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A comparison of nanoparticle-antibody conjugation strategies in sandwich immunoassays

  • Justina O. Tam
  • , Helena de Puig
  • , Chun wan Yen
  • , Irene Bosch
  • , Jose Gómez-Márquez
  • , Charles Clavet
  • , Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli
  • , Lee Gehrke
  • United States Food and Drug Administration
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Harvard University

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Abstract

Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics such as lateral flow and dipstick immunoassays use gold nanoparticle (NP)-antibody conjugates for visual readout. We investigated the effects of NP conjugation, surface chemistries, and antibody immobilization methods on dipstick performance. We compared orientational, covalent conjugation, electrostatic adsorption, and a commercial conjugation kit for dipstick assays to detect dengue virus NS1 protein. Assay performance depended significantly on their conjugate properties. We also tested arrangements of multiple test lines within strips. Results show that orientational, covalent conjugation with PEG shield could improve NS1 detection. These approaches can be used to optimize immunochromatographic detection for a range of biomarkers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)355-377
Number of pages23
JournalJournal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry
Volume38
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 4 2017

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Medical Laboratory Technology

Keywords

  • bioconjugation
  • dengue
  • dipstick
  • lateral flow
  • nanoparticle
  • rapid test

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