Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via Domenico Montesano 9, 80131, Naples, Italy.
Cell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori (IRCCS) Fondazione Pascale, Via Mariano Semmola 53, 80131, Naples, Italy.
ChemistryOpen. 2024 Jul;13(7):e202300203. doi: 10.1002/open.202300203. Epub 2024 Feb 9.
The growth of liquid biopsy, i. e., the possibility of obtaining health information by analysing circulating species (nucleic acids, cells, proteins, and vesicles) in peripheric biofluids, is pushing the field of sensors and biosensors beyond the limit to provide decentralised solutions for nonspecialists. In particular, among all the circulating species that can be adopted in managing cancer evolution, both for diagnostic and prognostic applications, microRNAs have been highly studied and detected. The development of electrochemical devices is particularly relevant for liquid biopsy purposes, and the screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) represent one of the building blocks for producing novel portable devices. In this work, we have taken miR-2115-3p as model target (it is related to lung cancer), and we have developed a biosensor by exploiting the use of a complementary DNA probe modified with methylene blue as redox mediator. In particular, the chosen sensing architecture was applied to serum measurements of the selected miRNA, obtaining a detection limit within the low nanomolar range; in addition, various platforms were interrogated, namely commercial and hand-made SPEs, with the aim of providing the reader with some insights about the optimal platform to be used by considering both the cost and the analytical performance.
液体活检的发展,即通过分析外周生物流体中循环物质(核酸、细胞、蛋白质和囊泡)来获取健康信息的可能性,正在推动传感器和生物传感器领域超越极限,为非专业人员提供分散式解决方案。特别是,在所有可用于管理癌症演变的循环物质中,microRNAs 已经得到了广泛的研究和检测。电化学器件的发展对于液体活检尤为重要,而丝网印刷电极 (SPE) 是制造新型便携式设备的基础构件之一。在这项工作中,我们选择了 miR-2115-3p 作为模型靶标(与肺癌有关),并通过利用带有亚甲基蓝的互补 DNA 探针作为氧化还原介体开发了一种生物传感器。特别是,选择的传感架构应用于选定 miRNA 的血清测量,在低纳摩尔范围内获得检测限;此外,还对各种平台进行了检测,即商业和手工 SPE,旨在为读者提供一些关于要考虑成本和分析性能的最佳平台的见解。