Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 361, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2022.131709
Keywords
Affimer; Dynamic light scattering assay; Myoglobin; Optical sensors; Gold nanoparticles
Funding
- Royal Thai Government, Thailand
- University of Leeds, United Kingdom
- Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, United Kingdom
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Gold nanoparticle (AuNPs) coupled dynamic light scattering (DLS) is a biosensing technique that combines the light scattering properties of AuNPs with analyte recognition to create a user-friendly analytical tool. By immobilizing bioreceptors onto AuNPs, the binding of target protein to the bioreceptors leads to a size shift in the functionalized AuNPs, which can be quantified using DLS. This technique has been proven effective in detecting various analytes.
Gold nanoparticle (AuNPs) coupled dynamic light scattering (DLS) is a biosensing technique combining the light scattering properties of AuNPs with analyte recognition to produce an easy-to-use analytical tool. The principle of the assay is to immobilize bioreceptors specific to the target analyte onto AuNPs to produce nanobiosensors. When the analyte is added to the system, binding of target protein to the immobilized bioreceptors leads to size shift of the functionalised AuNPs. This specific shift in size can be quantified by DLS. It has proven effective in detecting multiple analytes such as metal ions, small chemicals and macromolecules. Previously, antibodies (Abs) have been used as bioreceptors in this technique. However, here we report the use of synthetic binding proteins, termed Affimer reagents, as bioreceptors. Anti-myoglobin Affimers were isolated by phage display and characterized by ELISA and surface plasmon resonance (SPR). Five Affimers showed strong binding to myoglobin and were immobilized onto AuNPs to produce the nanobiosensors for AuNPs coupled DLS assay. The nanobiosensors could selectively detect myoglobin with a limit of detection of 554 fM. AuNP size and concentration were tested and proved to be important factors in the technique.
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