Label-Free Protein Detection by Micro-Acoustic Biosensor Coupled with Electrical Field Sorting. Theoretical Study in Urine Models

Diagnostic devices for point-of-care (POC) urine analysis (urinalysis) based on microfluidic technology have been actively developing for several decades as an alternative to laboratory based biochemical assays. Urine proteins (albumin, immunoglobulins, uromodulin, haemoglobin etc.) are important biomarkers of various pathological conditions and should be selectively detected by urinalysis sensors. The challenge is a determination of different oligomeric forms of the same protein, e.g., uromodulin, which have similar bio-chemical affinity but different physical properties. For the selective detection of different types of proteins, we propose to use a shear bulk acoustic resonator sensor with an additional electrode on the upper part of the bioliquid-filled channel for protein electric field manipulation. It causes modulation of the protein concentration over time in the near-surface region of the acoustic sensor, that allows to distinguish proteins based on their differences in diffusion coefficients (or sizes) and zeta-potentials. Moreover, in order to improve the sensitivity to density, we propose to use structured sensor interface. A numerical study of this approach for the detection of proteins was carried out using the example of albumin, immunoglobulin, and oligomeric forms of uromodulin in model urine solutions. In this contribution we prove the proposed concept with numerical studies for the detection of albumin, immunoglobulin, and oligomeric forms of uromodulin in urine models.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) - 21(2021), 7 vom: 06. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mukhin, Nikolay [VerfasserIn]
Konoplev, Georgii [VerfasserIn]
Oseev, Aleksandr [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt, Marc-Peter [VerfasserIn]
Stepanova, Oksana [VerfasserIn]
Kozyrev, Andrey [VerfasserIn]
Dmitriev, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Hirsch, Soeren [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acoustic liquid sensor
Biosensor
Electrical field manipulation
Journal Article
Proteins
Shear bulk acoustic resonator
Structured sensor interface
Urine proteins characterisation

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Date Completed 03.05.2021

Date Revised 03.05.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/s21072555

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324706278