A polymer lab-on-a-chip for magnetic immunoassay with on-chip sampling and detection capabilities

Lab Chip. 2008 Apr;8(4):542-9. doi: 10.1039/b715569g. Epub 2008 Feb 28.

Abstract

This paper presents a new polymer lab-on-a-chip for magnetic bead-based immunoassay with fully on-chip sampling and detection capabilities, which provides a smart platform of magnetic immunoassay-based lab-on-a-chip for point-of-care testing (POCT) toward biochemical hazardous agent detection, food inspection or clinical diagnostics. In this new approach, the polymer lab-on-a-chip for magnetic bead-based immunoassay consists of a magnetic bead-based separator, an interdigitated array (IDA) micro electrode, and a microfluidic system, which are fully incorporated into a lab-on-a-chip on cyclic olefin copolymer (COC). Since the polymer lab-on-a-chip was realized using low cost, high throughput polymer microfabrication techniques such as micro injection molding and hot embossing method, a disposable polymer lab-on-a-chip for the magnetic bead-based immunoassay can be successfully realized in a disposable platform. With this newly developed polymer lab-on-a-chip, an enzyme-labelled electrochemical immunoassay (ECIA) was performed using magnetic beads as the mobile solid support, and the final enzyme product produced from the ECIA was measured using chronoamperometry. A sampling and detection of as low as 16.4 ng mL(-1) of mouse IgG has been successfully performed in 35 min for the entire procedure.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biosensing Techniques / economics
  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Electrochemistry
  • Immunoassay / economics
  • Immunoassay / instrumentation
  • Immunoassay / methods*
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis*
  • Immunoglobulin G / metabolism
  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices
  • Magnetics*
  • Mice
  • Microchip Analytical Procedures / economics
  • Microchip Analytical Procedures / methods*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Polymers