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Hwu S, Blickenstorfer Y, Tiefenauer RF, Gonnelli C, Schmidheini L, Lüchtefeld I, Hoogenberg BJ, Gisiger AB, Vörös J. Dark-Field Microwells toward High-Throughput Direct miRNA Sensing with Gold Nanoparticles. ACS Sens 2019; 4:1950-1956. [PMID: 31310098 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b00946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
MicroRNA (miRNA) is a class of short RNA that is emerging as an ideal biomarker, as its expression level has been found to correlate with different types of diseases including diabetes and cancer. The detection of miRNA is highly beneficial for early diagnostics and disease monitoring. However, miRNA sensing remains difficult because of its small size and low expression levels. Common techniques such as quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), in situ hybridization and Northern blotting have been developed to quantify miRNA in a given sample. Nevertheless, these methods face common challenges in point-of-care practice as they either require complicated sample handling and expensive equipment, or suffer from low sensitivity. Here we present a new tool based on dark-field microwells to overcome these challenges in miRNA sensing. This miniaturized device enables the readout of a gold nanoparticle assay without the need of a dark-field microscope. We demonstrate the feasibility of the dark-field microwells to detect miRNA in both buffer solution and cell lysate. The dark-field microwells allow affordable miRNA sensing at a high throughput which make them a promising tool for point-of-care diagnostics.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stephanie Hwu
- Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Aksoy B, Besse N, Boom RJ, Hoogenberg BJ, Blom M, Shea H. Latchable microfluidic valve arrays based on shape memory polymer actuators. Lab Chip 2019; 19:608-617. [PMID: 30662992 DOI: 10.1039/c8lc01024b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
We report arrays of latching microfluidic valves based on shape memory polymers (SMPs), and show their applications as reagent mixers and as peristaltic pumps. The valve design takes advantage of the SMP's multiple stable shapes and over a hundred-fold stiffness change with temperature to enable a) permanent zero-power latching in either open or closed positions (>15 h), as well as b) extended cyclic operation (>3000 cycles). The moving element in the valves consists of a tri-layer with a 50 μm thick central SMP layer, 25 μm thick patterned carbon-silicone (CB/PDMS) heaters underneath, and a 38 μm thick styrene ethylene butylene styrene (SEBS) impermeable film on top. Each valve of the array is individually addressable by synchronizing its integrated local Joule heating with a single external pressure supply. This architecture significantly reduces the device footprint and eliminates the need for multiplexing in microfluidic large scale integration (mLSI) systems.
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- Bekir Aksoy
- Soft Transducers Laboratory (LMTS), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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Vignali V, S. Miranda B, Lodoso-Torrecilla I, van Nisselroy CAJ, Hoogenberg BJ, Dantuma S, Hollmann F, de Vries JW, Warszawik EM, Fischer R, Commandeur U, van Rijn P. Biocatalytically induced surface modification of the tobacco mosaic virus and the bacteriophage M13. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:51-54. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc08042a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A one-step laccase induced free radical oxidation of the tobacco mosaic virus and bacteriophage M13 led to acrylate-functionalized viruses with customizable properties.
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