Mining the salivary proteome with grating-coupled surface plasmon resonance imaging and surface plasmon coupled emission microarrays.
Biological indicators have numerous and widespread utility in personalized medicine, but the measurement of these indicators also poses many technological and practical challenges. Blood/plasma has typically been used as the sample source with which to measure these indicators, but the invasiveness associated with sample procurement has led to increased interest in saliva as an attractive alternative. However, there are unique issues associated with the measurement of saliva biomarkers. These issues are compounded by the imperfect correlation between saliva and plasma with respect to biomarker profiles. In this manuscript, we address the technical challenges associated with saliva biomarker quantification. We describe a high-content microarray assay that employs both grating-coupled surface plasmon resonance imaging and surface plasmon-coupled emission modalities in a highly sensitive assay with a large dynamic range. This powerful approach provides the tools to map the proteome of saliva, which in turn should greatly enhance the utility of salivary biomarker profiles in personalized medicine.
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
Ryan D
RD
Molony
James M
JM
Rice
Jong Seol
JS
Yuk
Vivek
V
Shetty
Dipak
D
Dey
David A
DA
Lawrence
Michael A
MA
Lynes
D015415:Biomarkers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D040081:Protein Array Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D020543:Proteome / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D040901:Proteomics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry*; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000379:methods*
D015415:Biomarkers; D020543:Proteome; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides