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ArticleACS sensors2021

Detection of Tumor DNA in Human Plasma with a Functional PLL-Based Surface Layer and Plasmonic Biosensing.

Noemi Bellassai, Roberta D'Agata, Almudena Marti, Andrea Rozzi, Stefano Volpi, Matteo Allegretti, Roberto Corradini, Patrizio Giacomini, Jurriaan Huskens, Giuseppe Spoto

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Article in ACS sensors, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Noemi BellassaiDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95122 Catania, Italy.
Roberta D'AgataDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95122 Catania, Italy.
Almudena MartiDepartment of Molecules & Materials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science & Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
Andrea RozziDepartment of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parco Area Delle Scienze, 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
Stefano VolpiDepartment of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parco Area Delle Scienze, 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
Matteo AllegrettiOncogenomics and Epigenetics, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi, 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.
Roberto CorradiniINBB, Istituto Nazionale di Biostrutture e Biosistemi, Viale delle Medaglie d'Oro, 305, 00136 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8026-0923
Patrizio GiacominiOncogenomics and Epigenetics, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Via Elio Chianesi, 53, 00144 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6109-1709
Jurriaan HuskensDepartment of Molecules & Materials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science & Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4596-9179
Giuseppe SpotoDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95122 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3201-8689
University of Catania · ITUniversity of Parma · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITUniversity of Twente · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Standard protocols for the analysis of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) include the isolation of DNA from the patient's plasma and its amplification and analysis in buffered solutions. The application of such protocols is hampered by several factors, including the complexity and time-constrained preanalytical procedures, risks for sample contamination, extended analysis time, and assay costs. A recently introduced nanoparticle-enhanced surface plasmon resonance imaging-based assay has been shown to simplify procedures for the direct detection of tumor DNA in the patient's plasma, greatly simplifying the cumbersome preanalytical phase. To further simplify the protocol, a new dual-functional low-fouling poly-l-lysine (PLL)-based surface layer has been introduced that is described herein. The new PLL-based layer includes a densely immobilized CEEEEE oligopeptide to create a charge-balanced system preventing the nonspecific adsorption of plasma components on the sensor surface. The layer also comprises sparsely attached peptide nucleic acid probes complementary to the sequence of circulating DNA, e.g., the analyte that has to be captured in the plasma from cancer patients. We thoroughly investigated the contribution of each component of the dual-functional polymer to the antifouling properties of the surface layer. The low-fouling property of the new surface layer allowed us to detect wild-type and KRAS p.G12D-mutated DNA in human plasma at the attomolar level (∼2.5 aM) and KRAS p.G13D-mutated tumor DNA in liquid biopsy from a cancer patient with almost no preanalytical treatment of the patient's plasma, no need to isolate DNA from plasma, and without PCR amplification of the target sequence.

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NeoplasmsPeptide Nucleic AcidsDNAHumansLysineSurface Plasmon ResonanceDNALysinePeptide Nucleic Acidscancer diagnosispeptide nucleic acidsplasmonicspoly-l-lysinesurface plasmon resonance

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PMID34032412
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