State Key Laboratory for THz and Millimeter Waves and Department of Material Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Sensors (Basel). 2021 Apr 9;21(8):2639. doi: 10.3390/s21082639.
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 µAUmLcm with a linear regression (R) 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.
癌症的早期检测一直是医疗保健领域的一大挑战。在此,我们开发了一种新型传感器,由具有纳米孔的聚碳酸酯(PC)膜制成,随后进行了针对早期胃癌诊断的寡核苷酸 RNA 修饰。在该设计中,胃癌抗原 CA72-4 特异性地与寡核苷酸 RNA 结合,从而以浓度依赖的方式抑制通过 PC 膜的电流。该设备可以在 4 至 14 U/mL 的范围内确定癌症抗原 CA72-4 的浓度,其灵敏度为 7.029 µAUmLcm,线性回归(R)为 0.965,检测限为 4 U/mL。该设备具有集成优势,包括高特异性和灵敏度,以及简单、便携和经济高效,这些优势共同使癌症筛查技术朝着临床应用迈出了巨大的一步。这是首次使用 RNA 适体检测 CA72-4 用于胃癌诊断的报告。