Label-Free and In Situ Glycophenotyping Using a Glycocalyx-Mimetic Electrochemical Transducer
-glycosylated mucin domains present tumor-associated truncated O-glycans that serve as linkers to the lectins, our recognition elements. Embedding six lectins within lubricin enables orthogonal recognition of Gal-GalNAc-terminated oligosaccharides. In an electrochemical culture-plate format, the resulting sensor supports real-time, in situ glycophenotyping of melanoma cells, achieving quantitative agreement to a conventional, end point, lectin microarray. This glycocalyx-mimetic transducer thus enables the rapid, label-free screening of lectin-glycan interactions and the profiling of diagnostically relevant, tumor-associated glycans.
Authors
- Jessica Da Gama Duarte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4289-5204)
- Ronil J. Rath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8508-7330)
- Andreas Behren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5329-280X)
- Alexandre Xavier Mendes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6137-8320)
- Luiza Aguiar do Nascimento (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0375-3924)
- Vatsala Pithaih
- Henry F. F. Bellette
- George Wren Greene (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2250-8334)
- Saimon M. Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6119-4417)
- Simon E. Moulton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8320-3852)
- Thiago Coimbra Pimenta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2015-997X)
- Dênio E. Pires Souto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3276-8797)
- Eliza Grills
Institutions
- La Trobe University (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- Biosensores (Spain) (ES)
- Centro de Espectrometria de Massas Aplicada (Brazil) (BR)
- Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Published
- 2026-06-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c04290
- Primary Topic
- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Australian Research Council