Application of flat panel OLED display technology for the point-of-care detection of circulating cancer biomarkers

Sci Rep. 2016 Jul 4:6:29057. doi: 10.1038/srep29057.

Abstract

Point-of-care molecular diagnostics can provide efficient and cost-effective medical care, and they have the potential to fundamentally change our approach to global health. However, most existing approaches are not scalable to include multiple biomarkers. As a solution, we have combined commercial flat panel OLED display technology with protein microarray technology to enable high-density fluorescent, programmable, multiplexed biorecognition in a compact and disposable configuration with clinical-level sensitivity. Our approach leverages advances in commercial display technology to reduce pre-functionalized biosensor substrate costs to pennies per cm(2). Here, we demonstrate quantitative detection of IgG antibodies to multiple viral antigens in patient serum samples with detection limits for human IgG in the 10 pg/mL range. We also demonstrate multiplexed detection of antibodies to the HPV16 proteins E2, E6, and E7, which are circulating biomarkers for cervical as well as head and neck cancers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies / blood
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood*
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / blood
  • Female
  • Human papillomavirus 16 / isolation & purification
  • Human papillomavirus 16 / pathogenicity
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood*
  • Limit of Detection
  • Oncogene Proteins, Viral / blood
  • Papillomavirus E7 Proteins / blood
  • Papillomavirus Infections / blood*
  • Papillomavirus Infections / pathology
  • Pathology, Molecular
  • Point-of-Care Systems
  • Protein Array Analysis
  • Repressor Proteins / blood
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / blood*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • E2 protein, Human papillomavirus type 16
  • E6 protein, Human papillomavirus type 16
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Oncogene Proteins, Viral
  • Papillomavirus E7 Proteins
  • Repressor Proteins
  • oncogene protein E7, Human papillomavirus type 16