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ACS Sens ; 7(11): 3379-3388, 2022 11 25.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36374944

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Improving outcomes for cancer patients during treatment and monitoring for cancer recurrence requires personalized care which can only be achieved through regular surveillance for biomarkers. Unfortunately, routine detection for blood-based biomarkers is cost-prohibitive using currently specialized laboratories. Using a rapid self-assembly sensing interface amenable to methods of mass production, we demonstrate the ability to detect and quantify a small carbohydrate-based cancer biomarker, Tn antigen (αGalNAc-Ser/Thr) in a small volume of blood, using a test format strip reminiscent of a blood glucose test. The detection of Tn antigen at picomolar levels is achieved through a new transduction mechanism based on the impact of Tn antigen interactions on the molecular dynamic motion of a lectin cross-linked lubricin antifouling brush. In tests performed on retrospective blood plasma samples from patients presenting three different tumor types, differentiation between healthy and diseased patients was achieved, highlighting the clinical potential for cancer monitoring.


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Neoplasms , Point-of-Care Systems , Humans , Retrospective Studies , Neoplasms/diagnosis , Carbohydrates
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BMC Cancer ; 8: 259, 2008 Sep 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18789162

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BACKGROUND: Many cancers preferentially meet their energy requirements through the glycolytic pathway rather than via the more efficient oxidative phosphorylation pathway. It is thought that this is an important adaptation in cancer malignancy. We investigated whether use of glycolysis for energy production even in the presence of oxygen (known as the Warburg effect) varied between neuroblastoma cell lines with or without MYCN amplification (a key indicator of poor disease outcome in neuroblastoma). METHODS: We examined ATP and lactate production, oxygen consumption and mitochondrial energisation status for three neuroblastoma cell lines with varying degrees of MYCN amplification and MYCN expression. RESULTS: We found no correlation between MYCN expression and the Warburg effect in the cell lines investigated. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest preferential use of glycolysis for energy production and MYCN expression may be independent markers of neuroblastoma malignancy in vitro if not in vivo.


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Adenosine Triphosphate/biosynthesis , Glycolysis/physiology , Lactic Acid/biosynthesis , Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism , Neuroblastoma/metabolism , Nuclear Proteins/metabolism , Oncogene Proteins/metabolism , Cell Line, Tumor , Gene Amplification , Genes, myc/genetics , Glycolysis/genetics , Humans , Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/physiology , N-Myc Proto-Oncogene Protein , Neuroblastoma/genetics , Oxygen Consumption/physiology , Phenotype
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