期刊
MICROCHIMICA ACTA
卷 185, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-018-2756-z
关键词
Cardiac troponin I; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Sandwich immunoassay; Upconversion luminescence; Reporter; Antibody conjugate; Assay background; Colloidal stability; Nanoparticles
资金
- Tekes
- Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation
- Doctoral Programme of Molecular Life Sciences
Upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) are attractive reporters in immunoassays because of their outstanding detectability. However, non-specific binding of antibody-UCNP conjugates on protein coated solid support results in background, which limits the immunoassay sensitivity. Thus, the full potential of UCNPs as reporters cannot be fully exploited. The authors report here a method to improve the sensitivity of UCNP-based immunoassays by reducing the non-specific binding of antibody-UNCP conjugates on the protein coated solid support. In the assays studied here, poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) coated NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ type UCNPs were conjugated to two different antibodies against cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). The two-step heterogeneous sandwich immunoassays were performed in microtitration wells, and the green luminescence of antibody-UCNP conjugates was measured at 540 nm upon 980 nm excitation. Non-specific binding of antibody-UCNP conjugates was reduced by mixing free PAA with PAA coated UCNPs before adding the UCNPs to the wells. The free PAA in the buffer reduced the background in both cTnI and TSH immunoassays (compared to the control assay without free PAA). The limits of detection decreased from 2.1 ng.L-1 to 0.48 ng.L-1 in case of cTnI and from 0.070 mIU.L-1 to 0.020 mIU.L-1 in case of TSH if PAA is added to the buffer. Presumably, the effect of free PAA is due to blocking of the surface areas where PAA coated UCNP would bind proteins non-specifically. The method introduced here is likely to be applicable to other kinds of PAA-coated nanoparticles, and similar approaches conceivably work also with other nanoparticle coatings.
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