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Single living cell detection of telomerase over-expression for cancer detection by an optical fiber nanobiosensor.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19963365     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
An optical fiber nanobiosensor was constructed to successfully detect a general cancer biomarker, telomerase at single cell level with its nanoscale tip. The nanotip immobilized with a specific antibody was inserted into a MCF-7 breast cancer cell nucleus to capture telomerases directly, after which an in vitro enzymatic sandwich immunoassay was performed to achieve sensitive single living cell detection. The nanotip inserted into MCF-7 cell nucleus provides significantly higher average (F-F(0))/F(0) ratio than that of human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC) nucleus, demonstrating the successful detection of the telomerase over-expression in cancer cells as compared to normal cells. The detection in the cytoplasm shows much smaller average ratio than that in the nucleus of MCF-7 cells while clearly verifies the nuclear localization of telomerase. The successful detection of telomerase over-expression in a single living cell for the first time may provide a potential method for cancer detection, and also demonstrate a universal approach that can be used to detect other low expression proteins in a single living cell.
Authors:
Xin Ting Zheng; Chang Ming Li
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-11-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biosensors & bioelectronics     Volume:  25     ISSN:  1873-4235     ISO Abbreviation:  Biosens Bioelectron     Publication Date:  2010 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-03     Completed Date:  2010-04-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9001289     Medline TA:  Biosens Bioelectron     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1548-52     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*,  metabolism
Cell Line, Tumor
Cell Separation / instrumentation
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
Gene Expression Profiling / instrumentation
Humans
Nanotechnology / instrumentation*
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Spectrometry, Fluorescence / instrumentation*
Telomerase / analysis*
Tumor Markers, Biological / analysis*
Up-Regulation
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Tumor Markers, Biological; EC 2.7.7.49/Telomerase

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