Carbon nanotube biosensors for detection of biomarkers in breast cancer cells.

Biosensor;Circulating tumor cell;Carbon nanotube;Nanotechnology;Cancer biomarkers;Cancer detection

Benjamin C. King

University:University of Louisville

Department:Bioengineering

关键词: Biosensor;    Circulating tumor cell;    Carbon nanotube;    Nanotechnology;    Cancer biomarkers;    Cancer detection;   

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美国|英语

来源: The Universite of Louisville's Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

Detection and profiling of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is useful for cancer screening and for managing treatment of carcinoma patients. Label-free technologies aim to accomplish detection rapidly with small, simple micro and nano devices. Carbon nanotubes are favorable molecular sensors due to their unique properties. They have been widely investigated for immunosensing of cancer biomarkers as free proteins, but very little has been done to detect biomarkers in intact cells and much remains to be understood regarding the mechanism of their sensing. We have developed a simple carbon nanotube biosensor for epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) for sensing EpCAM positive cells. Sensor fabrication steps involving minimal air exposure were employed which reduced random noise upon sample introduction to the device. Optimized sensors recognized specific interactions with EpCAM positive MCF-7 cells and did not recognize EpCAM negative MCF-10A cells, producing the same characteristic signal as for blank phosphate buffered saline samples (no interaction). A two sample t-test found that the specific and nonspecificsignals were significantly different, p = 0.0235. Specific binding signals are attributed to the combined binding events and negative cell membrane potential.