Sandwich-Type Electrochemical Paper-Based Immunosensor for Claudin 7 and CD81 Dual Determination on Extracellular Vesicles from Breast Cancer Patients

Anal Chem. 2021 Jan 19;93(2):1143-1153. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04180. Epub 2020 Dec 10.

Abstract

This study is focused on identifying novel epithelial markers in circulating extracellular vesicles (EVs) through the development of a dual sandwich-type electrochemical paper-based immunosensor for Claudin 7 and CD81 determination, as well as its validation in breast cancer (BC) patients. This immunosensor allows for rapid, sensitive, and label-free detection of these two relevant BC biomarkers. Under optimum conditions, the limit of detection for Claudin 7 was 0.4 pg mL-1, with a wide linear range of 2 to 1000 pg mL-1, while for CD81, the limit of detection was 3 pg mL-1, with a wide linear range of 0.01 to 10 ng mL-1. Finally, we validated Claudin 7 and CD81 determination in EVs from 60 BC patients and 20 healthy volunteers, reporting higher diagnostic accuracy than the one observed with classical diagnostic markers. This analysis provides a low-cost, specific, versatile, and user-friendly strategy as a robust and reliable tool for early BC diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis*
  • Biosensing Techniques
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Claudins / analysis*
  • Electrochemical Techniques
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Extracellular Vesicles / chemistry*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Paper*
  • Tetraspanin 28 / analysis*

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • CD81 protein, human
  • CLDN7 protein, human
  • Claudins
  • Tetraspanin 28