Issue 40, 2023

A novel dual-function SERS-based identification strategy for preliminary screening and accurate diagnosis of circulating tumor cells

Abstract

Non-specific adsorption of bioprobes based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) technology inevitably endows white blood cells (WBC) in the peripheral blood with Raman signals, which greatly interfere the identification accuracy of circulating tumor cells (CTCs). In this study, an innovative strategy was proposed to effectively identify CTCs by using SERS technology assisted by a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Firstly, a magnetic Fe3O4–Au complex SERS bioprobe was developed, which could effectively capture the triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells and endow the tumor cells with distinct SERS signals. Then, the ROC curve obtained based on the comparison of SERS intensity of TNBC cells and WBC was used to construct a tumor cell identification model. The merit of the model was that the detection sensitivity and specificity could be intelligently switched according to different identification purposes such as accurate diagnosis or preliminary screening of tumor cells. Finally, the difunctional recognition ability of the model for accurate diagnosis and preliminary screening of tumor cells was further validated by using the healthy human blood added with TNBC cells and blood samples of real tumor patients. This novel difunctional identification strategy provides a new perspective for identification of CTCs based on the SERS technology.

Graphical abstract: A novel dual-function SERS-based identification strategy for preliminary screening and accurate diagnosis of circulating tumor cells

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Jul 2023
Accepted
14 Sep 2023
First published
15 Sep 2023

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2023,11, 9666-9675

A novel dual-function SERS-based identification strategy for preliminary screening and accurate diagnosis of circulating tumor cells

D. Zhang, J. Lin, Y. Xu, X. Wu, X. Xu, Y. Xie, T. Pan, Y. He, J. Luo, Z. Zhang, L. Fan, S. Li, T. Chen, A. Wu and G. Shao, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2023, 11, 9666 DOI: 10.1039/D3TB01545A

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