Issue 8, 2025

Copper-doped NH2-metal–organic frameworks as co-reactant modulating units for a sensitive electrochemiluminescence immunoassay

Abstract

A facile electrochemiluminescence (ECL) immunosensor for the sensitive detection of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) was constructed based on a co-reactant modulating strategy using a Cu2+-modified NH2-metal–organic framework (NMOF@Cu2+) nanoprobe as a modulating unit. The biconical NMOF@Cu2+ nanoprobe possessed a large number of carboxyl groups, which could be labeled by the target PSA to form a PSA–NMOF@Cu2+ conjugate. Moreover, the nanoprobe could consume K3[Fe(CN)6], resulting in a lower signal of the luminol–K3[Fe(CN)6] ECL system. The bioassay was executed in a split-type mode. First, the competitive immunological recognition reaction with the PSA–NMOF@Cu2+ conjugate as the signal probe was performed in an antibody labeled 96-well plate. In the presence of the target PSA, the PSA competes with the PSA–NMOF@Cu2+ conjugate for immobilization, which determines the amount of PSA–NMOF@Cu2+ conjugates immobilized in the plate and results in different amounts of prefilled K3[Fe(CN)6] being consumed. Subsequently, the above solution was transferred to the detection cell for ECL testing, whereby the ECL signal from the luminol–K3[Fe(CN)6] system reflected the content of the PSA. The developed ECL immunosensor showed high sensitivity for the PSA with a linear response range of 1.0 pg mL−1–10 ng mL−1 and a detection limit of 0.5 pg mL−1. Moreover, the applicability of the present method was demonstrated by the determination of the PSA in human serum.

Graphical abstract: Copper-doped NH2-metal–organic frameworks as co-reactant modulating units for a sensitive electrochemiluminescence immunoassay

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Jan 2025
Accepted
11 Feb 2025
First published
06 Mar 2025

Analyst, 2025,150, 1617-1622

Copper-doped NH2-metal–organic frameworks as co-reactant modulating units for a sensitive electrochemiluminescence immunoassay

S. Zhang, Y. Wang, X. Fu, S. Ren, J. Cao and Y. Liu, Analyst, 2025, 150, 1617 DOI: 10.1039/D5AN00032G

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