Fabrication of antibody arrays using thermally responsive elastin fusion proteins

J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Jan 25;128(3):676-7. doi: 10.1021/ja056364e.

Abstract

A general method has been developed to immobilize antibodies onto an array surface by employing fusion proteins consisting of an elastin domain with tunable hydrophobic properties and an antibody-binding domain with high binding affinity and specificity for antibodies. Antibodies conjugated with the elastin fusion proteins can be directly printed on a self-assembled monolayer-modified glass slide in a functionally active orientation with a spatially defined pattern. An antibody array sensor for detection of tumor markers was fabricated to demonstrate the utility of the method. We expect that the method presented here could be a simple and universal platform to immobilize antibodies for the fabrication of a variety of antibody array sensors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies / chemistry*
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / chemistry
  • Elastin / chemistry*
  • Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / chemistry
  • Protein Array Analysis / methods*
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / chemistry
  • Staphylococcal Protein A / chemistry

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • G-substrate
  • L-protein, Peptococcus magnus
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Staphylococcal Protein A
  • Elastin