Gao Rongke, Mao Yuanshuo, Ma Chao, Wang Yeru, Jia Huakun, Chen Xiaozhe, Lu Yang, Zhang Dongzhi, Yu Liandong
College of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronic Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2022 Dec 21;14(50):55414-55422. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c18053. Epub 2022 Dec 8.
We developed a new plasmonic nanostripe microcone array (PNMA) substrate-integrated microfluidic chip for the simultaneous surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based immunoassay of the creatine kinase MB isoenzyme (CK-MB) and cardiac troponin (cTnI) cardiac markers. The conventional immunoassay usually employs a microtiter plate as the solid capture plate to form the immunocomplexes. However, the two-dimensional (2D) surface of the microtiter plate limits the capture efficiency of the target antigens due to the steric hindrance effect. To address this issue, a gold film-coated microcone array with nanostripes was developed that can provide a large surface area for capture antibody conjugation and serve as a SERS-active substrate. This unique nano-microhierarchical structure showed an excellent light trapping effect and induced surface plasmon resonance to further enhance the Raman signals of the SERS nanoprobes. It significantly improved the sensitivity and applicability of SERS-based immunoassay on the microfluidic chip. With this integrated microfluidic chip, we successfully performed the simultaneous detection of CK-MB and cTnI, and the detection limit can reach 0.01 ng mL. It is believed that the PNMA substrate-integrated microfluidic chip would play a critical role in the rapid and sensitive diagnostics of cardiac diseases.
我们开发了一种新型的等离子体纳米条纹微锥阵列(PNMA)衬底集成微流控芯片,用于基于表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)同时免疫测定肌酸激酶MB同工酶(CK-MB)和心肌肌钙蛋白(cTnI)这两种心脏标志物。传统的免疫测定通常采用微量滴定板作为固体捕获板来形成免疫复合物。然而,由于空间位阻效应,微量滴定板的二维(2D)表面限制了目标抗原的捕获效率。为了解决这个问题,我们开发了一种带有纳米条纹的金膜包覆微锥阵列,它可以为捕获抗体偶联提供大表面积,并作为SERS活性衬底。这种独特的纳米-微米层次结构表现出优异的光捕获效果,并诱导表面等离子体共振以进一步增强SERS纳米探针的拉曼信号。它显著提高了基于SERS的微流控芯片免疫测定的灵敏度和适用性。利用这种集成微流控芯片,我们成功地同时检测了CK-MB和cTnI,检测限可达0.01 ng/mL。据信,PNMA衬底集成微流控芯片将在心脏病的快速和灵敏诊断中发挥关键作用。