Issue 13, 2015

Surface plasmon resonance-based immunoassay for human C-reactive protein

Abstract

A rapid and highly-sensitive surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based immunoassay (IA) has been developed and validated for detecting human C-reactive protein (CRP), a specific biomarker for inflammatory and metabolic disorders, and infections. The 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC)-activated protein A/G (Pr A/G) was diluted in 1% (v/v) 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES), dispensed on a KOH-treated gold (Au)-coated SPR chip, and incubated for 30 min. The Pr A/G functionalized Au SPR chip was then bound to anti-human CRP capture antibody (Ab), blocked with bovine serum albumin, and subsequently used for the detection of CRP. The highly-simplified oriented Ab immobilization strategy enabled the leach-proof binding of capture Ab in 5-fold shorter time than conventional procedures. The developed IA detected 1.2–80 ng mL−1 of CRP with a limit of detection (LOD) and a limit of quantification (LOQ) of 1.2 ng mL−1 and 4.6 ng mL−1, respectively. It detected CRP spiked in diluted human whole blood, serum and plasma as well as the CRP levels in the ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) plasma samples of patients with the same precision as the clinically-accredited analyzer-based IA and conventional CRP sandwich ELISA. The Ab-bound SPR chips stored at 4 °C retained their functional activity for 10 weeks, resulting in significant reduction in the overall analysis time.

Graphical abstract: Surface plasmon resonance-based immunoassay for human C-reactive protein

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Apr 2015
Accepted
05 May 2015
First published
05 May 2015

Analyst, 2015,140, 4445-4452

Surface plasmon resonance-based immunoassay for human C-reactive protein

S. K. Vashist, E. M. Schneider and J. H. T. Luong, Analyst, 2015, 140, 4445 DOI: 10.1039/C5AN00690B

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