044∼0.000). The AUCs (area under receiver operating characteristic curve) were 0.657∼1.000 (7 indicators >0.8); sensitivities, specificities and accuracies for PHC diagnosis were 61.8∼100.0% (4 indicators >80%), 61.1∼100.0% (6 indicators >80%) and 64.3∼100.0% (6 indicators >80%), respectively. These results indicate the method we developed is a valuable approach for aptamer application in diagnosis. Conclusion: A simple method was developed for aptamer application in diagnosis of primary hepatic carcinoma based on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and gray analysis. Key Word(s): 1. Aptamer; 2. Diagnosis;

3. PAGE; 4. Heptoma; Presenting Author: MEI-DI HU Inhibitor Library Additional Authors: TING WANG, KUN-HE ZHANG, WEN-XUE CHEN, GUO-FENG XU, CHAO-ZHU HE,

XUAN ZHU, NONG-HUA LV Corresponding Author: KUN-HE ZHANG Affiliations: the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University; Jiangxi Institute of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Objective: Aptamers are oligonucleotide sequences capable of binding to their targets with high specificity and affinity. We previously generated a group of aptamers against the serum of patients with primary hepatic carcinoma (PHC), and some of them were valuable in the diagnosis of PHC. Here we present the preliminary results of the capture and analysis of target proteins of the aptamers in the serum of patients with PHC for discovering new serum biomarkers of PHC. Methods: The biotinylated aptamers were incubated with pooled PHC serum and pooled normal serum to allow the binding CCR antagonist of aptamers to their target proteins, followed by adding streptavidin-coated magnetic beads. The beads were magnetically separated and the bound proteins were eluted

and analyzed by mass spectrometry. The spectrum of captured proteins from Protein kinase N1 PHC serum was compared with that from normal serum to identify the specific targets of PHC. Results: We captured 61 proteins that expressed in PHC serum but not in normal serum, in which 7 proteins related to the human tumors according to previous reports. They might be potential serum biomarkers of PHC. The capture and analysis of aptamer targets is a new strategy to discover novel tumor biomarkers. It has been reported that aptamer-based identification of serum biomarkers of lung cancer was highly valuable in the diagnosis of lung cancer. Because the aptamers could be selected “blindly”, the strategy is powerful in the study of tumor diagnosis. Conclusion: With aptamer-based strategy, potential serum biomarkers of PHC were captured from the PHC serum. Key Word(s): 1. Aptamer; 2. Hepatoma; 3. Serum; 4. Biomarker; Presenting Author: TING WANG Additional Authors: GUO-FENG XU, KUN-HE ZHANG, WEN-XUE CHEN, MEI-DI HU, XUAN ZHU, NONG-HUA LV Corresponding Author: KUN-HE ZHANG Affiliations: the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University; Jiangxi Institute of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Objective: Aptamers are artificial nucleic acid ligands capable of binding to targets with high specificity and affinity.