A Novel Silicon Platform for Selective Isolation, Quantification, and Molecular Analysis of Small Extracellular Vesicles

Antonio Alessio Leonardi,1– 3 Rosalia Battaglia,4 Dario Morganti,1,2 Maria Josè Lo Faro,1,3 Barbara Fazio,2 Chiara De Pascali,5 Luca Francioso,5 Gerardo Palazzo,6,7 Antonia Mallardi,8 Michele Purrello,4 Francesco Priolo,1 Paolo Musumeci,1,* Cinzia Di Pietro,4,* Alessia Irrera2,*...

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Autores principales: Leonardi AA, Battaglia R, Morganti D, Lo Faro MJ, Fazio B, De Pascali C, Francioso L, Palazzo G, Mallardi A, Purrello M, Priolo F, Musumeci P, Di Pietro C, Irrera A
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:dfd184cd0b3c43a9b2751b446adf64572021-12-02T17:22:18ZA Novel Silicon Platform for Selective Isolation, Quantification, and Molecular Analysis of Small Extracellular Vesicles1178-2013https://doaj.org/article/dfd184cd0b3c43a9b2751b446adf64572021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/a-novel-silicon-platform-for-selective-isolation-quantification-and-mo-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IJNhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Antonio Alessio Leonardi,1– 3 Rosalia Battaglia,4 Dario Morganti,1,2 Maria Josè Lo Faro,1,3 Barbara Fazio,2 Chiara De Pascali,5 Luca Francioso,5 Gerardo Palazzo,6,7 Antonia Mallardi,8 Michele Purrello,4 Francesco Priolo,1 Paolo Musumeci,1,* Cinzia Di Pietro,4,* Alessia Irrera2,* 1Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy; 2CNR-IPCF, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, Messina, 98158, Italy; 3CNR-IMM UoS Catania, Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi, Catania, 95123, Italy; 4Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; 5CNR-IMM, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, Via Monteroni, University Campus, Lecce, 73100, Italy; 6Chemistry Department, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, Bari, 70125, Italy; 7CSGI, Center for Colloid and Surface Science c/o Chemistry Department, Bari, 70125, Italy; 8CNR-IPCF, Institute for Chemical-Physical Processes, c/o Chemistry Department, Bari, 70125, Italy*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Paolo Musumeci; Cinzia Di Pietro Email paolo.musumeci@ct.infn.it; dipietro@unict.itIntroduction: Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), thanks to their cargo, are involved in cellular communication and play important roles in cell proliferation, growth, differentiation, apoptosis, stemness and embryo development. Their contribution to human pathology has been widely demonstrated and they are emerging as strategic biomarkers of cancer, neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, and as potential targets for therapeutic intervention. However, the use of sEVs for medical applications is still limited due to the selectivity and sensitivity limits of the commonly applied approaches.Methods: Novel sensing solutions based on nanomaterials are arising as strategic tools able to surpass traditional sensor limits. Among these, Si nanowires (Si NWs), realized with cost-effective industrially compatible metal-assisted chemical etching, are perfect candidates for sEV detection.Results: In this paper, the realization of a selective sensor able to isolate, concentrate and quantify specific vesicle populations, from minimal volumes of biofluid, is presented. In particular, this Si NW platform has a detection limit of about 2× 105 sEVs/mL and was tested with follicular fluid and blastocoel samples. Moreover, the possibility to detach the selectively isolated sEVs allowing further analyses with other approaches was demonstrated by SEM analysis and several PCRs performed on the RNA content of the detached sEVs.Discussion: This platform overcomes the limit of detection of traditional methods and, most importantly, preserves the biological content of sEVs, opening the route toward a reliable liquid biopsy analysis.Keywords: silicon nanowires, biosensor, small extracellular vesicles, label-free, luminescenceLeonardi AABattaglia RMorganti DLo Faro MJFazio BDe Pascali CFrancioso LPalazzo GMallardi APurrello MPriolo FMusumeci PDi Pietro CIrrera ADove Medical Pressarticlesilicon nanowiresbiosensorsmall extracellular vesicleslabel-freeluminescenceMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol Volume 16, Pp 5153-5165 (2021)
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topic silicon nanowires
biosensor
small extracellular vesicles
label-free
luminescence
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle silicon nanowires
biosensor
small extracellular vesicles
label-free
luminescence
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Leonardi AA
Battaglia R
Morganti D
Lo Faro MJ
Fazio B
De Pascali C
Francioso L
Palazzo G
Mallardi A
Purrello M
Priolo F
Musumeci P
Di Pietro C
Irrera A
A Novel Silicon Platform for Selective Isolation, Quantification, and Molecular Analysis of Small Extracellular Vesicles
description Antonio Alessio Leonardi,1– 3 Rosalia Battaglia,4 Dario Morganti,1,2 Maria Josè Lo Faro,1,3 Barbara Fazio,2 Chiara De Pascali,5 Luca Francioso,5 Gerardo Palazzo,6,7 Antonia Mallardi,8 Michele Purrello,4 Francesco Priolo,1 Paolo Musumeci,1,* Cinzia Di Pietro,4,* Alessia Irrera2,* 1Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy; 2CNR-IPCF, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, Messina, 98158, Italy; 3CNR-IMM UoS Catania, Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi, Catania, 95123, Italy; 4Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; 5CNR-IMM, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, Via Monteroni, University Campus, Lecce, 73100, Italy; 6Chemistry Department, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, Bari, 70125, Italy; 7CSGI, Center for Colloid and Surface Science c/o Chemistry Department, Bari, 70125, Italy; 8CNR-IPCF, Institute for Chemical-Physical Processes, c/o Chemistry Department, Bari, 70125, Italy*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Paolo Musumeci; Cinzia Di Pietro Email paolo.musumeci@ct.infn.it; dipietro@unict.itIntroduction: Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), thanks to their cargo, are involved in cellular communication and play important roles in cell proliferation, growth, differentiation, apoptosis, stemness and embryo development. Their contribution to human pathology has been widely demonstrated and they are emerging as strategic biomarkers of cancer, neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, and as potential targets for therapeutic intervention. However, the use of sEVs for medical applications is still limited due to the selectivity and sensitivity limits of the commonly applied approaches.Methods: Novel sensing solutions based on nanomaterials are arising as strategic tools able to surpass traditional sensor limits. Among these, Si nanowires (Si NWs), realized with cost-effective industrially compatible metal-assisted chemical etching, are perfect candidates for sEV detection.Results: In this paper, the realization of a selective sensor able to isolate, concentrate and quantify specific vesicle populations, from minimal volumes of biofluid, is presented. In particular, this Si NW platform has a detection limit of about 2× 105 sEVs/mL and was tested with follicular fluid and blastocoel samples. Moreover, the possibility to detach the selectively isolated sEVs allowing further analyses with other approaches was demonstrated by SEM analysis and several PCRs performed on the RNA content of the detached sEVs.Discussion: This platform overcomes the limit of detection of traditional methods and, most importantly, preserves the biological content of sEVs, opening the route toward a reliable liquid biopsy analysis.Keywords: silicon nanowires, biosensor, small extracellular vesicles, label-free, luminescence
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author Leonardi AA
Battaglia R
Morganti D
Lo Faro MJ
Fazio B
De Pascali C
Francioso L
Palazzo G
Mallardi A
Purrello M
Priolo F
Musumeci P
Di Pietro C
Irrera A
author_facet Leonardi AA
Battaglia R
Morganti D
Lo Faro MJ
Fazio B
De Pascali C
Francioso L
Palazzo G
Mallardi A
Purrello M
Priolo F
Musumeci P
Di Pietro C
Irrera A
author_sort Leonardi AA
title A Novel Silicon Platform for Selective Isolation, Quantification, and Molecular Analysis of Small Extracellular Vesicles
title_short A Novel Silicon Platform for Selective Isolation, Quantification, and Molecular Analysis of Small Extracellular Vesicles
title_full A Novel Silicon Platform for Selective Isolation, Quantification, and Molecular Analysis of Small Extracellular Vesicles
title_fullStr A Novel Silicon Platform for Selective Isolation, Quantification, and Molecular Analysis of Small Extracellular Vesicles
title_full_unstemmed A Novel Silicon Platform for Selective Isolation, Quantification, and Molecular Analysis of Small Extracellular Vesicles
title_sort novel silicon platform for selective isolation, quantification, and molecular analysis of small extracellular vesicles
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/dfd184cd0b3c43a9b2751b446adf6457
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