Chongqing Key Laboratory of Inorganic Special Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Yangtze Normal University , Fuling , Chongqing 408100 , P. R. China.
Department of Chemistry, Institute for Molecular Science and Fusion Technology , Kangwon National University , Chuncheon , Gangwon 24341 , Korea.
Anal Chem. 2018 Nov 20;90(22):13159-13162. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02419. Epub 2018 Oct 1.
A novel surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensor was proposed for an ultrasensitive detection immunoassay based on tyramine signal amplification (TSA) strategy. In this study, an immune sandwich was prepared with a capture antibody and a horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated antibody upon the addition of a target antigen. In the presence of HO, HRP can convert tyramine to a short-lived radical intermediate that forms covalent compounds with aromatic amino acids on the surfaces of proteins. By labeling the tyramine with SERS tags in the form of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) functionalized with a Raman-active probe (4-mercaptobenzoic acid, 4-MBA), AuNPs@4-MBA was deposited and aggregated near the proteins, so the SERS signal of 4-MBA could be detected and amplified. On the basis of the TSA strategy, the developed SERS-based immunoassay can discriminate concentrations as low as 0.01 ng/mL of the target antigen and exhibited approximately 10 times stronger SERS signal intensity than traditional SERS-based immunoassays. These results demonstrated the application potential of this TSA-based SERS biosensor for the detection of important proteins in biomedical research.
一种新型的表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)传感器被提出,用于基于酪胺信号放大(TSA)策略的超灵敏免疫检测分析。在本研究中,通过加入目标抗原,制备了含有捕获抗体和辣根过氧化物酶(HRP)-结合抗体的免疫夹心。在 HO 的存在下,HRP 可以将酪胺转化为短寿命的自由基中间体,该中间体与蛋白质表面的芳香族氨基酸形成共价化合物。通过将标记有 SERS 标签的酪胺以金纳米粒子(AuNPs)的形式进行标记,AuNPs 用拉曼活性探针(4-巯基苯甲酸,4-MBA)进行功能化,AuNPs@4-MBA 被沉积并在蛋白质附近聚集,因此可以检测和放大 4-MBA 的 SERS 信号。基于 TSA 策略,开发的基于 SERS 的免疫分析可以区分低至 0.01ng/mL 的目标抗原浓度,并且比传统的基于 SERS 的免疫分析表现出大约 10 倍更强的 SERS 信号强度。这些结果表明,这种基于 TSA 的 SERS 生物传感器在生物医学研究中检测重要蛋白质具有应用潜力。