A novel electrochemical lung cancer biomarker cytokeratin 19 fragment antigen 21-1 immunosensor based on Si3N4/MoS2 incorporated MWCNTs and core-shell type magnetic nanoparticles

Nanoscale. 2021 Mar 4;13(8):4660-4669. doi: 10.1039/d1nr00244a.

Abstract

Lung cancer is one of deadliest and most life threatening cancer types. Cytokeratin 19 fragment antigen 21-1 (CYFRA 21-1) is a significant biomarker for the diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Due to these reasons, a novel electrochemical immunosensor based on a silicon nitride (Si3N4)-molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) composite on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (Si3N4/MoS2-MWCNTs) as an electrochemical sensor platform and core-shell type magnetic mesoporous silica nanoparticles@gold nanoparticles (MMSNs@AuNPs) as a signal amplifier was presented for CYFRA21-1 detection in this study. Capture antibody (Ab1) immobilization on a Si3N4/MoS2-MWCNT modified glassy carbon electrode (Si3N4/MoS2-MWCNTs/GCE) was firstly successfully performed by stable electrostatic/ionic interactions between the -NH2 groups of the capture antibody and the polar groups of Si3N4/MoS2. Then, specific antibody-antigen interactions between the electrochemical sensor platform and the signal amplifier formed a novel voltammetric CYFRA21-1 immunosensor. The prepared composite materials and electrochemical sensor surfaces were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). A linearity range of 0.01-1.0 pg mL-1 and a low detection limit (LOD) of 2.00 fg mL-1 were also obtained for analytical applications. Thus, the proposed immunosensor based on Si3N4/MoS2-MWCNTs and MMSNs@AuNPs has great potential for medical diagnosis of lung cancer.

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Biosensing Techniques*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung*
  • Electrochemical Techniques
  • Electrodes
  • Gold
  • Humans
  • Immunoassay
  • Keratin-19
  • Limit of Detection
  • Lung
  • Lung Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Magnetite Nanoparticles*
  • Metal Nanoparticles*
  • Molybdenum
  • Nanotubes, Carbon*

Substances

  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Keratin-19
  • Magnetite Nanoparticles
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • antigen CYFRA21.1
  • Gold
  • Molybdenum