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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

Glycan Profiling in Small Extracellular Vesicles with a SERS Microfluidic Biosensor Identifies Early Malignant Development in Lung Cancer.

Quan Zhou, Xueming Niu, Zhen Zhang, Kenneth O'Byrne, Arutha Kulasinghe, David Fielding, Andreas Möller, Alain Wuethrich, Richard J Lobb, Matt Trau

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Quan ZhouCentre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3267-6246
Xueming NiuCentre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
Zhen ZhangCentre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
Kenneth O'ByrneSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia.
Arutha KulasingheFrazer Institute, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia.
David FieldingDepartment of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, 4029, Australia.
Andreas MöllerJC STEM Lab, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China.
Alain WuethrichCentre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9569-0478
Richard J LobbCentre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9548-8843
Matt TrauCentre for Personalised Nanomedicine, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5516-1280

Funding

Australian Research Council DP210103151Australian Research Council DP220100960Australian Research Council FL220100059Cancer Council Australia 2010799Cancer Council Queensland ACCR027China Scholarship CouncilHong Kong Jockey Club Charities TrustInnovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong SAR GSP153Innovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong SAR PiH/048-050/22GSNational Health and Medical Research Council APP1173669National Health and Medical Research Council APP1185907
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycosylation is the most common post-translational modification of proteins and regulates a myriad of fundamental biological processes under normal, and pathological conditions. Altered protein glycosylation is linked to malignant transformation, showing distinct glycopatterns that are associated with cancer initiation and progression by regulating tumor proliferation, invasion, metastasis, and therapeutic resistance. The glycopatterns of small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) released by cancer cells are promising candidates for cancer monitoring since they exhibit glycopatterns similar to their cell-of-origin. However, the clinical application of sEV glycans is challenging due to the limitations of current analytical technologies in tracking the trace amounts of sEVs specifically derived from tumors in circulation. Herein, a sEV GLYcan PHenotype (EV-GLYPH) assay that utilizes a microfluidic platform integrated with surface-enhanced Raman scattering for multiplex profiling of sEV glycans in non-small cell lung cancer is clinically validated. For the first time, the EV-GLYPH assay effectively identifies distinct sEV glycan signatures between non-transformed and malignantly transformed lung cells. In a clinical study evaluated on 40 patients, the EV-GLYPH assay successfully differentiates patients with early-stage malignant lung nodules from benign lung nodules. These results reveal the potential to profile sEV glycans for noninvasive diagnostics and prognostics, opening up promising avenues for clinical applications and understanding the role of sEV glycosylation in lung cancer.

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Extracellular VesiclesLung NeoplasmsPolysaccharidesSpectrum Analysis, RamanBiosensing TechniquesCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungFemaleGlycosylationHumansMaleMicrofluidicsPolysaccharidesearly diagnosisextracellular vesiclesglycosylationliquid biopsiesminiaturized biosensorsnon‐small cell lung cancersurface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy

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PMID38885350
PMCPMC11434045

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