Patil Ashwini Ghanashyam, Patil Pravin Onkar
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, H. R. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur, MS, India.
Luminescence. 2025 Jul;40(7):e70245. doi: 10.1002/bio.70245.
Detecting tumor biomarkers plays a vital role in early identification and treatment of cancer. However, an effective diagnostic method must be cost-efficient and highly sensitive to meet the essential requirements for accurate diagnosis. Present work reports a novel fluorescence sensing approach for the selective detection of kallikrein 7 (KLK7) using poly(L-glutamic acid) (PLGA) functionalized sulfur-nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots (NSGQDs). The NSGQDs were synthesized through an eco-friendly method using Custard apple (Annona squamosa) seeds (NSGQDsCS), and their functionalization was achieved with PLGA (PLGA-NSGQDsCS). The PLGA-GQDs, with their rich surface functionality, exhibited selective binding with the activated KLK7 antibody (KLK7-Ab), inducing fluorescence quenching. The affinity between KLK7 and the KLK7-Ab triggered the unwrapping of the antibody, forming an antibody-antigen complex with fluorescence recovery. Based on this interaction, a "turn on-off-on" mechanism of sensing was established, exhibiting a robust response to KLK7 (0.1 ng/mL to 100 μg/mL) with a LOD of 0.1 ng/mL and LOQ of 0.411 ng/mL. In addition, the developed KLK7 immunosensor (KLK7-Ab@PLGA-NSGQDsCS) demonstrated excellent performance in the analysis of spiked samples, achieving an average recovery rate of 97.52%. This study highlights a highly sensitive immunosensor, offering potential for early cancer detection, with promising avenues for broader biomarker applications in clinical diagnostics.
检测肿瘤生物标志物在癌症的早期识别和治疗中起着至关重要的作用。然而,一种有效的诊断方法必须具有成本效益且高度灵敏,以满足准确诊断的基本要求。目前的工作报道了一种新型荧光传感方法,用于使用聚(L-谷氨酸)(PLGA)功能化的硫氮掺杂石墨烯量子点(NSGQDs)选择性检测激肽释放酶7(KLK7)。通过使用番荔枝(Annona squamosa)种子(NSGQDsCS)的环保方法合成了NSGQDs,并通过PLGA对其进行功能化(PLGA-NSGQDsCS)。具有丰富表面功能的PLGA-GQDs与活化的KLK7抗体(KLK7-Ab)表现出选择性结合,导致荧光猝灭。KLK7与KLK7-Ab之间的亲和力触发了抗体的展开,形成了具有荧光恢复的抗体-抗原复合物。基于这种相互作用,建立了一种“开-关-开”的传感机制,对KLK7(0.1 ng/mL至100 μg/mL)表现出强烈响应,检测限为0.1 ng/mL,定量限为0.411 ng/mL。此外,所开发的KLK7免疫传感器(KLK7-Ab@PLGA-NSGQDsCS)在加标样品分析中表现出优异的性能,平均回收率达到97.52%。这项研究突出了一种高度灵敏的免疫传感器,为早期癌症检测提供了潜力,在临床诊断中更广泛的生物标志物应用方面具有广阔的前景。