APHRODITE: A Compact Lab-on-Chip Biosensor for the Real-Time Analysis of Salivary Biomarkers in Space Missions
One of the main challenges to be faced in deep space missions is to protect the health and ensure the maximum efficiency of the crew by preparing methods of prevention and in situ diagnosis. Indeed, the hostile environment causes important health problems, ranging from muscle atrophy, osteopenia, an...
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| author | Lorenzo Nardi Nithin Maipan Davis Serena Sansolini Thiago Baratto de Albuquerque Mohcine Laarraj Domenico Caputo Giampiero de Cesare Seyedeh Rojin Shariati Pour Martina Zangheri Donato Calabria Massimo Guardigli Michele Balsamo Elisa Carrubba Fabrizio Carubia Marco Ceccarelli Michele Ghiozzi Liyana Popova Andrea Tenaglia Marino Crisconio Alessandro Donati Augusto Nascetti Mara Mirasoli |
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| description | One of the main challenges to be faced in deep space missions is to protect the health and ensure the maximum efficiency of the crew by preparing methods of prevention and in situ diagnosis. Indeed, the hostile environment causes important health problems, ranging from muscle atrophy, osteopenia, and immunological and metabolic alterations due to microgravity, to an increased risk of cancer caused by exposure to radiation. It is, therefore, necessary to provide new methods for the real-time measurement of biomarkers suitable for deepening our knowledge of the effects of space flight on the balance of the immune system and for allowing the monitoring of the astronaut’s health during long-term missions. APHRODITE will enable human space exploration because it fills this void that affects both missions in LEO and future missions to the Moon and Mars. Its scientific objectives are the design, production, testing, and in-orbit demonstration of a compact, reusable, and reconfigurable system for performing the real-time analysis of oral fluid samples in manned space missions. In the frame of this project, a crew member onboard the ISS will employ APHRODITE to measure the selected target analytes, cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S), in oral fluid, in four (plus one additional desired session) separate experiment sessions. The paper addresses the design of the main subsystems of the analytical device and the preliminary results obtained during the first implementations of the device subsystems and testing measurements on Earth. In particular, the system design and the experiment data output of the lab-on-chip photosensors and of the front-end readout electronics are reported in detail along with preliminary chemical tests for the duplex competitive CL-immunoassay for the simultaneous detection of cortisol and DHEA-S. Different applications also on Earth are envisaged for the APHRODITE device, as it will be suitable for point-of-care testing applications (e.g., emergency medicine, bioterrorism, diagnostics in developing countries, etc.). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f06d4c2c96be41599526d08e076d6a002024-02-23T15:09:30ZengMDPI AGBiosensors2079-63742024-01-011427210.3390/bios14020072APHRODITE: A Compact Lab-on-Chip Biosensor for the Real-Time Analysis of Salivary Biomarkers in Space MissionsLorenzo Nardi0Nithin Maipan Davis1Serena Sansolini2Thiago Baratto de Albuquerque3Mohcine Laarraj4Domenico Caputo5Giampiero de Cesare6Seyedeh Rojin Shariati Pour7Martina Zangheri8Donato Calabria9Massimo Guardigli10Michele Balsamo11Elisa Carrubba12Fabrizio Carubia13Marco Ceccarelli14Michele Ghiozzi15Liyana Popova16Andrea Tenaglia17Marino Crisconio18Alessandro Donati19Augusto Nascetti20Mara Mirasoli21School of Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Salaria 851, I-00138 Rome, ItalySchool of Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Salaria 851, I-00138 Rome, ItalySchool of Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Salaria 851, I-00138 Rome, ItalySchool of Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Salaria 851, I-00138 Rome, ItalySchool of Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Salaria 851, I-00138 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Eudossiana 18, I-00184 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Eudossiana 18, I-00184 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, Tecnopolo di Rimini, Via Dario Campana 71, I-47922 Rimini, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, Tecnopolo di Rimini, Via Dario Campana 71, I-47922 Rimini, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, I-40126 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, I-40126 Bologna, ItalyKayser Italy S.r.l. Unipersonale, Via di Popogna 501, I-57128 Livorno, ItalyKayser Italy S.r.l. Unipersonale, Via di Popogna 501, I-57128 Livorno, ItalyKayser Italy S.r.l. Unipersonale, Via di Popogna 501, I-57128 Livorno, ItalyKayser Italy S.r.l. Unipersonale, Via di Popogna 501, I-57128 Livorno, ItalyKayser Italy S.r.l. Unipersonale, Via di Popogna 501, I-57128 Livorno, ItalyKayser Italy S.r.l. Unipersonale, Via di Popogna 501, I-57128 Livorno, ItalyKayser Italy S.r.l. Unipersonale, Via di Popogna 501, I-57128 Livorno, ItalyAgenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Italian Space Agency, Via del Politecnico, I-00133 Rome, ItalyKayser Italy S.r.l. Unipersonale, Via di Popogna 501, I-57128 Livorno, ItalySchool of Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Salaria 851, I-00138 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, Tecnopolo di Rimini, Via Dario Campana 71, I-47922 Rimini, ItalyOne of the main challenges to be faced in deep space missions is to protect the health and ensure the maximum efficiency of the crew by preparing methods of prevention and in situ diagnosis. Indeed, the hostile environment causes important health problems, ranging from muscle atrophy, osteopenia, and immunological and metabolic alterations due to microgravity, to an increased risk of cancer caused by exposure to radiation. It is, therefore, necessary to provide new methods for the real-time measurement of biomarkers suitable for deepening our knowledge of the effects of space flight on the balance of the immune system and for allowing the monitoring of the astronaut’s health during long-term missions. APHRODITE will enable human space exploration because it fills this void that affects both missions in LEO and future missions to the Moon and Mars. Its scientific objectives are the design, production, testing, and in-orbit demonstration of a compact, reusable, and reconfigurable system for performing the real-time analysis of oral fluid samples in manned space missions. In the frame of this project, a crew member onboard the ISS will employ APHRODITE to measure the selected target analytes, cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S), in oral fluid, in four (plus one additional desired session) separate experiment sessions. The paper addresses the design of the main subsystems of the analytical device and the preliminary results obtained during the first implementations of the device subsystems and testing measurements on Earth. In particular, the system design and the experiment data output of the lab-on-chip photosensors and of the front-end readout electronics are reported in detail along with preliminary chemical tests for the duplex competitive CL-immunoassay for the simultaneous detection of cortisol and DHEA-S. Different applications also on Earth are envisaged for the APHRODITE device, as it will be suitable for point-of-care testing applications (e.g., emergency medicine, bioterrorism, diagnostics in developing countries, etc.).https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/14/2/72lab-on-chipchemiluminescencehydrogenated amorphous silicon photosensorsbiosensorInternational Space Stationimmunoassay |
| spellingShingle | Lorenzo Nardi Nithin Maipan Davis Serena Sansolini Thiago Baratto de Albuquerque Mohcine Laarraj Domenico Caputo Giampiero de Cesare Seyedeh Rojin Shariati Pour Martina Zangheri Donato Calabria Massimo Guardigli Michele Balsamo Elisa Carrubba Fabrizio Carubia Marco Ceccarelli Michele Ghiozzi Liyana Popova Andrea Tenaglia Marino Crisconio Alessandro Donati Augusto Nascetti Mara Mirasoli APHRODITE: A Compact Lab-on-Chip Biosensor for the Real-Time Analysis of Salivary Biomarkers in Space Missions Biosensors lab-on-chip chemiluminescence hydrogenated amorphous silicon photosensors biosensor International Space Station immunoassay |
| title | APHRODITE: A Compact Lab-on-Chip Biosensor for the Real-Time Analysis of Salivary Biomarkers in Space Missions |
| title_full | APHRODITE: A Compact Lab-on-Chip Biosensor for the Real-Time Analysis of Salivary Biomarkers in Space Missions |
| title_fullStr | APHRODITE: A Compact Lab-on-Chip Biosensor for the Real-Time Analysis of Salivary Biomarkers in Space Missions |
| title_full_unstemmed | APHRODITE: A Compact Lab-on-Chip Biosensor for the Real-Time Analysis of Salivary Biomarkers in Space Missions |
| title_short | APHRODITE: A Compact Lab-on-Chip Biosensor for the Real-Time Analysis of Salivary Biomarkers in Space Missions |
| title_sort | aphrodite a compact lab on chip biosensor for the real time analysis of salivary biomarkers in space missions |
| topic | lab-on-chip chemiluminescence hydrogenated amorphous silicon photosensors biosensor International Space Station immunoassay |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/14/2/72 |
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