Issue 10, 2011

One-way multiplexed immunoassay strategy for simultaneous determination of multi-analytes by microchip electrophoresis

Abstract

An integrated microchip electrophoresis (MCE) system with online immunoreaction and laser induced fluorescence (LIF) detection has been developed for simultaneous determination of multi-analytes. In this system, the multiplexed immunoreactions between multiple antibody-immobilized glass beads with analytes and respective fluorescently labeled antigens were performed in a sample reservoir. After online incubation, the immunoreaction solution was injected into a one-way separation channel, and free fluorescently labeled antigens were separated and detected in the separation channel. With the help of glass beads, the immunocomplex can not move into the separation channel, which simplifies the separation of fluorescently labeled antigens. With the use of phenobarbital (PB), phenytoin (PHT), carbamazepine (CBZ) and theophylline (Th) as proof-of-principle analytes, the one-way multiplexed immunoassay could be completed within 20 min, resulting in a response curve over the range of 4.0–400 nM for each analyte. Detection limits (S/N = 3) for the drugs tested were in the range of 1.8 × 10−9 to 2.5 × 10−9 M. Compared with the conventional immunoassays, this assay is simple, rapid, sensitive and low cost, and provides an accurate procedure for a multiplex immunoassay. The present method has been applied for the simultaneous determination of PB, PHT, CBZ and Th in human serum, which showed a promise of automated clinical application.

Graphical abstract: One-way multiplexed immunoassay strategy for simultaneous determination of multi-analytes by microchip electrophoresis

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Oct 2010
Accepted
08 Mar 2011
First published
01 Apr 2011

Analyst, 2011,136, 2119-2124

One-way multiplexed immunoassay strategy for simultaneous determination of multi-analytes by microchip electrophoresis

Y. Huang, S. Zhao, M. Shi and H. Liang, Analyst, 2011, 136, 2119 DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00836B

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