Issue 20, 2025

Colloidal gold immunochromatographic strips for the detection of kynurenine in clinical samples

Abstract

Kynurenine (KYN), a metabolite of tryptophan, is currently receiving increasing attention as one of the biomarkers for clinical disease monitoring. To realize the determination of KYN in human plasma samples in the clinic, a specific monoclonal antibody (mAb) against KYN was prepared based on the structural characteristics of KYN. By optimizing the detection conditions, we obtained anti-KYN mAb 1G10 with a sensitivity of 143.66 ng mL−1, and established a colloidal gold immunochromatographic assay (CGCA) platform for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of KYN in human plasma samples, using CGCA strips to meet the needs of clinical testing. The recoveries of the strips for the determination of KYN in plasma samples were in the range of 85.22–99.72%, which were validated by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), and the results were in good agreement with the LC-MS/MS method, indicating that the accuracy of the prepared CGCA strips was high. Based on the characteristics of low cost, high throughput and good specificity, the test strips will be widely applicable for clinical determination.

Graphical abstract: Colloidal gold immunochromatographic strips for the detection of kynurenine in clinical samples

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Jan 2025
Accepted
09 Apr 2025
First published
10 Apr 2025

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2025,13, 5911-5918

Colloidal gold immunochromatographic strips for the detection of kynurenine in clinical samples

J. Dong, J. Hu, L. Liu, A. Qu, H. Kuang and C. Xu, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2025, 13, 5911 DOI: 10.1039/D5TB00188A

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