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Hou J, Cao Y, Deng Q, Zhang Q, Deng X, Chen Z, Zhong Z. A fluorescence-based immunochromatographic assay using quantum dot-encapsulated nanoparticles for the rapid and sensitive detection of fetuin-B. Anal Chim Acta 2024; 1288:342143. [PMID: 38220278 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.342143] [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] [Received: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Earlier detection of CAD improves treatment outcomes and secondary prevention. The circulating fetuin-B protein is considered to be a promising biomarker for the early detection of CAD. However, a facile and reliable clinical test for fetuin-B is still lacking. Herein, we describe a reliable fluorescent biosensor for detecting fetuin-B in plasma that combines quantum dots-doped polystyrene nanoparticles with an immunochromatographic assay strip (QNPs-ICAS). The QNPs served as detection signals in the QNPs-ICAS sensor system, which was based on a double-antibody sandwich structure. Under optimum experimental conditions, the biosensor exhibited a broad linear range of 1-200 ng mL-1 and a low detection limit of 0.299 ng mL-1. Furthermore, the proposed immunosensor demonstrated high sensitivity, satisfactory selectivity, good reproducibility, and excellent recovery. Finally, the performance and applicability of our QNPs-based ICAS system were validated in clinical samples using a commercial ELISA kit with excellent correlations (r = 0.98451, n = 116). To conclude, the proposed sensor served as a rapid, sensitive, and accurate method for detecting fetuin-B in actual clinical samples, thereby demonstrating its potential for preliminary CAD screening and diagnosis.
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- Jingyuan Hou
- Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Meizhou Clinical Institute of Shantou University Medical College, Meizhou, Guangdong, 514031, China; GuangDong Engineering Technology Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Meizhou, Guangdong, 514031, China
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- Institute of Antibody Engineering, School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510180, China
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- Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Meizhou Clinical Institute of Shantou University Medical College, Meizhou, Guangdong, 514031, China
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- Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Meizhou Clinical Institute of Shantou University Medical College, Meizhou, Guangdong, 514031, China
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- Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Meizhou Clinical Institute of Shantou University Medical College, Meizhou, Guangdong, 514031, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510180, China.
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- Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Meizhou Clinical Institute of Shantou University Medical College, Meizhou, Guangdong, 514031, China; GuangDong Engineering Technology Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Meizhou, Guangdong, 514031, China.
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Zheng C, Chen J, Zhang Y, Zhou S, Wang L, Zhou J, Chen X, Yang D, Hong Y. Sandwich-type electrochemical immunosensing of hypopharyngeal carcinoma biomarker carcinoembryonic antigen based on N-doped hollow mesoporous nanocarbon spheres/gold hybrids as sensing platform and gold/ferrocene as signal amplifier. ANAL SCI 2023; 39:5-11. [PMID: 36596957 DOI: 10.1007/s44211-022-00223-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In the present work, a highly sensitive sandwich-type electrochemical immunosensor of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was developed by preparing N-doped hollow mesoporous nanocarbon spheres/gold hybrids (NHMN/Au) hybridsas sensing platformand Au/ferrocene (Au/Fc) as signal amplifiers. The large surface area and high conductivity as well as good biocompatibility of NHMN/Au can increase the loading of primary antibody (Ab1) and accelerate the electron transport rate of the electrode surface, while Au can carry immobilized secondary antibodies (Ab2) and Fc derivative (Fc-SH).By using Fc-SH as response probe, the experiments show that the peak current of probe could increase after occurring the specific recognition of Ab1-CEA-Ab2, thus a novel sandwich-type immunosensor of CEA was developed. Finally, the proposed method for CEA detection was applied in human serum and the obtained results are satisfactory, indicating the developed method has important clinical applications for CEA determination.
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- Chaohui Zheng
- Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, 362000, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Quanzhou Medical College, Quanzhou, 362010, China
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- Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, 362000, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, 362000, Fujian, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, 362000, Fujian, China
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- Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, 362000, China
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- Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, 362000, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Fujian Province, Quanzhou, 362002, China
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- Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, 362000, China.
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Lin S, Zhong J, Chi Y, Chen Y, Khan MS, Shen J. Colorimetric immunosensor based on glassy carbon microspheres test strips for the detection of prostate-specific antigen. Mikrochim Acta 2021; 188:366. [PMID: 34617126 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-021-04907-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/19/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Micro-sized glassy carbon microspheres (GCMs, typically 3 μm in diameter) instead of nano-sized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs, typically 20 nm in diameter) were for the first time used as signal markers for the quantitative detection of antigen such as prostate-specific antigen (PSA). After being treated with concentrated HNO3, GCMs bear carboxyl groups at their surfaces, which enables antibodies to be conjugated with GCMs to yield new type of micro-sized material-based colorimetric probes used for immunochromatographic test strips (ICTSs). The captured black GCMs (with strong and wide-band light absorption) on the T-line of ICTS were used both for qualitative and quantitative determination of PSA. In the case of quantitative determination, a lab-assembled optical strip reader system was used to measure the reflected LED light intensity at 550 nm. The sensing performances of the developed GCM-based ICTSs, such as sensitivity, selectivity, reproducibility, stability, and applicability, were investigated in detail. The developed GCM-based ICTSs can have much higher (3 times) detection sensitivity than AuNP-based ICTSs, showing promising applications in sensitive immunoassay.
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- Shan Lin
- MOE Key Laboratory of Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, and College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, and College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, and College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, and College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, and College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Department of Hematology, Fujian Institute of Hematology, Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350001, Fujian, China.
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Abramova AM, Goryacheva OA, Drozd DD, Novikova AS, Ponomareva TS, Strokin PD, Goryacheva IY. Luminescence Semiconductor Quantum Dots in Chemical Analysis. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061934821030023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Ba Y, Zhang J, Sun Y, Liu Y, Yang H, Kong J. Novel fluorescent biosensor for carcinoembryonic antigen determination via atom transfer radical polymerization with a macroinitiator. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj05822j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A novel fluorescence method for CEA via β-CD and BIBB-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) was reported.
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- Yanyan Ba
- Pharmacy College
- Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Zhengzhou 450046
- P. R. China
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- Pharmacy College
- Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Zhengzhou 450046
- P. R. China
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- Pharmacy College
- Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Zhengzhou 450046
- P. R. China
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- Pharmacy College
- Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Zhengzhou 450046
- P. R. China
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- Pharmacy College
- Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Zhengzhou 450046
- P. R. China
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing 210094
- P. R. China
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Ehrenberg AJ, Morales DO, Piergies AMH, Li SH, Tejedor JS, Mladinov M, Mulder J, Grinberg LT. A manual multiplex immunofluorescence method for investigating neurodegenerative diseases. J Neurosci Methods 2020; 339:108708. [PMID: 32243897 PMCID: PMC7269157 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.108708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neurodegenerative diseases feature stereotypical deposits of protein aggregates that selectively accumulate in vulnerable cells. The ability to simultaneously localize multiple targets in situ is critical to facilitate discovery and validation of pathogenic molecular pathways. Immunostaining methods enable in situ detection of specific targets. Effective stripping of antibodies, allowing successive rounds of staining while maintaining tissue adhesion and antigen integrity, is the main roadblock for enabling multiplex immunostaining in standard labs. Furthermore, stripping techniques require antibody-specific optimization, validation, and quality control steps. NEW METHOD Aiming to create protocols for multiplex localization of neurodegenerative-related processes, without the need for specialized equipment, we evaluated several antibody stripping techniques. We also recommend quality control steps to validate stripping efficacy and ameliorate concerns of cross-reactivity and false positives based on extensive testing. RESULTS A protocol using β-mercaptoethanol and SDS consistently enables reliable antibody stripping across multiple rounds of staining and minimizes the odds of cross-reactivity while preserving tissue adhesion and antigen integrity in human postmortem tissue. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS Our proposed method is optimal for standard lab settings and shows consistent efficacy despite the intricacies of suboptimal human postmortem tissue and the need to strip markers bound to highly aggregated proteins. Additionally, it incorporates quality control steps to validate antibody stripping. CONCLUSIONS Multiplex immunofluorescence methods for studying neurodegenerative diseases in human postmortem tissue are feasible even in standard laboratories. Nevertheless, evaluation of stripping parameters during optimization and validation phases of experiments is prudent.
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- Alexander J Ehrenberg
- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA; University of California, Berkeley, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute; Berkeley, CA, USA; University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Integrative Biology; Berkeley, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA; Karolinska Instituet, Department of Neuroscience, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Karolinska Instituet, Department of Neuroscience, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, Weill Institute for Neurosciences; San Francisco, CA, USA; University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil; University of California, San Francisco, Global Brain Health Institute; San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Semiconductor quantum dot FRET: Untangling energy transfer mechanisms in bioanalytical assays. Trends Analyt Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2019.115750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Xu L, Liu Z, Lei S, Huang D, Zou L, Ye B. A sandwich-type electrochemical aptasensor for the carcinoembryonic antigen via biocatalytic precipitation amplification and by using gold nanoparticle composites. Mikrochim Acta 2019; 186:473. [PMID: 31243610 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3542-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A sandwich-type electrochemical aptasensor is described for detecting the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) with high sensitivity and accuracy. Two kinds of nanomaterials are used. The first was obtained by modifying gold nanoparticles with reduced graphene oxide and hemin (Hemin-rGO-AuNPs). The second consists of horseradish peroxidase-modified organic-inorganic hybrid nanoflowers linked to gold nanoparticles to obtain an architecture of type HRP-Cu3(PO4)2-HNF-AuNPs). These serve as carriers for two aptamers (apt1 and apt2) against CEA. Simultaneously, they were used to catalyze the precipitation reaction between 4-chloro-1-naphthol(4-CN) and H2O2. A sandwich-type assay linked to enzyme inhibition amplification was established for electrochemical determination of CEA. Under optimal experimental conditions and by using differential pulse voltammetry, the response peak currents (best measured at -0.34 V vs. Ag/AgCl) increases linearly with the logarithm of the CEA concentration in the range between 100 fg mL-1 and 100 ng mL-1. The detection limit is as low as 29 fg mL-1. Graphical abstract Schematic representation of the sandwich-type electrochemical aptasensor based on signal inhibition amplification from biocatalytic precipitation reaction. (HRP-Cu3(PO4)2 hybrid nanoflowers: Horseradish Peroxidase-Cu3(PO4)2 hybrid nanoflowers; AuNPs: Gold Nanoparticles; Hemin-rGO-AuNPs: Hemin-Reduced Graphene Oxide-Gold Nanoparticles; BSA: Bovine Serum Albumin; CEA: Carcinoembryonic Antigen; CEAapt1: 5'-SH-(CH2)6-ATA CCA GCT TAT TCA ATT-3'; CEAapt2: 5'-NH2-(CH2)6-AGG GGG TGA AGG GAT ACC C-3'; GCE: Glassy carbon electrode; 4-CN: 4-Chloro-1-naphthol; DPV: Differential pulse voltammetry).
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- Lingling Xu
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China.
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Das P, Sedighi A, Krull UJ. Cancer biomarker determination by resonance energy transfer using functional fluorescent nanoprobes. Anal Chim Acta 2018; 1041:1-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.07.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Simultaneous quantitation of carbohydrate antigen 125 and carcinoembryonic antigen in human serum via time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay. Clin Chim Acta 2018; 483:222-226. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2018.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Revised: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Huang X, Liu Y, Yung B, Xiong Y, Chen X. Nanotechnology-Enhanced No-Wash Biosensors for in Vitro Diagnostics of Cancer. ACS NANO 2017; 11:5238-5292. [PMID: 28590117 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b02618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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In vitro biosensors have been an integral component for early diagnosis of cancer in the clinic. Among them, no-wash biosensors, which only depend on the simple mixing of the signal generating probes and the sample solution without additional washing and separation steps, have been found to be particularly attractive. The outstanding advantages of facile, convenient, and rapid response of no-wash biosensors are especially suitable for point-of-care testing (POCT). One fast-growing field of no-wash biosensor design involves the usage of nanomaterials as signal amplification carriers or direct signal generating elements. The analytical capacity of no-wash biosensors with respect to sensitivity or limit of detection, specificity, stability, and multiplexing detection capacity is largely improved because of their large surface area, excellent optical, electrical, catalytic, and magnetic properties. This review provides a comprehensive overview of various nanomaterial-enhanced no-wash biosensing technologies and focuses on the analysis of the underlying mechanism of these technologies applied for the early detection of cancer biomarkers ranging from small molecules to proteins, and even whole cancerous cells. Representative examples are selected to demonstrate the proof-of-concept with promising applications for in vitro diagnostics of cancer. Finally, a brief discussion of common unresolved issues and a perspective outlook on the field are provided.
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- Xiaolin Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University , Nanchang 330047, P. R. China
- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University , Nanchang 330047, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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Lanthanide-to-quantum dot Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET): Application for immunoassay. Talanta 2017; 164:377-385. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2016.11.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 11/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Medically translatable quantum dots for biosensing and imaging. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2017.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Tagit O, Hildebrandt N. Fluorescence Sensing of Circulating Diagnostic Biomarkers Using Molecular Probes and Nanoparticles. ACS Sens 2017; 2:31-45. [PMID: 28722447 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The interplay of photonics, nanotechnology, and biochemistry has significantly improved the identification and characterization of multiple types of biomarkers by optical biosensors. Great achievements in fluorescence-based technologies have been realized, for example, by the advancement of multiplexing techniques or the introduction of nanoparticles to biochemical and clinical research. This review presents a concise overview of recent advances in fluorescence sensing techniques for the detection of circulating disease biomarkers. Detection principles of representative approaches, including fluorescence detection using molecular fluorophores, quantum dots, and metallic and silica nanoparticles, are explained and illustrated by pertinent examples from the recent literature. Advanced detection technologies and material development play a major role in modern biosensing and consistently provide significant improvements toward robust, sensitive, and versatile platforms for early detection of circulating diagnostic biomarkers.
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- Oya Tagit
- NanoBioPhotonics
(nanofret.com), Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, CEA, 91405 Orsay, France
- Department
of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- NanoBioPhotonics
(nanofret.com), Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, CEA, 91405 Orsay, France
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Guo XX, Wu HT, Zhuang SH, Chen ZH, Liang RL, Chen Y, Wu YS, Liu TC. Detection of Janus-activated kinase-1 and its interacting proteins by the method of luminescent oxygen channeling. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra27424b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Janus-activated kinase-1 (JAK1) plays an important role in many signaling pathways, including the JAK–STAT and SOCS pathways.
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- Xin-Xin Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure
- Institute of Antibody Engineering
- School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou 510515
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure
- Institute of Antibody Engineering
- School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou 510515
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure
- Institute of Antibody Engineering
- School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou 510515
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure
- Institute of Antibody Engineering
- School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou 510515
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure
- Institute of Antibody Engineering
- School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou 510515
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure
- Institute of Antibody Engineering
- School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou 510515
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure
- Institute of Antibody Engineering
- School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou 510515
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure
- Institute of Antibody Engineering
- School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou 510515
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Recent developments in lanthanide-to-quantum dot FRET using time-gated fluorescence detection and photon upconversion. Trends Analyt Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2016.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Hildebrandt N, Spillmann CM, Algar WR, Pons T, Stewart MH, Oh E, Susumu K, Díaz SA, Delehanty JB, Medintz IL. Energy Transfer with Semiconductor Quantum Dot Bioconjugates: A Versatile Platform for Biosensing, Energy Harvesting, and Other Developing Applications. Chem Rev 2016; 117:536-711. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 457] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Niko Hildebrandt
- NanoBioPhotonics
Institut d’Electronique Fondamentale (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- LPEM;
ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University; CNRS; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc., Columbia, Maryland 21046, United States
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- Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc., Columbia, Maryland 21046, United States
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- American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC 20036, United States
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Mattera L, Bhuckory S, Wegner KD, Qiu X, Agnese F, Lincheneau C, Senden T, Djurado D, Charbonnière LJ, Hildebrandt N, Reiss P. Compact quantum dot-antibody conjugates for FRET immunoassays with subnanomolar detection limits. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:11275-83. [PMID: 27188210 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr03261c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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A novel two-step approach for quantum dot (QD) functionalization and bioconjugation is presented, which yields ultra-compact, stable, and highly luminescent antibody-QD conjugates suitable for use in FRET immunoassays. Hydrophobic InPZnS/ZnSe/ZnS (emission wavelength: 530 nm), CdSe/ZnS (605 nm), and CdSeTe/ZnS (705 nm) QDs were surface functionalized with zwitterionic penicillamine, enabling aqueous phase transfer under conservation of the photoluminescence properties. Post-functionalization with a heterobifunctional crosslinker, containing a lipoic acid group and a maleimide function, enabled the subsequent coupling to sulfhydryl groups of proteins. This was demonstrated by QD conjugation with fragmented antibodies (F(ab)). The obtained F(ab)-QD conjugates range among the smallest antibody-functionalized nanoprobes ever reported, with a hydrodynamic diameter <13 nm, PL quantum yield up to 66% at 705 nm, and colloidal stability of several months in various buffers. They were applied as FRET acceptors in homogeneous, time-gated immunoassays using Tb-antibodies as FRET donors, both coupled by an immunological sandwich complex between the two antibodies and a PSA (prostate specific antigen) biomarker. The advantages of the compact surface coating for FRET could be demonstrated by an 6.2 and 2.5 fold improvement of the limit of detection (LOD) for PSA compared to commercially available hydrophilic QDs emitting at 605 and 705 nm, respectively. While the commercial QDs contain identical inorganic cores responsible for their fluorescence, they are coated with a comparably thick amphiphilic polymer layer leading to much larger hydrodynamic diameters (>26 nm without biomolecules). The LODs of 0.8 and 3.7 ng mL(-1) obtained in 50 μL serum samples are below the clinical cut-off level of PSA (4 ng mL(-1)) and demonstrate their direct applicability in clinical diagnostics.
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- Lucia Mattera
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, INAC-SyMMES, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Evaluating Quantum Dot Performance in Homogeneous FRET Immunoassays for Prostate Specific Antigen. SENSORS 2016; 16:197. [PMID: 26861327 PMCID: PMC4801574 DOI: 10.3390/s16020197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The integration of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) into homogeneous Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) immunoassay kits for clinical diagnostics can provide significant advantages concerning multiplexing and sensitivity. Here we present a facile and functional QD-antibody conjugation method using three commercially available QDs with different photoluminescence (PL) maxima (605 nm, 655 nm, and 705 nm). The QD-antibody conjugates were successfully applied for FRET immunoassays against prostate specific antigen (PSA) in 50 µL serum samples using Lumi4-Tb (Tb) antibody conjugates as FRET donors and time-gated PL detection on a KRYPTOR clinical plate reader. Förster distance and Tb donor background PL were directly related to the analytical sensitivity for PSA, which resulted in the lowest limits of detection for Tb-QD705 (2 ng/mL), followed by Tb-QD655 (4 ng/mL), and Tb-QD605 (23 ng/mL). Duplexed PSA detection using the Tb-QD655 and Tb-QD705 FRET-pairs demonstrated the multiplexing ability of our immunoassays. Our results show that FRET based on QD acceptors is suitable for multiplexed and sensitive biomarker detection in clinical diagnostics.
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Bhuckory S, Mattera L, Wegner KD, Qiu X, Wu YT, Charbonnière LJ, Reiss P, Hildebrandt N. Direct conjugation of antibodies to the ZnS shell of quantum dots for FRET immunoassays with low picomolar detection limits. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:14423-14425. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc08835j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Direct conjugation of IgG, F(ab′)2, and Fab antibodies to the ZnS shells of penicillamine-coated quantum dots for high-sensitivity FRET biosensing.
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- S. Bhuckory
- NanoBioPhotonics (nanofret.com)
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
- Université Paris-Saclay
- Université Paris-Sud
- CNRS
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes
- INAC-SyMMES
- 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9
- France
- CEA
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- NanoBioPhotonics (nanofret.com)
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
- Université Paris-Saclay
- Université Paris-Sud
- CNRS
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- NanoBioPhotonics (nanofret.com)
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
- Université Paris-Saclay
- Université Paris-Sud
- CNRS
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- NanoBioPhotonics (nanofret.com)
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
- Université Paris-Saclay
- Université Paris-Sud
- CNRS
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- Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC)
- UMR 7178 CNRS/Université de Strasbourg
- Laboratoire d’Ingénierie Moléculaire Appliquée à l’Analyse (LIMAA)
- ECPM
- 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes
- INAC-SyMMES
- 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9
- France
- CEA
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- NanoBioPhotonics (nanofret.com)
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
- Université Paris-Saclay
- Université Paris-Sud
- CNRS
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Qin Y, Qiu L, Qin H, Ding S, Liu L, Teng Y, Chen Y, Wang C, Li J, Wang J, Jiang P. In-capillary detection of fast antibody-peptide binding using fluorescence coupled capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2015; 37:233-8. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201500429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Revised: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 10/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Yuqin Qin
- School of Petrochemical Engineering; Changzhou University; Changzhou Jiangsu P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Life Science; Changzhou University; Changzhou Jiangsu P. R. China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical and Environmental Engineering; Changzhou Vocational Institute of Engineering; Changzhou Jiangsu P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Life Science; Changzhou University; Changzhou Jiangsu P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Life Science; Changzhou University; Changzhou Jiangsu P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Life Science; Changzhou University; Changzhou Jiangsu P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Life Science; Changzhou University; Changzhou Jiangsu P. R. China
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- School of Petrochemical Engineering; Changzhou University; Changzhou Jiangsu P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Life Science; Changzhou University; Changzhou Jiangsu P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Life Science; Changzhou University; Changzhou Jiangsu P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Life Science; Changzhou University; Changzhou Jiangsu P. R. China
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Zhou J, Yang Y, Zhang CY. Toward Biocompatible Semiconductor Quantum Dots: From Biosynthesis and Bioconjugation to Biomedical Application. Chem Rev 2015; 115:11669-717. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 472] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Juan Zhou
- State
Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- Single-Molecule
Detection and Imaging Laboratory, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Single-Molecule
Detection and Imaging Laboratory, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- College
of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative
Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in
Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes,
Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean
Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
- Single-Molecule
Detection and Imaging Laboratory, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Cywiński PJ, Olejko L, Löhmannsröben HG. A time-resolved luminescent competitive assay to detect L-selectin using aptamers as recognition elements. Anal Chim Acta 2015; 887:209-215. [PMID: 26320804 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Revised: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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L-selectin is a protein with potential importance for numerous diseases and clinical disorders. In this paper, we present a new aptamer-based luminescent assay developed to detect L-selectin. The sensing system working principle is based on Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) from a donor terbium complex (TbC) to an acceptor cyanine dye (Cy5). In the present approach, the biotinylated aptamer is combined with Cy5-labelled streptavidin (Cy5-Strep) to yield an aptamer-based acceptor construct (Apta-Cy5-Strep), while L-selectin is conjugated using luminescent TbC. Upon aptamer binding to the TbC-labelled L-selectin (L-selectin-TbC), permanent donor-acceptor proximity is established which allows for radiationless energy transfer to occur. However, when unlabelled L-selectin is added, it competes with the L-selectin-TbC and the FRET signal decreases as the L-selectin concentration increases. FRET from the TbC to Cy5 was observed with time-gated time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy. A significant change in the corrected luminescence signal was observed in the dynamic range of 10-500 ng/mL L-selectin, the concentration range relevant for accelerated cognitive decline of Alzheimer's disease, with a limit of detection (LOD) equal to 10 ng/mL. The aptasensor-based assay is homogeneous and can be realized within one hour. Therefore, this method has the potential to become an alternative to tedious heterogeneous analytical methods, e.g. based on enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
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- Piotr J Cywiński
- Functional Materials and Devices, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, Geiselberstr.69, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany; Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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Martínez-Mancera FD, García-López P, Hernández-López JL. Pre-clinical validation study of a miniaturized electrochemical immunoassay based on square wave voltammetry for early detection of carcinoembryonic antigen in human serum. Clin Chim Acta 2015; 444:199-205. [PMID: 25689793 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2015.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2014] [Revised: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND The ELISA format for measuring carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) serves as a reference standard against which other assays are compared. Because the World Health Organization (WHO) increasingly recommends the use of serum CEA as a diagnostic tool for cancer, it is relevant to explore the reliability of the new decentralized CEA point-of-care-testing (POCT) technologies that are available to physicians and patients, in compliance with mandates of the clinical laboratories' regulatory agencies. METHODS Electrochemical immunoassay (ECIA) based on trace lead (Pb) analysis by anodic stripping techniques using sandwich-type immunocomplex conjugates: (MB)Ab/AgCEA/Ab(PbS), and a commercial ELISA test system with optical transmission. RESULTS The ECIA provides better analytical performance than does the ELISA. The within assay precision coefficient of variance (%CVw) of the ECIA is lower than the value recommended by the Hong Kong Association of Medical Laboratories (HKAML), and the recoveries of CEA at 1.0, 5.0, 10.0, 25.0 and 50.0 ng/ml are in the range of 99-110% for control serum samples. The ECIA showed a minimal positive bias of 0.0267 ± 0.3270 ng/ml (P=0.9389). CONCLUSIONS The proposed CEA screening technology can be practically employed for decentralized clinical analysis of CEA in human serum. Therefore, it can be viewed as a control method for personalized therapy.
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- Flavio Dolores Martínez-Mancera
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica, S.C., Parque Tecnológico Querétaro S/N, P.O. Box 064, Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro C.P. 76703, Mexico
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- Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Av. San Fernando No. 22, Col. Sección XVI, Del. Tlalpan, México, D.F., C.P. 14080, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica, S.C., Parque Tecnológico Querétaro S/N, P.O. Box 064, Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro C.P. 76703, Mexico.
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Hildebrandt N, Wegner KD, Algar WR. Luminescent terbium complexes: Superior Förster resonance energy transfer donors for flexible and sensitive multiplexed biosensing. Coord Chem Rev 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lin G, Zhao H, Liu T, Hou J, Ren Z, Huang W, Dong W, Wu Y. Simultaneous determination of the cytokeratin 19 fragment and carcinoembryonic antigen in human serum by magnetic nanoparticle-based dual-label time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra09848j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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A magnetic nanoparticle-based dual-label TRFIA employing europium and samarium chelate labels for simultaneous determination of CYFRA 21-1 and CEA.
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- Guanfeng Lin
- Institute of Antibody Engineering
- School of Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy
- School of Basic Medical sciences
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Antibody Engineering
- School of Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Antibody Engineering
- School of Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Antibody Engineering
- School of Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy
- School of Basic Medical sciences
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Biopharmaceutical
- School of Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Antibody Engineering
- School of Biotechnology
- Southern Medical University
- Guangzhou, China
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