Journal
BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY
Volume 101, Issue -, Pages 75-83Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2014.08.001
Keywords
Surface-initiated atom radical polymerization; Prostate-specific antigen; Electrochemical immunosensor; Silica nanoparticles
Funding
- Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (HEC)
- IRSIP program of HEC, Pakistan
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
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In this paper, we propose a sensitive electrochemical immunosensor synthesized using a surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization process for the detection of prostate-specific antigen (PSA). Electrochemical immunosensors based on polymer brush [oligo(ethylene glycol)methacrylate-co-glycidyl methacrylate] (OEGMA-co-GMA) were grown on plane Au and nanostructured (NS) Au electrodes, characterized and compared for their sensitivity to detect PSA. Due to a large capacity for antibody loading and high resistance to nonspecific antibody adsorption of POEGMA-co-GMA brush, the Au-NS immunosensor exhibited detection in a wide dynamic range of five orders of magnitude with an improved lower limit of detection of 2 pg ml(-1) which was better than the synthesized immunosensor with the polymer brush grown on plane Au electrode. The Au-NS electrode showed improved detection sensitivity of 4.9 mu A ng(-1) ml for PSA detection, which was almost 2 times better than the plane Au electrode. Finally, the use of silica nanoparticles (Si-NPs) conjugated with polyclonal antibody enhanced the response of the immunosensor. The proposed electrochemical immunosensor would be an exciting addition in medical diagnostics for the early detection of cancer biomarkers, e.g., PSA due to improved limit of detection (LOD); eventually helpful in circumventing cancer metastasis. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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