PMID- 19592231 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091130 LR - 20191210 IS - 1873-4235 (Electronic) IS - 0956-5663 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 1 DP - 2009 Sep 15 TI - Aptamer-Au NPs conjugates-enhanced SPR sensing for the ultrasensitive sandwich immunoassay. PG - 124-9 LID - 10.1016/j.bios.2009.06.016 [doi] AB - The goal of this work is to explore the amplification effect of aptamer-gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) conjugates for ultrasensitive detection of large biomolecules by surface plasmon resonance (SPR). A novel sandwich immunoassay is designed to demonstrate the amplification effect of aptamer-Au NPs conjugates by using human immunoglobulin E (IgE) as model analyte. Human IgE, captured by immobilized goat anti-human IgE on SPR gold film, is sensitively detected by SPR spectroscopy with a lowest detection limit of 1 ng/ml after anti-human IgE aptamer-Au NPs conjugates is used as amplification reagent. Meanwhile, the non-specific adsorption of aptamer-Au NPs conjugates on goat anti-human IgE is confirmed by SPR spectroscopy and then it is minimized by treating aptamer-Au NPs conjugates with 6-mercaptohexan-1-ol (MCH). These results confirm that aptamer-Au NPs conjugates is a powerful sandwich element and an excellent amplification reagent for SPR-based sandwich immunoassay. FAU - Wang, Jianlong AU - Wang J AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, United States. FAU - Munir, Ahsan AU - Munir A FAU - Li, Zhonghong AU - Li Z FAU - Zhou, H Susan AU - Zhou HS LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20090617 PL - England TA - Biosens Bioelectron JT - Biosensors & bioelectronics JID - 9001289 RN - 0 (Aptamers, Nucleotide) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) RN - 7440-57-5 (Gold) SB - IM MH - Aptamers, Nucleotide/*chemistry/immunology MH - Gold/*chemistry MH - Humans MH - Immunoassay/*methods MH - Immunoglobulin E/*analysis/immunology MH - Metal Nanoparticles/*chemistry MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Surface Plasmon Resonance/*methods EDAT- 2009/07/14 09:00 MHDA- 2009/12/16 06:00 CRDT- 2009/07/14 09:00 PHST- 2009/03/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/06/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/06/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/07/14 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/07/14 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/12/16 06:00 [medline] AID - S0956-5663(09)00329-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bios.2009.06.016 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biosens Bioelectron. 2009 Sep 15;25(1):124-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2009.06.016. Epub 2009 Jun 17.