Particulate platform for bioluminescent immunosensing

Anal Chem. 2007 Nov 15;79(22):8601-7. doi: 10.1021/ac0715118. Epub 2007 Sep 21.

Abstract

The present study examines pyruvate kinase-conjugated antibodies for potential use in ELISA applications. The conjugates had an acceptable stability, and the coupling inflicted only minor impairment on the kinase activity. To mimic the setup of an immunoassay under development, a test antigen (BSA) was attached to polystyrene nanoparticles. This arrangement was found to be suitable as solid support for presentation of antigens in sensitive bioluminescence assays. The nanoparticles were well characterized in terms of protein surface load and were used to establish the number of conjugate complexes needed to generate a detectable signal. Under the biochemical conditions employed here, the detection limit of the pyruvate kinase conjugate lies in the femtomole range.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / analysis
  • Antibodies / immunology
  • Antigens / immunology
  • Antigens / metabolism
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Immunoassay / methods*
  • Luminescent Measurements / methods*
  • Protein Binding
  • Pyruvate Kinase / metabolism

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Antigens
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Pyruvate Kinase