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A cytosensor based on NiO nanoparticle-enhanced surface plasmon resonance for detection of the breast cancer cell line MCF-7

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The article describes the use of a designed histidine (His)-tagged arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) peptide as a linker to bind integrin to captured cancer cells, and how to amplify the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) signal after binding of NiO nanoparticles (NiO-NPs) via the His-tag on the peptide. Specifically, breast cancer cells were captured via the interaction between human mucin (MUC-1) and a gold surface modified with a MUC-selective aptamer. The resulting cytosensor exhibits specificity and high sensitivity which is due to the enhancement of the SPR signal by NiO-NPs. The breast cancer cell line MCF-7 can be easily distinguished from normal islet beta cells by using this biosensor. Implementation of the His-tagged RGD peptide modified with NiO-NPs resulted in 20-fold enhancement of the SPR signal at the limit of detection. Hence, the actual limit of detection is lowered to 136 cells per mL. In our perception, this cytosensor has a large clinical potential in that it may also be used to detect various other kinds of tumor cells.

Histidine-tagged arginine-glycine-aspartic acid peptide carried by NiO interacts with the integrin of cancer cells and amplifies the SPR signal resulting from interaction between human mucin (MUC-1) and a gold surface modified with a MUC-selective aptamer. As little as 136 cells·mL−1 are detectable.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61275085, 31100560).

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  1. Laboratory of Biosensing Technology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China

    Shengsong Jia & Hongxia Chen

  2. School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China

    Pengfei Li

  3. Institute of General Education, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735, Republic of Korea

    Kwangnak Koh

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Jia, S., Li, P., Koh, K. et al. A cytosensor based on NiO nanoparticle-enhanced surface plasmon resonance for detection of the breast cancer cell line MCF-7. Microchim Acta 183, 683–688 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-015-1700-8

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