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Coelho BJ, Veigas B, Bettencourt L, Águas H, Fortunato E, Martins R, Baptista PV, Igreja R. Digital Microfluidics-Powered Real-Time Monitoring of Isothermal DNA Amplification of Cancer Biomarker. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:bios12040201. [PMID: 35448261 PMCID: PMC9028060 DOI: 10.3390/bios12040201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
We introduce a digital microfluidics (DMF) platform specifically designed to perform a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) of DNA and applied it to a real-time amplification to monitor a cancer biomarker, c-Myc (associated to 40% of all human tumors), using fluorescence microscopy. We demonstrate the full manipulation of the sample and reagents on the DMF platform, resulting in the successful amplification of 90 pg of the target DNA (0.5 ng/µL) in less than one hour. Furthermore, we test the efficiency of an innovative mixing strategy in DMF by employing two mixing methodologies onto the DMF droplets-low frequency AC (alternating current) actuation as well as back-and-forth droplet motion-which allows for improved fluorescence readouts. Fluorophore bleaching effects are minimized through on-chip sample partitioning by DMF processes and sequential droplet irradiation. Finally, LAMP reactions require only 2 µL volume droplets, which represents a 10-fold volume reduction in comparison to benchtop LAMP.
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Affiliation(s)
- Beatriz Jorge Coelho
- Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (B.J.C.); (L.B.); (H.Á.); (E.F.); (R.M.)
- UCIBIO, I4HB, Life Sciences Department, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- AlmaScience, Campus da Caparica, 2829-519 Caparica, Portugal;
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- Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (B.J.C.); (L.B.); (H.Á.); (E.F.); (R.M.)
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- Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (B.J.C.); (L.B.); (H.Á.); (E.F.); (R.M.)
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- Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (B.J.C.); (L.B.); (H.Á.); (E.F.); (R.M.)
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- Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (B.J.C.); (L.B.); (H.Á.); (E.F.); (R.M.)
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- UCIBIO, I4HB, Life Sciences Department, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (B.J.C.); (L.B.); (H.Á.); (E.F.); (R.M.)
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Udukala DN, Wang H, Wendel SO, Malalasekera AP, Samarakoon TN, Yapa AS, Abayaweera G, Basel MT, Maynez P, Ortega R, Toledo Y, Bossmann L, Robinson C, Janik KE, Koper OB, Li P, Motamedi M, Higgins DA, Gadbury G, Zhu G, Troyer DL, Bossmann SH. Early breast cancer screening using iron/iron oxide-based nanoplatforms with sub-femtomolar limits of detection. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 7:364-373. [PMID: 27335730 PMCID: PMC4901534 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.7.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Proteases, including matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), tissue serine proteases, and cathepsins (CTS) exhibit numerous functions in tumor biology. Solid tumors are characterized by changes in protease expression levels by tumor and surrounding tissue. Therefore, monitoring protease levels in tissue samples and liquid biopsies is a vital strategy for early cancer detection. Water-dispersable Fe/Fe3O4-core/shell based nanoplatforms for protease detection are capable of detecting protease activity down to sub-femtomolar limits of detection. They feature one dye (tetrakis(carboxyphenyl)porphyrin (TCPP)) that is tethered to the central nanoparticle by means of a protease-cleavable consensus sequence and a second dye (Cy 5.5) that is directly linked. Based on the protease activities of urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA), MMPs 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, and 13, as well as CTS B and L, human breast cancer can be detected at stage I by means of a simple serum test. By monitoring CTS B and L stage 0 detection may be achieved. This initial study, comprised of 46 breast cancer patients and 20 apparently healthy human subjects, demonstrates the feasibility of protease-activity-based liquid biopsies for early cancer diagnosis.
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- Dinusha N Udukala
- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Anatomy & Physiology, 228 Coles Hall, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Statistics, 101 Dickens Hall, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Department of Nuclear Medicine, 295 Xichang Road, Kunming, Yunnan, PR China
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- Kansas State University, Department of Anatomy & Physiology, 228 Coles Hall, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Kansas State University, Department of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS, USA
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Wang H, Udukala DN, Samarakoon TN, Basel MT, Kalita M, Abayaweera G, Manawadu H, Malalasekera A, Robinson C, Villanueva D, Maynez P, Bossmann L, Riedy E, Barriga J, Wang N, Li P, Higgins DA, Zhu G, Troyer DL, Bossmann SH. Nanoplatforms for highly sensitive fluorescence detection of cancer-related proteases. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2014; 13:231-40. [DOI: 10.1039/c3pp50260k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Alshetaiwi HS, Balivada S, Shrestha TB, Pyle M, Basel MT, Bossmann SH, Troyer DL. Luminol-based bioluminescence imaging of mouse mammary tumors. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2013; 127:223-8. [PMID: 24077442 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2013.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2013] [Revised: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) are the most abundant circulating blood leukocytes. They are part of the innate immune system and provide a first line of defense by migrating toward areas of inflammation in response to chemical signals released from the site. Some solid tumors, such as breast cancer, also cause recruitment and activation of PMNs and release of myeloperoxidase. In this study, we demonstrate that administration of luminol to mice that have been transplanted with 4T1 mammary tumor cells permits the detection of myeloperoxidase activity, and consequently, the location of the tumor. Luminol allowed detection of activated PMNs only two days after cancer cell transplantation, even though tumors were not yet palpable. In conclusion, luminol-bioluminescence imaging (BLI) can provide a pathway towards detection of solid tumors at an early stage in preclinical tumor models.
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- Hamad S Alshetaiwi
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, 228 Coles Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
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