Highly Sensitive and Cost-Effective Portable Sensor for Early Gastric Carcinoma Diagnosis

Autor: Shishir Venkatesh, Xianfeng Chen, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, Clement Manohar Arava, Spoorthy Pathikonda, Peter K.N. Yu, Saw Lin Oo, Terrence Chi-Kong Lau
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 21, Iss 2639, p 2639 (2021)
Oo, S L, Venkatesh, S, Karthikeyan, V, Arava, C M, Pathikonda, S, Yu, P K N, Lau, T C K, Chen, M & Roy, V A L 2021, ' Highly Sensitive and Cost-Effective Portable Sensor for Early Gastric Carcinoma Diagnosis ', Sensors, vol. 21, no. 8, 2639 . https://doi.org/10.3390/s21082639
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sensors
Volume 21
Issue 8
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s21082639
Popis: Facile and efficient early detection of cancer is a major challenge in healthcare. Herein we developed a novel sensor made from a polycarbonate (PC) membrane with nanopores, followed by sequence-specific Oligo RNA modification for early gastric carcinoma diagnosis. In this design, the gastric cancer antigen CA72-4 is specifically conjugated to the Oligo RNA, thereby inhibiting the electrical current through the PC membrane in a concentration-dependent manner. The device can determine the concentration of cancer antigen CA72-4 in the range from 4 to 14 U/mL, possessing a sensitivity of 7.029 µAU−1mLcm−2 with a linear regression (R2) of 0.965 and a lower detection limit of 4 U/mL. This device has integrated advantages including high specificity and sensitivity and being simple, portable, and cost effective, which collectively enables a giant leap for cancer screening technologies towards clinical use. This is the first report to use RNA aptamers to detect CA72-4 for gastric carcinoma diagnosis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE