Automated 3D-printed unibody immunoarray for chemiluminescence detection of cancer biomarker proteins.

ABSTRACT: A low cost three-dimensional (3D) printed clear plastic microfluidic device was fabricated for fast, low cost automated protein detection. The unibody device features three reagent reservoirs, an efficient 3D network for passive mixing, and an optically transparent detection chamber housing a glass capture antibody array for measuring chemiluminescence output with a CCD camera. Sandwich type assays were built onto the glass arrays using a multi-labeled detection antibody-polyHRP (HRP = horseradish peroxidase). Total assay time was ∼30 min in a complete automated assay employing a programmable syringe pump so that the protocol required minimal operator intervention. The device was used for multiplexed detection of prostate cancer biomarker proteins prostate specific antigen (PSA) and platel

SUBMITTER: Tang CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5317057 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature