Test Strip Platform Spin-Off for Telomerase Activity Detection : Development of an Electrochemical Biosensor

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Telomerase overexpression has been associated directly with cancer, and the enzyme itself is recognized within the scientific community as a cancer biomarker. BIDEA's biosensing strip (BBS) is an innovative technology capable of detecting the presence of telomerase activity (TA) using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). This BBS is an interdigital gold (GID) electrode array similar in size and handling to a portable glucose sensor. For the detection of the biomarker, BBS was modified by the immobilization of a telomere-like single strand DNA (ssDNA) on its surface. The sensor was exposed to telomerase-positive extract from commercially available cancer cells, and the EIS spectra were measured. Telomerase recognizes the sequence of this immobilized ssDNA probe on the BBS, and the reverse transcription process that occurs in cancer cells is replicated, resulting in the ssDNA probe elongation. This surface process caused by the presence of TA generates changes in the capacitive process on the electrode array microchip surface, which is followed by EIS as the sensing tool and correlated with the presence of cancer cells. The telomerases' total cell extraction protocol results demonstrate significant changes in the charge-transfer resistance (R ct) change rate after exposure to telomerase-positive extract with a detection limit of 2.94 × 104 cells/mL. Finally, a preliminary study with a small set of "blind" uterine biopsy samples suggests the feasibility of using the changes in the R ct magnitude change rate (Δ(ΔR ct/R cti)/Δt) to distinguish positive from negative endometrial adenocarcinoma samples by the presence or absence of TA.

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E-Artikel

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2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

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ACS omega - 7(2022), 11 vom: 22. März, Seite 9964-9972

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Englisch

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Díaz-Ayala, Ramonita [VerfasserIn]
López-Nieves, Marjorie [VerfasserIn]
Colón Berlingeri, Etienne S [VerfasserIn]
Cabrera, Carlos R [VerfasserIn]
Cunci, Lisandro [VerfasserIn]
González, Carlos I [VerfasserIn]
Escobar, Pedro F [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 05.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

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10.1021/acsomega.2c00713

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NLM338867155