Issue 2, 2024

Nano-modified screen-printed electrode-based electrochemical immunosensors for oral cancer biomarker detection in undiluted human serum and saliva samples

Abstract

This proposed work reports the development of in-house made conductive ink-based screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) for label-free detection of oral cancer biomarkers. Carbon ink synthesis includes graphite powder, gum arabic, and water. The selectivity test of the fabricated SPE involves immobilizing antibodies specific to biomarkers and challenges with redox-active interference, other serum molecules, and non-target biomarkers. Three different biomarkers, cytokeratin-19 fragment (CYFRA 21-1), interleukin 8 (IL-8), and tumor protein p53 (TP-53), act as target entities for the detection of oral cancer in patients' samples (serum, N = 28, and saliva, N = 16) at an early stage. The standard technique enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was employed to estimate the concentration of the biomarkers in serum and saliva samples. SPEs contain amine (–NH2) functional groups involved in covalent bonding with the carboxyl (–COOH) groups of antibody molecules. These immunosensors exhibited remarkably lower detection limits of 829.5 pg mL−1, 0.543 pg mL−1, and 1.165 pg mL−1, and excellent sensitivity of 0.935 μA mL pg−1 cm−1, 0.039 μA mL pg−1 cm−1, and 0.008 μA mL pg−1 cm−1 for CYFRA 21-1, IL-8, and TP-53 biomarkers, respectively. This sensing platform does not require any functionalization for biomolecule immobilization. Thus, it is a cost-effective, disposable, flexible, miniaturized, and sensitive strip to detect oral cancer biomarkers.

Graphical abstract: Nano-modified screen-printed electrode-based electrochemical immunosensors for oral cancer biomarker detection in undiluted human serum and saliva samples

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Aug 2023
Accepted
21 Nov 2023
First published
30 Nov 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2024,6, 705-721

Nano-modified screen-printed electrode-based electrochemical immunosensors for oral cancer biomarker detection in undiluted human serum and saliva samples

P. Gulati, A. K. Singh, A. K. Yadav, K. Pasbola, P. Pandey, R. Sharma, A. Thakar and P. R. Solanki, Nanoscale Adv., 2024, 6, 705 DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00682D

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