Journal
CHEMOSENSORS
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors10030093
Keywords
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering; cancer biomarkers; differential pulse voltammetry; dual detection mode; liquid biopsy
Funding
- Australian Research Council [DP210103151, DE200100345]
- National Health and Medical Research Council [APP1175047, APP1173669]
- Cancer Australia [ID2010799]
- Australian Research Council [DE200100345] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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In this study, a miniaturized biosensing platform with dual readout schemes (electrochemical and SERS) was developed for rapid cancer screening and specific biomarker expression analysis. The method utilizes controlled nanomixing under electrohydrodynamic conditions to isolate cancer-associated circulating proteins and employs SERS nanotags for sensitive detection. The results demonstrate the potential of this dual detection biosensor for analyzing individual biomarker levels as low as 10 pg.
Detecting circulating biomarkers sensitively and quantitatively is paramount for cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment selection. Particularly, screening of a panel of circulating protein biomarkers followed by mapping of individual biomarkers could assist better diagnosis and understanding of the cancer progression mechanisms. Herein, we present a miniaturized biosensing platform with dual readout schemes (electrochemical and Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)) for rapid cancer screening and specific biomarker expressional profiling to support cancer management. Our approach utilizes a controlled nanomixing phenomena under alternative current electrohydrodynamic condition to improve the isolation of cancer-associated circulating proteins (i.e., Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), BRAF, Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)) with antibody functionalized sensor surface for rapid and efficient isolation of the targets and subsequent labelling with SERS nanotags. The method employs Differential Pulse Voltammetry (DPV) for rapidly screening for the presence of the circulating proteins on biosensor surface irrespective of their type. Upon positive DPV detection, SERS is applied for sensitive read-out of individual biomarkers biomarker levels. In a proof-of-concept study, we demonstrate the dual detection biosensor for analysing circulating BRAF, EGFR and PDE-1 proteins and successfully screened both ensemble and individual biomarker expressional levels as low as 10 pg (1 ng/mL). Our findings clearly indicate the potential of the proposed method for cancer biomarker analysis which may drive the translation of this dual sensing concept in clinical settings.
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