to molecular discovery involves screening large libraries of compounds, proteins, or antibodies, or in vivo antibody generation, which could be considered “bottom-up” approaches to therapeutic discovery. In these bottom-up approaches, a minimal amount is known about the therapeutics at the start of the process, but through meticulous and exhaustive laboratory work, the molecule is characterised in detail. In contrast, the advent of “big data” and access to extensive online databases and machine learning technologies offers promising new avenues to understanding molecular interactions. Artificial intelligence (AI) now has the potential to predict protein structure at an unprecedented accuracy using only the genetic sequence. This predictive approach to characterising molecular structure—when accompanied by high-quality experimental data for model training—has the capacity to invert the process of molecular discovery and characterisation. The process has potential to be transformed into a top-down approach, where new molecules can be designed directly based on the structure of a target and the desired function, rather than performing screening of large libraries of molecular variants. This paper will provide a brief evaluation of bottom-up approaches to discovering and characterising biological molecules and will discuss recent advances towards developing top-down approaches and the prospects of this.
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- Sophie E. Kenny
- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Corner of College and Cooper Roads (Bldg 75), Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; (S.E.K.); (F.A.); (C.B.H.)
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Corner of College and Cooper Roads (Bldg 75), Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; (S.E.K.); (F.A.); (C.B.H.)
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- Molecular Diagnostic Solutions, Health and Biosecurity, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Building 101, Clunies Ross Street, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia;
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Corner of College and Cooper Roads (Bldg 75), Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; (S.E.K.); (F.A.); (C.B.H.)
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Corner of College and Cooper Roads (Bldg 75), Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; (S.E.K.); (F.A.); (C.B.H.)
- Correspondence: (D.K.); (M.T.)
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Corner of College and Cooper Roads (Bldg 75), Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; (S.E.K.); (F.A.); (C.B.H.)
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- Correspondence: (D.K.); (M.T.)
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Plou J, Valera PS, García I, de Albuquerque CDL, Carracedo A, Liz-Marzán LM. Prospects of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Biomarker Monitoring toward Precision Medicine. ACS PHOTONICS 2022; 9:333-350. [PMID: 35211644 PMCID: PMC8855429 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
Future precision medicine will be undoubtedly sustained by the detection of validated biomarkers that enable a precise classification of patients based on their predicted disease risk, prognosis, and response to a specific treatment. Up to now, genomics, transcriptomics, and immunohistochemistry have been the main clinically amenable tools at hand for identifying key diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive biomarkers. However, other molecular strategies, including metabolomics, are still in their infancy and require the development of new biomarker detection technologies, toward routine implementation into clinical diagnosis. In this context, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy has been recognized as a promising technology for clinical monitoring thanks to its high sensitivity and label-free operation, which should help accelerate the discovery of biomarkers and their corresponding screening in a simpler, faster, and less-expensive manner. Many studies have demonstrated the excellent performance of SERS in biomedical applications. However, such studies have also revealed several variables that should be considered for accurate SERS monitoring, in particular, when the signal is collected from biological sources (tissues, cells or biofluids). This Perspective is aimed at piecing together the puzzle of SERS in biomarker monitoring, with a view on future challenges and implications. We address the most relevant requirements of plasmonic substrates for biomedical applications, as well as the implementation of tools from artificial intelligence or biotechnology to guide the development of highly versatile sensors.
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- Javier Plou
- CIC
biomaGUNE, Basque Research
and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Biomedical
Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials, and Nanomedicine
(CIBER-BBN), 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- CIC
bioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology
Alliance (BRTA), 48160 Derio, Spain
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- CIC
biomaGUNE, Basque Research
and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- CIC
bioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology
Alliance (BRTA), 48160 Derio, Spain
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- CIC
biomaGUNE, Basque Research
and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Biomedical
Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials, and Nanomedicine
(CIBER-BBN), 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- CIC
bioGUNE, Basque Research and Technology
Alliance (BRTA), 48160 Derio, Spain
- Biomedical
Research Networking Center in Cancer (CIBERONC), 48160, Derio, Spain
- Ikerbasque,
Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
- Translational
Prostate Cancer Research Lab, CIC bioGUNE-Basurto, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, 48160 Derio, Spain
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- CIC
biomaGUNE, Basque Research
and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Biomedical
Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials, and Nanomedicine
(CIBER-BBN), 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque,
Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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Gosai A, Khondakar KR, Ma X, Ali MA. Application of Functionalized Graphene Oxide Based Biosensors for Health Monitoring: Simple Graphene Derivatives to 3D Printed Platforms. BIOSENSORS 2021; 11:384. [PMID: 34677340 PMCID: PMC8533804 DOI: 10.3390/bios11100384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Biosensors hold great potential for revolutionizing personalized medicine and environmental monitoring. Their construction is the key factor which depends on either manufacturing techniques or robust sensing materials to improve efficacy of the device. Functional graphene is an attractive choice for transducing material due to its various advantages in interfacing with biorecognition elements. Graphene and its derivatives such as graphene oxide (GO) are thus being used extensively for biosensors for monitoring of diseases. In addition, graphene can be patterned to a variety of structures and is incorporated into biosensor devices such as microfluidic devices and electrochemical and plasmonic sensors. Among biosensing materials, GO is gaining much attention due to its easy synthesis process and patternable features, high functionality, and high electron transfer properties with a large surface area leading to sensitive point-of-use applications. Considering demand and recent challenges, this perspective review is an attempt to describe state-of-the-art biosensors based on functional graphene. Special emphasis is given to elucidating the mechanism of sensing while discussing different applications. Further, we describe the future prospects of functional GO-based biosensors for health care and environmental monitoring with a focus on additive manufacturing such as 3D printing.
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- Agnivo Gosai
- Corning Inc., Science & Technology, Painted Post, NY 14870, USA;
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174, USA;
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15235, USA
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Lin T, Song YL, Kuang P, Chen S, Mao Z, Zeng TT. Nanostructure-based surface-enhanced Raman scattering for diagnosis of cancer. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2021; 16:2389-2406. [PMID: 34530631 DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2021-0298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cancer is a malignant disease that seriously affects human health and life. Early diagnosis and timely treatment can significantly improve the survival rate of cancer patients. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is an optical technology that can detect and image samples at the single-molecule level. It has the advantages of rapidity, high specificity, high sensitivity and no damage to the sample. The performance of SERS is highly dependent on the properties, size and morphology of the SERS substrate. Preparation of SERS substrates with good reproducibility and chemical stability is a key factor in realizing the wide application of SERS technology in cancer diagnosis. In this review we provide a detailed presentation of the latest research on SERS in cancer diagnosis and the detection of cancer biomarkers, mainly focusing on nanotechnological approaches in cancer diagnosis by using SERS. We also consider the future development of nanostructure-based SERS in cancer diagnosis.
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- Ting Lin
- Department of Hematology, Research Laboratory of Hematology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Hematology, Research Laboratory of Hematology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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Wang X, Ye Y, Huang Z, Seeberger PH, Hu J, Yin J. In vivo dual fluorescence imaging of mucin 1 and its glycoform in tumor cells. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:15067-15073. [PMID: 34533554 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr02821a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The most efficient approach for cancer identification and monitoring is the detection of cancer-associated protein biomarkers but an accurate diagnosis requires multiple analyses. Glycosylation profiling can provide important biological information since different glycoforms are involved in malignant transformation. Here, a near-infrared (NIR) light activated fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) strategy for the efficient and reliable simultaneous dual imaging of the mucin 1 (MUC1) protein backbone and MUC1-specific sialic acid (Sia) is reported. MUC1, an important tumor biomarker, is overexpressed and under-glycosylated in most tumor cells. Two aptamer-functionalized nanoprobes, Cy5-labeled Sia aptamer-functionalized gold nanostars (Sia-GNSs) and MUC1 aptamer-functionalized quantum dots (MUC1-QDs), were successfully constructed with high specificity and biocompatibility. Upon excitation with NIR light, Sia-GNSs endothermically released the Cy5-labeled Sia aptamer that specifically binds to Sia. The Cy5 fluorescence can be observed due to the FRET effect when the Cy5-labeled Sia aptamer and MUC1-QDs bind to the same MUC1 molecule. Dual imaging and relative quantification of MUC1 and its sialylation were achieved in vitro, in vivo and in clinical tissue samples. This efficient platform allows for the simultaneous detection of protein biomarkers and their glycosylation pattern, with significant potential for clinical cancer diagnostics.
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- Xiaoli Wang
- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China.
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China.
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- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max-Plank Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China.
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Liang Z, Nie Y, Zhang X, Wang P, Ma Q. Multiplex Electrochemiluminescence Polarization Assay Based on the Surface Plasmon Coupling Effect of Au NPs and Ag@Au NPs. Anal Chem 2021; 93:7491-7498. [PMID: 33983705 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A novel multiplex electrochemiluminescence (ECL) polarization assay was developed to detect breast cancer-related genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 simultaneously based on the polarization characteristics of surface plasmon-coupled electrochemiluminescence (SPC-ECL). In this work, boron nitride quantum dots (BN QDs) were used as ECL emitters, and gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) and gold-coated silver nanoparticles (Ag@Au NPs) were employed as surface plasmon materials. The surface plasmon coupling resonance of different metal NPs not only enhanced the ECL intensity but also converted the isotropic emission into directional emission. This study revealed the relation between the structure of metal nanomaterials and SPC-ECL, and a high polarization-resolved sensing system was designed to detect multitarget DNA from 100 aM to 1 nM simultaneously. Polarization-based multiple ECL analysis has broad prospects in related cancer diagnosis and treatment evaluation.
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- Zihui Liang
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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Ryu HJ, Lee WK, Kim YH, Lee JS. Interfacial interactions of SERS-active noble metal nanostructures with functional ligands for diagnostic analysis of protein cancer markers. Mikrochim Acta 2021; 188:164. [PMID: 33844071 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-021-04807-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Noble metal nanostructures with designed hot spots have been widely investigated as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)-active substrates, particularly for selective and sensitive detection of protein cancer markers. For specific target recognition and efficient signal amplification, SERS probe design requires a choice of SERS-active nanostructures as well as their controlled functionalization with Raman dyes and target recognition entities such as antibodies. However, the chemical conjugation of antibodies and Raman dyes to SERS substrates has rarely been discussed to date, despite their substantial roles in detection schemes. The interfacial interactions of metal nanostructures with functional ligands during conjugation are known to be strongly influenced by the various chemical and physical properties of the ligands, such as size, molecular weight, surface charge, 3-dimensional structures, and hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity. In this review, we discuss recent developments in the design of SERS probes over the last 4 years, focusing on their conjugation chemistry for functionalization. A strong preference for covalent bonding is observed with Raman dyes having simpler molecular structures, whereas more complicated ones are non-covalently adsorbed. Antibodies are both covalently and non-covalently bonded to nanostructures, depending on their activity in the SERS probes. Considering that ligand conjugation is highly important for chemical stability, biocompatibility, and functionality of SERS probes, this review is expected to expand the understanding of their interfacial design, leading to SERS as one of the most promising spectroscopic analytical tools for the early detection of protein cancer markers.
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- Han-Jung Ryu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Xia L, Li G. Recent progress of microfluidics in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic analysis. J Sep Sci 2021; 44:1752-1768. [PMID: 33630352 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202001196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy is a significant analytical tool capable of fingerprint identification of molecule in a rapid and ultrasensitive manner. However, it is still hard to meet the requirements of practical sample analysis. The introduction of microfluidics can effectively enhance the performance of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy in complex sample analysis including reproducibility, selectivity, sensitivity, and speed. This review summarizes the recent progress of microfluidics in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic analysis through four combination approaches. First, microfluidic synthetic techniques offer uniform nano-/microparticle fabrication approaches for reproductive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic analysis. Second, the integration of microchip and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic substrate provides advanced devices for sensitive and efficient detection. Third, microfluidic sample preparations enable rapid separation and preconcentration of analyte prior to surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic detection. Fourth, highly integrated microfluidic devices can be employed to realize multistep surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic analysis containing material fabrication, sample preparation, and detection processes. Furthermore, the challenges and outlooks of the application of microfluidics in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic analysis are discussed.
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- Ling Xia
- School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Pan M, Cai J, Li S, Xu L, Ma W, Xu C, Kuang H. Aptamer-Gated Ion Channel for Ultrasensitive Mucin 1 Detection. Anal Chem 2021; 93:4825-4831. [PMID: 33688720 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Detection of cancer markers is important for early diagnosis and timely treatment of cancer. In this study, we fabricated a tailorable gold nanofilm-anodized aluminum oxide (Au-AAO) ion channel through nanoparticle self-assembly and proposed a highly sensitive and selective Mucin 1 (MUC1) detection method. By engineering the optimal layers of the Au-AAO ion channel and encoding the aptamer between the interlayers, a highly controllable ion rectification phenomenon was observed. From this, the relationship between the rectification ratio (RR) and the concentration of MUC1 was established and the highly sensitive detection of MUC1 is achieved. We found that the aptamer-modified Au-AAO ion channel has a good linear range within the MUC1 concentration of 1-104 fg mL-1 and the limit of detection (LOD) was as low as 0.0364 fg mL-1 (0.0025 aM). Thus, this research opens a new horizon for fabricating multi-functional ion channels as well as developing ultrasensitive detection technologies.
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- Mengying Pan
- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, State Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, State Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, State Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, State Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, State Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, State Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, State Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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Bai XR, Zhang L, Ren JQ, Shen AG, Hu JM. The small silver nanoparticle-assisted homogeneous sensing of thiocyanate ions with an ultra-wide window based on surface-enhanced Raman-extinction spectroscopy. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2021; 13:1049-1057. [PMID: 33565531 DOI: 10.1039/d0ay02221g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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For the first time, we present an original sensing strategy with an ultra-wide detection window from 17 nM to 20 mM to detect SCN- ions. Initially, we investigated the clustering and optical properties of noble metal sol nanoparticles (NPs) due to the competitive interaction of thiocyanate ions (SCN-) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) under weak acidic conditions, and found that different dimensions and scales of nanoclusters containing the alkyne-embedded Au@Ag NPs and relatively small Ag NPs could be achieved by the mediation of CTAB through electrostatic forces and hydrophobic interaction, in which SCN- could be covalently bonded with the silver surface of NPs to form a compact molecular layer (-Ag-S-C[triple bond, length as m-dash]N), and CTAB could only occupy remaining sites. In this process, we found that SCN- always runs counter to CTAB and tends to dissolve nanoclusters, so that they occupy the exposed surface of NPs in nanoclusters rather than the binding sites of one another. Remarkably, when the concentration of SCN- initially increased, two highly recognizable SERS emissions, which were assigned to alkyne reporter molecules (2208 cm-1) and C[triple bond, length as m-dash]N of SCN- (2110 cm-1), respectively, were rapidly detected, and their ratios (I2110/I2208) increased linearly proportional to the concentration of SCN- over a range of 17 nM to 172 μM, with a limit of detection (LOD) of 10 nM. With the further increase of SCN-, small Ag NPs started to desorb from the surface of individual Au@Ag NPs and dissociated in the solution but did not contribute to SERS signals. Instead, the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) peak of pure silver NPs at 385 nm increased gradually in the range from 0.5 to 20 mM with an LOD of 0.2 mM. Of particular significance, this simple sensor in conjunction with surface-enhanced Raman-extinction spectroscopy can be used for the rapid detection of extensive samples with an ultra-wide detection window, such as body fluids (saliva, urine, and serum) and food (milk powder and brassica vegetables), which is far superior to that of ion chromatography (IC).
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- Xiang-Ru Bai
- Institute of Environment and Safety, Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan 430207, P. R. China.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, P. R. China
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- National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of High-throughput Drug Screening Technology, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Chinese Traditional Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China. and School of Printing and Packaging, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China.
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Liu X, Sun Y, Lin X, Pan X, Wu Z, Gai H. Digital Duplex Homogeneous Immunoassay by Counting Immunocomplex Labeled with Quantum Dots. Anal Chem 2021; 93:3089-3095. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Xiaojun Liu
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, 101 Shanghai Road, Tongshan District, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, 101 Shanghai Road, Tongshan District, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, 101 Shanghai Road, Tongshan District, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, 101 Shanghai Road, Tongshan District, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, 101 Shanghai Road, Tongshan District, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China
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Perumal J, Wang Y, Attia ABE, Dinish US, Olivo M. Towards a point-of-care SERS sensor for biomedical and agri-food analysis applications: a review of recent advancements. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:553-580. [PMID: 33404579 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr06832b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The growing demand for reliable and robust methodology in bio-chemical sensing calls for the continuous advancement of sensor technologies. Over the last two decades, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has emerged as one of the most promising analytical techniques for sensitive and trace analysis or detection in biomedical and agri-food applications. SERS overcomes the inherent sensitivity limitation associated with Raman spectroscopy, which provides vibrational "fingerprint" spectra of molecules that makes it unique and versatile among other spectroscopy techniques. This paper comprehensively reviews the recent advancements of SERS for biomedical, food and agricultural applications over the last 6 years, and we envision that, in the near future, some of these platforms have the potential to be translated as a point-of-care and rapid sensor for real-life end-user applications. The merits and limitations of various SERS sensor designs are analysed and discussed based on critical features such as sensitivity, specificity, usability, repeatability and reproducibility. We conclude by highlighting the opportunities and challenges in the field while stressing the technological gaps to be addressed in realizing commercially viable point-of-care SERS sensors for practical biomedical and agri-food technological applications.
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- Jayakumar Perumal
- Laboratory of Bio-Optical Imaging, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.
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- Laboratory of Bio-Optical Imaging, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.
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- Laboratory of Bio-Optical Imaging, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.
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- Laboratory of Bio-Optical Imaging, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.
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- Laboratory of Bio-Optical Imaging, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.
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Zhang P, Wang W, Fu H, Rich J, Su X, Bachman H, Xia J, Zhang J, Zhao S, Zhou J, Huang TJ. Deterministic droplet coding via acoustofluidics. LAB ON A CHIP 2020; 20:4466-4473. [PMID: 33103674 PMCID: PMC7688411 DOI: 10.1039/d0lc00538j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Droplet microfluidics has become an indispensable tool for biomedical research and lab-on-a-chip applications owing to its unprecedented throughput, precision, and cost-effectiveness. Although droplets can be generated and screened in a high-throughput manner, the inability to label the inordinate amounts of droplets hinders identifying the individual droplets after generation. Herein, we demonstrate an acoustofluidic platform that enables on-demand, real-time dispensing, and deterministic coding of droplets based on their volumes. By dynamically splitting the aqueous flow using an oil jet triggered by focused traveling surface acoustic waves, a sequence of droplets with deterministic volumes can be continuously dispensed at a throughput of 100 Hz. These sequences encode barcoding information through the combination of various droplet lengths. As a proof-of-concept, we encoded droplet sequences into end-to-end packages (e.g., a series of 50 droplets), which consisted of an address barcode with binary volumetric combinations and a sample package with consistent volumes for hosting analytes. This acoustofluidics-based, deterministic droplet coding technique enables the tagging of droplets with high capacity and high error-tolerance, and can potentially benefit various applications involving single cell phenotyping and multiplexed screening.
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- Peiran Zhang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- ASIC and System State Key Laboratory, School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Fluid Control and Automation, School of Mechanics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150000, P. R. China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- ASIC and System State Key Laboratory, School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Lin T, Song YL, Liao J, Liu F, Zeng TT. Applications of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy in detection fields. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2020; 15:2971-2989. [PMID: 33140686 DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2020-0361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a Raman spectroscopy technique that has been widely used in food safety, environmental monitoring, medical diagnosis and treatment and drug monitoring because of its high selectivity, sensitivity, rapidness, simplicity and specificity in identifying molecular structures. This review introduces the detection mechanism of SERS and summarizes the most recent progress concerning the use of SERS for the detection and characterization of molecules, providing references for the later research of SERS in detection fields.
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- Ting Lin
- Department of Hematology, Institute of Hematology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, PR China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, PR China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, PR China
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- Department of Laboratory Pathology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xian, 710054, PR China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, PR China
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Chen R, Du X, Cui Y, Zhang X, Ge Q, Dong J, Zhao X. Vertical Flow Assay for Inflammatory Biomarkers Based on Nanofluidic Channel Array and SERS Nanotags. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2002801. [PMID: 32567225 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202002801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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There is a great demand for the development of detection assays for inflammation infection diagnosis with high throughput and ultrasensitivity. Herein, a vertical flow assay system with functionalized nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) as sensing membrane, and encoded core-shell surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanotags as labels for multiple inflammatory biomarkers detection is presented. A 2 × 2 test array on the porous AAO is developed and modified with multiple capture antibodies to capture inflammatory biomarkers from samples. Due to the high surface area to volume ratio of the AAO membrane, and its influence on plasmonic coupling, the electromagnetic field of the encoded core-shell SERS nanotags is enhanced. Detection limits of 53.4, 4.72, 48.3, and 7.53 fg mL-1 are realized for C reactive protein, interleukin-6, serum amyloid A, and procalcitonin, respectively, with a linear dynamic range spanning at least five orders of magnitude. In addition, the proposed method also shows acceptable accuracy and repeatability for the detection of clinical samples. Therefore, this approach is expected to be a powerful point of care testing tool for disease diagnosis in facility limited areas.
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- Ruipeng Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- Southeast University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- Southeast University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- Southeast University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- Southeast University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- Southeast University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518000, China
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Wu L, Teixeira A, Garrido-Maestu A, Muinelo-Romay L, Lima L, Santos LL, Prado M, Diéguez L. Profiling DNA mutation patterns by SERS fingerprinting for supervised cancer classification. Biosens Bioelectron 2020; 165:112392. [PMID: 32729513 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Profiling DNA mutation patterns for cancer classification plays an essential role in precision and personalized medicine. Conventional PCR-based mutation assay is limited by the extensive labour on target amplification. We herein create an amplification-free surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) biochip which enables direct and simultaneous identification of multiple point mutations in tumor cells. Without pre-amplifying the target sequences, the SERS assay reads out the presence of cellular mutations through the interpretation of Raman fingerprints. The SERS sensor is integrated into a microfluidic chip, achieving one-step multiplex analysis within 40 min. Importantly, by combining SERS spectra encoding technique with supervised learning algorithm, a panel of nucleotide mixtures can be well distinguished according to their mutation profiles. We initially demonstrate an excellent levels of classification in samples from colorectal cancer and melanoma cell lines. For final clinical validation, the system performance is verified by classifying cancer patient samples, which shows an accuracy above 90%. Due to the simplicity and rapidness, the SERS biosensor is expected to become a promising tool for clinical point-of-care diagnosis towards precision medicine.
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- Lei Wu
- Medical Devices, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory - INL, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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- Medical Devices, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory - INL, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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- Food Quality and Safety, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory - INL, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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- Liquid Biopsy Analysis Unit, Oncomet, Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS), Complejo Hospitalario de Santiago de Compostela, Trav. Choupana s/n, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; CIBERONC, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Cáncer Calle de Melchor Fernández Almagro, 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Experimental Pathology and Therapeutics Group, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, R. Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida 865, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal; Glycobiology in Cancer, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), R. Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (I3S), University of Porto, R. Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Experimental Pathology and Therapeutics Group, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, R. Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida 865, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal; Health School of University Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal; Department of Surgical Oncology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Porto, Portugal
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- Food Quality and Safety, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory - INL, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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- Medical Devices, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory - INL, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal.
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Wang G, Li J, He Y, Liu J, Yu M, Wang G. Establishment of a universal and sensitive plasmonic biosensor platform based on the hybridization chain reaction (HCR) amplification induced by a triple-helix molecular switch. Analyst 2020; 145:3864-3870. [PMID: 32270806 DOI: 10.1039/d0an00249f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Herein, we established a universal and sensitive plasmonic sensing strategy for biomolecule assays by coupling the hybridization chain reaction (HCR) strategy and a triple-helix molecular switch. Upon the recognition of the target, a single-stranded DNA as a universal trigger (UT) was released from the triple-helix molecular switch (THMS). Thus, the HCR process can be triggered between two hairpins M1 and M2, resulting in the aggregation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) via the hybridization between the tail sequence on M1 (or M2) and a DNA-AuNP probe with a dramatic change in the absorbance at 521 nm. More specifically, the strategy, which was conducted by the introduction of target-specific recognition of THMS and universalized by virtue of altering the aptamer or DNA sequence without changing the triple-helix structure, enables simple design for multiple target detection. By taking advantage of THMS, this strategy could enable stable and sensitive detection of a variety of targets including nucleic acids, small molecules and proteins, which may possess great potential for practical applications.
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- Ganglin Wang
- Hubei Bioinformatics & Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China.
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Cordina NM, Zhang W, Packer NH, Wang Y. Rapid and sensitive glycan targeting by lectin-SERS assay. Mol Omics 2020; 16:339-344. [DOI: 10.1039/c9mo00181f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The fabrication of lectin-SERS nanotags and the assay designed for rapid glycoprotein identification and quantification.
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- Department of Molecular Sciences
- Macquarie University
- Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics
- Macquarie University
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- Department of Molecular Sciences
- Macquarie University
- Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics
- Macquarie University
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- Department of Molecular Sciences
- Macquarie University
- Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics
- Macquarie University
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Zhang XX, Xu D, Guo D, Han HX, Li DW, Ma W. Enzyme-free amplified SERS immunoassay for the ultrasensitive detection of disease biomarkers. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:2933-2936. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc09379f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We developed an enzyme-free, amplified SERS immunoassay by combining AgNP-linked immunoreaction and SERS transduction for the ultrasensitive detection of disease biomarkers.
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- Xuan-Xuan Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials & School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials & School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials & School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials & School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials & School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai
- P. R. China
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Wang J, Koo KM, Wang Y, Trau M. Engineering State-of-the-Art Plasmonic Nanomaterials for SERS-Based Clinical Liquid Biopsy Applications. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2019; 6:1900730. [PMID: 31832306 PMCID: PMC6891916 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201900730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Precision oncology, defined as the use of the molecular understanding of cancer to implement personalized patient treatment, is currently at the heart of revolutionizing oncology practice. Due to the need for repeated molecular tumor analyses in facilitating precision oncology, liquid biopsies, which involve the detection of noninvasive cancer biomarkers in circulation, may be a critical key. Yet, existing liquid biopsy analysis technologies are still undergoing an evolution to address the challenges of analyzing trace quantities of circulating tumor biomarkers reliably and cost effectively. Consequently, the recent emergence of cutting-edge plasmonic nanomaterials represents a paradigm shift in harnessing the unique merits of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) biosensing platforms for clinical liquid biopsy applications. Herein, an expansive review on the design/synthesis of a new generation of diverse plasmonic nanomaterials, and an updated evaluation of their demonstrated SERS-based uses in liquid biopsies, such as circulating tumor cells, tumor-derived extracellular vesicles, as well as circulating cancer proteins, and tumor nucleic acids is presented. Existing challenges impeding the clinical translation of plasmonic nanomaterials for SERS-based liquid biopsy applications are also identified, and outlooks and insights into advancing this rapidly growing field for practical patient use are provided.
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- Jing Wang
- Centre for Personalized NanomedicineAustralian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)The University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
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- Centre for Personalized NanomedicineAustralian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)The University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
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- Department of Molecular SciencesARC Excellence Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonicsFaculty of Science and EngineeringMacquarie UniversitySydneyNSW2109Australia
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- Centre for Personalized NanomedicineAustralian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)The University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
- School of Chemistry and Molecular BiosciencesThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQLD4072Australia
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Zhang X, Liu S, Song X, Wang H, Wang J, Wang Y, Huang J, Yu J. Robust and Universal SERS Sensing Platform for Multiplexed Detection of Alzheimer's Disease Core Biomarkers Using PAapt-AuNPs Conjugates. ACS Sens 2019; 4:2140-2149. [PMID: 31353891 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b00974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Multiplexed detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD) core biomarkers is of great significance to early diagnosis and personalized treatment of AD patients. Herein, we construct a robust and convenient surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) biosensing platform for simultaneous detection of Aβ(1-42) oligomers and Tau protein using different Raman dye-coded polyA aptamer-AuNPs (PAapt-AuNPs) conjugates. This strategy relies on the specific protein-aptamer binding-mediated aggregation of AuNPs and the concomitant plasmonic coupling effect that allow us to "turn on" SERS detection of protein biomarkers. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work in which PAapt-AuNPs conjugates are used for probing protein biomarkers, which may be enlightening for the exploitation of more extensive biological applications of aptamer-AuNPs conjugates. The results reveal that the present strategy displays excellent analytical performance. Moreover, the applicability of this strategy is demonstrated in the artificial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples with satisfactory results. Except for the prominent sensitivity and practicality, our strategy offers additional advantages. The preparation of nanoconjugates is handy and easily repeated, and the synthesis cost is greatly reduced because it dispenses with the complicated labeling process. Moreover, the assay can be accomplished in 15 min, allowing rapid detection of protein biomarkers. Furthermore, simultaneous detection of Tau protein and Aβ(1-42) oligomers is realized by employing different Raman dye-coded nanoconjugates, which is valuable for accurately predicting and diagnosing AD disease. Thus, our PAapt-AuNPs conjugate-based multiplexed SERS strategy indeed creates a useful and universal platform for detecting multiple protein biomarkers and related clinical diagnosis.
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Khondakar KR, Dey S, Wuethrich A, Sina AAI, Trau M. Toward Personalized Cancer Treatment: From Diagnostics to Therapy Monitoring in Miniaturized Electrohydrodynamic Systems. Acc Chem Res 2019; 52:2113-2123. [PMID: 31293158 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Historically, cancer was seen and treated as a single disease. Over the years, this image has shifted, and it is now generally accepted that cancer is a complex and dynamic disease that engages multiple progression pathways in each patient. The shift from treating cancer as single disease to tailoring the therapy based on the individual's characteristic cancer profile promises to improve the clinical outcome and has also given rise to the field of personalized cancer treatment. To advise a suitable therapy plan and adjust personalized treatment, a reliable and fast diagnostic strategy is required. The advances in nanotechnology, microfluidics, and biomarker research have spurred the development of powerful miniaturized diagnostic systems that show high potential for use in personalized cancer treatment. These devices require only minute sample volumes and have the capability to create instant cancer snapshots that could be used as tool for cancer risk indication, early detection, tumor classification, and recurrence. Miniaturized systems can combine a whole sample-to-answer workflow including sample handling, preparation, analysis, and detection. As such, this concept is also often referred to as "lab-on-a-chip". An inherit challenge of monitoring personalized cancer treatment using miniaturized systems is that cancer biomarkers are often only detectable at trace concentrations present in a complex biological sample rich in interfering molecules, necessitating highly specific and sensitive biosensing strategies. To address the need for trace level detection, highly sensitive fluorescence, absorbance, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), electrochemical, mass spectrometric, and chemiluminescence approaches were developed. To reduce sample matrix interferences, ingenious device modifications including coatings and nanoscopic fluid flow manipulation have been developed. Of the latter, our group has exploited the use of alternating current electrohydrodynamic (ac-EHD) fluid flows as an efficient strategy to reduce nonspecific nontarget biosensor binding and speed-up assay times. ac-EHD provides fluid motion induced by an electric field with the ability to generate surface shear forces in nanometer distance to the biosensing surface (known as nanoshearing phenomenon). This is ideally suited to increase the collision frequency of cancer biomarkers with the biosensing surface and shear off nontarget molecules thereby minimizing nonspecific binding. In this Account, we review recent advancements in miniaturized diagnostic system development with potential use in personalized cancer treatment and monitoring. We focus on integrated microfluidic structures for controlled sample flow manipulation followed by on-device biomarker interrogation. We further highlight the progress in our group, emphasis fundamentals and applications of ac-EHD-enhanced miniaturized systems, and outline promising detection concepts for comprehensive cancer biomarker profiling. The advances are discussed based on the type of cancer biomarkers and cover circulating tumor cells, proteins, extracellular vesicles, and nucleic acids. The potential of miniaturized diagnostic systems for personalized cancer treatment and monitoring is underlined with representative examples including device illustrations. In the final section, we critically discuss the future of personalized diagnostics and what challenges should be addressed to make these devices clinically translatable.
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- Kamil Reza Khondakar
- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Corner College
and Cooper Roads (Bldg 75), Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Corner College
and Cooper Roads (Bldg 75), Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Corner College
and Cooper Roads (Bldg 75), Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Corner College
and Cooper Roads (Bldg 75), Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Corner College
and Cooper Roads (Bldg 75), Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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Zhang D, Huang L, Liu B, Ge Q, Dong J, Zhao X. Rapid and Ultrasensitive Quantification of Multiplex Respiratory Tract Infection Pathogen via Lateral Flow Microarray based on SERS Nanotags. Theranostics 2019; 9:4849-4859. [PMID: 31410186 PMCID: PMC6691375 DOI: 10.7150/thno.35824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are severe acute infectious diseases, which require the timely and accurate identification of the pathogens involved so that the individual treatment plan can be selected, including optimized use of antibiotics. However, high throughput and ultrasensitive quantification of multiple nucleic acids is a challenge in a point of care testing (POCT) device. Methods: Herein, we developed a 2×3 microarray on a lateral flow strip with surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanotags encoding the nucleic acids of 11 common RTI pathogens. On account of the signal magnification of encoded SERS nanotags in addition to the high surface area to volume ratio of the nitrocellulose (NC) membrane, rapid quantification of the 11 pathogens with a broad linear dynamic range (LDR) and ultra-high sensitivity was achieved on one lateral flow microarray. Results: The limit of detection (LOD) for influenza A, parainfluenza 1, parainfluenza 3, respiratory syncytial virus, coxiella burnetii, legionella pneumophila, influenza B, parainfluenza 2, adenovirus, chlamydophila pneumoniae, and mycoplasma pneumoniae were calculated to be 0.031 pM, 0.030 pM, 0.038 pM, 0.038 pM, 0.040 pM, 0.039 pM, 0.035 pM, 0.032 pM, 0.040 pM, 0.039 pM, and 0.041 pM, respectively. The LDR of measurement of the target nucleic acids of the eleven RTI pathogens were 1 pM-50 nM, which span 5 orders of magnitude. Conclusions: We anticipate this novel approach could be widely adopted in the early and precise diagnosis of RTI and other diseases.
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Wu L, Yan H, Li G, Xu X, Zhu L, Chen X, Wang J. Surface-Imprinted Gold Nanoparticle-Based Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering for Sensitive and Specific Detection of Patulin in Food Samples. FOOD ANAL METHOD 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s12161-019-01498-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Reza K, Sina AAI, Wuethrich A, Grewal YS, Howard CB, Korbie D, Trau M. A SERS microfluidic platform for targeting multiple soluble immune checkpoints. Biosens Bioelectron 2019; 126:178-186. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.10.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Yang F, Zhong X, Jiang X, Zhuo Y, Yuan R, Wei S. An ultrasensitive aptasensor based on self-enhanced Au nanoclusters as highly efficient electrochemiluminescence indicator and multi-site landing DNA walker as signal amplification. Biosens Bioelectron 2019; 130:262-268. [PMID: 30771715 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2019.01.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) have been shown to be prospective nanoscale electrochemiluminescence (ECL) materials that are being extensively explored in bioanalysis. However, the low ECL efficiency of Au NCs has been a bottleneck barrier for their better bioapplications. To overcome this disadvantage, a low oxidation potential co-reactant N,N-diisopropylethylenediamine (DPEA) was first used to prepare self-enhanced Au NCs (Au-DPEA NCs) for drastically enhancing the ECL efficiency of Au NCs in this study. In addition, an efficient multi-site landing DNA walker with multidirectional motion track and rapid payloads release compared to directional DNA walker was constructed for converting target mucin 1 (MUC1) to intermediate DNA and achieving significant signal amplification. On the basis of the Au-DPEA NCs as efficient ECL signal labels and multi-site landing DNA walker as signal amplification strategy, an ECL aptasensor was established for the ultrasensitive detection of MUC1 in the range from 1 fg mL-1 to 1 ng mL-1 with a limit of detection down to 0.54 fg mL-1. The results demonstrated that the present study opened a new research direction for the development of high-efficiency Au NCs indicator as well as ultrasensitive ECL sensing platform for applications in clinical and bioanalysis.
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- Fang Yang
- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Inorganic Special Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China.
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Wang Y, Zong S, Li N, Wang Z, Chen B, Cui Y. SERS-based dynamic monitoring of minimal residual disease markers with high sensitivity for clinical applications. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:2460-2467. [PMID: 30671571 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr06929h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Minimal residual disease (MRD) measurement is important for the diagnosis and prognosis of B cell hematological malignancies in the clinic. Thus, a sensitive and accurate method for monitoring the corresponding surface markers is in high demand for early diagnosis and treatment instruction. Herein, we developed a surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based sandwich-type immunoassay for the simultaneous detection of two surface markers (i.e., CD19 and CD20) in Raji cell lines as well as in clinical blood samples. First, to compare with the results obtained by flow cytometry, we evaluated the sensitivity and reproducibility of the SERS immunoassay for real-time detection of CD19 and CD20 expressions in Raji cells and blood samples. Then, we conducted follow-up tests on 13 B cell hematological malignancy patients for one month and dynamically monitored their CD19 and CD20 expressions by the SERS immunoassay. In addition to the improved sensitivity of the SERS method, good linear correlations between the SERS intensities and flow cytometry results were also observed for both CD19 and CD20, which indicated the accuracy of this SERS-based strategy. Therefore, this SERS-based simultaneous detection approach shows great potential for accurate and early diagnosis of MRD in B cell hematological malignancies.
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- Yujie Wang
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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Bai XR, Wang LH, Ren JQ, Bai XW, Zeng LW, Shen AG, Hu JM. Accurate Clinical Diagnosis of Liver Cancer Based on Simultaneous Detection of Ternary Specific Antigens by Magnetic Induced Mixing Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Emissions. Anal Chem 2019; 91:2955-2963. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Xiang-Ru Bai
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
- Institute of Environment and Safety, Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan 430207, P. R. China
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- Institute of Environment and Safety, Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan 430207, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-resources, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, P. R. China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, P. R. China
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- Institute of Environment and Safety, Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan 430207, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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Application of SERS-Based Microfluidics for In Vitro Diagnostics. Bioanalysis 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6229-3_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Barcoded bioassays are ready to promote bioanalysis and biomedicine toward the point of care.
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- Mingzhu Yang
- Beijing Engineering Research Center for BioNanotechnology
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety
- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience
- National Center for NanoScience and Technology
- Beijing
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center for BioNanotechnology
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety
- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience
- National Center for NanoScience and Technology
- Beijing
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- Beijing Engineering Research Center for BioNanotechnology
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety
- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience
- National Center for NanoScience and Technology
- Beijing
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Tang D, Ren J, Lu M. Multiplexed electrochemical immunoassay for two immunoglobulin proteins based on Cd and Cu nanocrystals. Analyst 2018; 142:4794-4800. [PMID: 29159345 DOI: 10.1039/c7an01459g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Herein, a simple and feasible electrochemical immunosensing method for simultaneous voltammetric detection of two immunoglobulin proteins, human IgG (HIgG) and rabbit IgG (RIgG), was developed using two distinguishable signal-generation tags on the same electrode. The immunosensor was prepared by immobilizing two Fab antibody fragments on a gold electrode. After this, Cu and Cd nanocrystals, as nanotags, were synthesized and functionalized with identical detection antibodies. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) were employed to characterize the Cu and Cd nanocrystals. The covalently modified electrode with the Fab antibody fragments through the Au-thiolate bond (to dispel the non-specific adsorption) was investigated via scanning electron microscopy (SEM). After the sandwiched immunoreaction, the antibody-modified nanocrystals were captured on the immunosensor, which could be interrogated in pH 3.5 HCl using square-wave anodic stripping voltammetry. Experimental results also indicated that the multiplexed immunoassay enabled the simultaneous detection of HIgG and RIgG in a single run with the similar linear range from 0.01 to 10 ng mL-1, and the limits of detection (LODs) towards two analytes could be as low as 3.4 pg mL-1 (at 3σ). Acceptable assay results on precision, reproducibility, specificity, and method accuracy were also acquired. Importantly, the newly designed strategy avoided cross-talk and enzymatic introduction as compared to conventional electrochemical immunoassays, thus exhibiting a promising potential in clinical applications.
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- Dianping Tang
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Environmental Materials & Remediation Technologies, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing 402160, PR China.
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Yu Y, Lin Y, Xu C, Lin K, Ye Q, Wang X, Xie S, Chen R, Lin J. Label-free detection of nasopharyngeal and liver cancer using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and partial lease squares combined with support vector machine. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 9:6053-6066. [PMID: 31065412 PMCID: PMC6490983 DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.006053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Revised: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In this paper, we investigated the feasibility of using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and multivariate analysis method to discriminate liver cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer from healthy volunteers. SERS measurements were performed on serum protein samples from 104 liver cancer patients, 100 nasopharyngeal cancer patients, and 95 healthy volunteers. Two dimensionality reduction methods, principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least square (PLS) were compared, and the results indicated that the performance of PLS is superior to that of PCA. When the number of components was compressed to 3 by PLS, support vector machine (SVM) with a Gaussian radial basis function (RBF) was employed to classify various cancers simultaneously. Based on the PLS-SVM algorithm, high diagnostic accuracies of 95.09% and 90.67% were achieved from the training set and the unknown testing set, respectively. The results of this exploratory work demonstrate that serum protein SERS technology combined with PLS-SVM diagnostic algorithm has great potential for the noninvasive screening of cancer.
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- Yun Yu
- Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
- College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Liver Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Provincial Clinical College of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Provincial Clinical College of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Key Laboratory of OptoElectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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Dey S, Kamil Reza K, Wuethrich A, Korbie D, Ibn Sina AA, Trau M. Tracking antigen specific T-cells: Technological advancement and limitations. Biotechnol Adv 2018; 37:145-153. [PMID: 30508573 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Assessing T-cell mediated immune status can help to understand the body's response to disease and also provide essential diagnostic information. However, detection and characterization of immune response are challenging due to the rarity of signature biomolecules in biological fluid and require highly sensitive and specific assay technique for the analysis. Until now, several techniques spanning from flow cytometry to microsensors have been developed or under investigation for T-cell mediated immune response monitoring. Most of the current assays are designed to estimate average immune responses, i.e., total functional protein analysis and detection of total T-cells irrespective of their antigen specificity. Although potential, immune response analysis without detecting and characterizing the rare subset of T-cell population could lead to over or underestimation of patient's immune status. Addressing this limitation, recently a number of technological advancements in biosensing have been developed for this. The potential of simple and precise micro-technologies including microarray and microfluidic platforms for assessing antigen-specific T-cells will be highlighted in this review, together with a discussion on existing challenges and future aspects of immune-sensor development.
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- Shuvashis Dey
- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia; School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia.
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Wang J, Anderson W, Li J, Lin LL, Wang Y, Trau M. A high-resolution study of in situ surface-enhanced Raman scattering nanotag behavior in biological systems. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 537:536-546. [PMID: 30469121 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.11.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2018] [Revised: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The colloidal stability of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanotags (Raman reporter-conjugated plasmonic nanoparticles) significantly affects the accuracy and reproducibility of SERS measurements, particularly in biological systems. Limited understanding of SERS nanotag stability may partly hamper the translation of SERS nanotags from the laboratory to their use in the clinic. In this contribution, we utilized differential centrifugal sedimentation (DCS), a reliable and straightforward technique to comprehensively analyze the colloidal stability of SERS nanotags in biological systems. Compared with other particle characterization techniques, DCS has been shown to have a unique advantage for high-resolution and high-throughput polydisperse particle characterization. DCS data revealed that the universal aggregation prevention practice of coating SERS nanotags with silica or bovine serum albumin layers did not sufficiently stabilize them in common measurement environments (e.g., 1 × PBS). Combined DCS and SERS measurements established a strong correlation between the degrees of nanotag aggregation and signal intensities, further reinforcing the necessity of characterizing SERS nanotag stability for every condition in which they are used. We also found that increasing the protein thickness by the inclusion of extra protein components in the detection environments and antibody functionalization can improve the stability of SERS nanotags. We believe that this study can provide guidelines on appropriate measurement techniques and particle design considerations to assess and improve SERS nanotag stability in complex biological systems.
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- Jing Wang
- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; Dermatology Research Centre, University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia.
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, ARC Excellence Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- Centre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
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Chen H, Chen C, Bai S, Gao Y, Metcalfe G, Cheng W, Zhu Y. Multiplexed detection of cancer biomarkers using a microfluidic platform integrating single bead trapping and acoustic mixing techniques. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:20196-20206. [PMID: 30256377 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr06367b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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It is critical to reliably and rapidly detect multiple disease biomarkers in tiny liquid samples with high sensitivity to meet the growing demand for point-of-care diagnostics. This paper reports a microfluidic platform integrating magnetic-based single bead trapping in conjunction with acoustic micromixing for simultaneous detection of multiple cancer biomarkers within minutes. Individual beads retained by permalloy (NiFe81/19) microarray were used to capture biomarkers and facilitate the fluorescence identification. A numerical study indicates that the magnetic force keeping a bead in the trap is proportional to the thickness of the permalloy array and the external magnetic field strength, while inversely proportional to the size of the trap. The acoustic microstreaming activated by a piezo transducer was applied to generate fast-switching flow patterns to minimize the diffusion length scales. The flow at various driving frequencies was experimentally tested to achieve the optimal mixing effect. The flow field of the microstreaming was subsequently described by a mathematical model to understand the flow further. Finally, the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) were employed as model analytes to demonstrate the capability of the platform for rapid biomarker detection. With the aid of acoustic micromixing, the detection can be finished in 20 minutes. The respective limit of detection of PSA and CEA is 0.028 ng mL-1 (0.8 pM) and 3.1 ng mL-1 (17 pM), which is respectively 1/142 and 1/3 of the cutoff value of PSA and CEA. Our results indicate this platform has great potential for the rapid detection of multiple biomarkers in future point-of-care diagnostics.
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- Huaying Chen
- School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Reza KK, Dey S, Wuethrich A, Sina AAI, Korbie D, Wang Y, Trau M. Parallel profiling of cancer cells and proteins using a graphene oxide functionalized ac-EHD SERS immunoassay. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:18482-18491. [PMID: 30168562 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr02886a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Circulating biomarkers have emerged as promising non-invasive, real-time surrogates for cancer diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of the therapeutic response. Current bio-sensing techniques mostly involve detection of either circulating cells or proteins which are inadequate in unfolding complex pathologic transformations. Herein, we report parallel detection of cellular and molecular markers (protein) for cancer using a multiplex platform featuring (i) graphene oxide (GO) functionalization that increases the active surface area and more importantly reduces the functionalization steps for rapid detection, (ii) alternating-current electrohydrodynamic (ac-EHD) fluid flow that provides delicate micro-mixing to enhance target-sensor interactions thereby minimizing non-specific binding and (iii) surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for multiplex detection. We find that our platform possesses high sensitivity for detecting both proteins and cells. More importantly, this platform not only detects the cancer cells but also can simultaneously monitor the heterogeneous expression of cell surface proteins which could be clinically useful to determine effective patient therapy. We demonstrate the specific and sensitive detection of breast cancer cells from a mixture of non-target cells and report the heterogeneous expression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) proteins on the individual cancer cell surface. Concurrently, we detect as low as 100 fg mL-1 HER2 and Mucin 16 proteins spiked in blood serum.
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- K Kamil Reza
- Centre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), Corner College and Cooper Roads (Bldg 75), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
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Sun Y, Li T. Composition-Tunable Hollow Au/Ag SERS Nanoprobes Coupled with Target-Catalyzed Hairpin Assembly for Triple-Amplification Detection of miRNA. Anal Chem 2018; 90:11614-11621. [PMID: 30175580 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Detecting disease-related biomarkers is of great significance for disease diagnosis and therapy. In this work, we develop an ultrasensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) biosensor for the detection of an acute myocardial infarction-related miRNA (miR-133a) using composition-adjustable hollow Ag/Au nanosphere-based SERS probes coupled with the target-catalyzed hairpin assembly (CHA) strategy. Bimetallic probes displaying high stability and a strong surface plasmon resonance effect were synthesized with a controllable ratio of silver and gold by a galvanic replacement method and then captured by a duplex linker produced in the CHA process to accomplish signal amplification. In this way, the target miR-133a can be detected in a wide linear range with a detection limit of 0.306 fM and high selectivity over other miRNAs expressed in human hearts. Practical applications in human blood samples reveal the strong anti-interference ability and ideal sensitivity of our developed sensing platform in physiological environments, benefiting its potential biomedical applications.
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- Yudie Sun
- Department of Chemistry , University of Science & Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Science & Technology of China , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , China
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