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BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages 755-761Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bc000006d
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL32123] Funding Source: Medline
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The immobilization of biomolecules on surfaces in defined micropatterns has become increasingly important for the development of new diagnostic devices and high-throughput genetic and drug screening protocols. We describe the synthesis and testing of thiol-reactive, photoactivatable linkers that will permit laser micropatterning or photolithographic patterning of surfaces. In these linkers, a benzophenone photophore is tethered through a variable-length poly(ethylene glycol) hydrophilic spacer to a maleimide group. Spacers containing one to five ethylene glycol units were examined. Antibodies were photoimmobilized on polystyrene waveguides and the resulting biosensors were used for fluorescence immunoassays. The spacer with five ethylene glycol units optimally decreased the steric interactions among large molecules (antibodies and antigens) and increased binding capacity and response rate of the biosensor. Two different sandwich assay protocols were examined. In the first, the antigen and fluorescently labeled second antibody were added sequentially to the biosensor (stepwise). In the second, the antigen and antibody were premixed before injection into the biosensor (premixed). The stepwise protocol gave a significantly higher response than that of the premixed protocol. Although the premixed protocol is more convenient, the stepwise protocol provides enhanced sensitivity.
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