A negative-pressure-driven microfluidic chip for the rapid detection of a bladder cancer biomarker in urine using bead-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Abstract

This paper describes an integrated microfluidic chip that is capable of rapidly and quantitatively measuring the concentration of a bladder cancer biomarker, apolipoprotein A1, in urine samples. All of the microfluidic components, including the fluid transport system, the micro-valve, and the micro-mixer, were driven by negative pressure, which simplifies the use of the chip and facilitates commercialization. Magnetic beads were used as a solid support for the primary antibody, which captured apolipoprotein A1 in patients' urine. Because of the three-dimensional structure of the magnetic beads, the concentration range of the target that could be detected was as high as 2000 ng ml À1 . Because this concentration is 100 times higher than that quantifiable using a 96-well plate with the same enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit, the dilution of the patient's urine can be avoided or greatly reduced. The limit of detection was determined to be approximately 10 ng ml À1 , which is lower than the cutoff value for diagnosing bladder cancer (11.16 ng ml À1 ). When the values measured using the microfluidic chip were compared with those measured using conventional ELISA using a 96-well plate for five patients, the deviations were 0.9%, 6.8%, 9.4%, 1.8%, and 5.8%. The entire measurement time is 6-fold faster than that of conventional ELISA. This microfluidic device shows significant potential for point-ofcare applications. V C 2013 American Institute of Physics.

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