Prabowo Briliant Adhi, Sousa Carole, Cardoso Susana, Freitas Paulo, Fernandes Elisabete
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), 4715-330 Braga, Portugal.
INESC-MN- Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering-Microsystems and Nanotechnologies,1000-029 Lisbon, Portugal.
Micromachines (Basel). 2022 Oct 12;13(10):1722. doi: 10.3390/mi13101722.
We present a microfluidic chip for protein labeling in the human serum-based matrix. Serum is a complex sample matrix that contains a variety of proteins, and a matrix is used in many clinical tests. In this study, the device performance was tested using commercial serum samples from healthy donors spiked with the following target proteins: cellular fibronectin (c-Fn) and matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP9). The microfluidic molds were fabricated using micro milling on acrylic and using stereolithography (SLA) three-dimensional (3D) printing for an alternative method and comparison. A simple quality control was performed for both fabrication mold methods to inspect the channel height of the chip that plays a critical role in the labeling process. The fabricated microfluidic chip shows a good reproducibility and repeatability of the performance for the optimized channel height of 150 µm. The spiked proteins of c-Fn and MMP9 in the human serum-based matrix, were successfully labeled by the functionalized magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). The biomarker labeling occurring in the serum was compared using a simple matrix sample: phosphate buffer. The measured signals obtained by using a magnetoresistive (MR) biochip platform showed that the labeling using the proposed microfluidic chip is in good agreement for both matrixes, i.e., the analytical performance (sensitivity) obtained with the serum, near the relevant cutoff values, is within the uncertainty of the measurements obtained with a simple and more controlled matrix: phosphate buffer. This finding is promising for stroke patient stratification where these biomarkers are found at high concentrations in the serum.
我们展示了一种用于在基于人血清的基质中进行蛋白质标记的微流控芯片。血清是一种复杂的样品基质,含有多种蛋白质,并且该基质用于许多临床检测中。在本研究中,使用来自健康供体的商业血清样品加标以下目标蛋白质来测试该设备性能:细胞纤连蛋白(c-Fn)和基质金属肽酶9(MMP9)。微流控模具通过在丙烯酸树脂上进行微铣削制造,并使用立体光刻(SLA)三维(3D)打印作为另一种方法进行比较。对两种制造模具方法都进行了简单的质量控制,以检查在标记过程中起关键作用的芯片通道高度。对于优化后的150 µm通道高度,所制造的微流控芯片显示出良好的性能重现性和重复性。基于人血清基质中的加标蛋白质c-Fn和MMP9,成功地被功能化磁性纳米颗粒(MNPs)标记。使用简单的基质样品:磷酸盐缓冲液,比较了血清中发生的生物标志物标记。使用磁阻(MR)生物芯片平台获得的测量信号表明,使用所提出的微流控芯片进行的标记在两种基质中都具有良好的一致性,即,在血清中获得的分析性能(灵敏度),在接近相关临界值时,处于使用简单且更可控的基质:磷酸盐缓冲液获得的测量不确定度范围内。这一发现对于中风患者分层很有前景,因为在血清中发现这些生物标志物的浓度很高。
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