Non-invasive detection of hepatocellular carcinoma serum metabolic profile through surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Rui Xiao, Xuhui Zhang, Zhen Rong, Bingshui Xiu, Xiqin Yang, Chongwen Wang, Wende Hao, Qi Zhang, Zhiqiang Liu, Cuimi Duan, Kai Zhao, Xu Guo, Yawen Fan, Yanfeng Zhao, Heather Johnson, Yan Huang, Xiaoyan Feng*, Xiaohong Xu, Heqiu Zhang, Shengqi Wang

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Abstract

The present study aims to identify distinctive Raman spectrum metabolic peaks to predict hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We performed a label-free, non-invasive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) test on 230 serum samples including 47 HCC, 60 normal controls (NC), 68 breast cancer (BC) and 55 lung cancer (LC) by mixing Au@AgNRs with serum directly. Based on the observed SERS spectra, discriminative metabolites including tryptophan, phenylalanine, and etc. were found in HCC, when compared with BC, LC, and NC (P < 0.05 in all). Common metabolites-proline, valine, adenine and thymine were found in HCC, BC and LC with compared to NC group (P < 0.05). Importantly, Raman spectra of HCC serum biomarker AFP were firstly detected to analyze the HCC prominent peak. Orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis was adopted to assess the diagnostic accuracy; area under curve value of HCC is 0.991. This study provides new insights into the HCC metabolites detection through Raman spectroscopy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2475-2484
Number of pages10
JournalNanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine
Volume12
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Au@Ag nanorods
  • Cancer detection
  • Hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Serum metabolites
  • Surface-enhanced Raman scattering

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