Electrochemical impedance characterization of antibody-antigen interaction with signal amplification based on polypyrrole-streptavidin

Biosens Bioelectron. 2007 Jun 15;22(12):3161-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2007.02.008. Epub 2007 Feb 17.

Abstract

Streptavidin, as a dopant, has been incorporated into a polypyrrole film to bind biotinylated antibody onto the electrode surface. With four biotin binding sites, the incorporation of streptavdin, as confirmed by FTIR and impedance spectroscopy, provided a new method to amplify the response signal from antibody-antigen interaction. Biotinylated anti-goat IgG, as a probe, and goat IgG, as a target, were employed to evaluate the characteristics of the biosensor. With the amplification strategy, the detection sensitivity of the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was significantly improved. A linear relationship between the charge transfer resistance change (DeltaR(t)) and the concentration of goat IgG ranging from 10 pg/ml to 100 ng/ml was obtained.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antigen-Antibody Reactions*
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Biotinylation
  • Electric Impedance
  • Electrochemistry / methods*
  • Immunoglobulin G / chemistry
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Pyrroles / chemistry*
  • Streptavidin / chemistry*

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Polymers
  • Pyrroles
  • polypyrrole
  • Streptavidin