Application of 300× enhanced fluorescence on a plasmonic chip modified with a bispecific antibody to a sensitive immunosensor

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2013 Sep 11;5(17):8628-32. doi: 10.1021/am402173y. Epub 2013 Aug 29.

Abstract

The grating substrate covered with a metal layer, a plasmonic chip, and a bispecific antibody can play a key role in the sensitive detection of a marker protein with an immunosensor, because of the provision of an enhanced fluorescence signal and the preparation of a sensor surface densely modified with capture antibody, respectively. In this study, one of the tumor markers, a soluble epidermal growth factor receptor (sEGFR), was selected as the target to be detected. The ZnO- and silver-coated plasmonic chip with precise regularity and the appropriate duty ratio in the periodic structure further enhanced the fluorescence intensity. As for sensor surface modification with capture antibody, a bispecific antibody (anti-sEGFR and anti-ZnO antibody), the concentrated bispecific antibody solution was found to nonlinearly form a surface densely immobilized with antibody, because the binding process of a bispecific antibody to the ZnO surface can be a competitive process with adsorption of phosphate. As a result, the interface on the plasmonic chip provided a 300× enhanced fluorescence signal compared with that on a ZnO-coated glass slide, and therefore sEGFR was found to be quantitatively detected in a wide concentration range from 10 nM to 700 fM on our plasmonic surface.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies / immunology*
  • Carbocyanines / chemistry
  • ErbB Receptors / immunology
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • Immunoassay*
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques*
  • Silver / chemistry
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance
  • Zinc Oxide / chemistry

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Carbocyanines
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • cyanine dye 5
  • Silver
  • ErbB Receptors
  • Zinc Oxide