title: Myoglobin immunoassay utilizing directional surface plasmon-coupled emission.
abstract: We described an immunoassay for the cardiac marker myoglobin on a thin silver mirror surface using surface plasmon-coupled emission (SPCE). SPCE occurs for fluorophores in proximity (within approximately 200 nm) of a thin metal film (in our case, silver) and results in a highly directional radiation through a glass substrate at a well-defined angle from the normal axis. We used the effect of SPCE to develop a myoglobin immunoassay on the silver mirror surface deposited on a glass substrate. Binding of the labeled anti-myoglobin antibodies led to the enhanced fluorescence emission at a specific angle of 72 degrees . The directional and enhanced directional fluorescence emission enables detection of myoglobin over a wide range of concentrations from subnormal to the elevated level of this cardiac marker. Utilizing SPCE allowed us also to demonstrate significant background suppression (from serum or whole blood) in the myoglobin immunoassay. We expect SPCE to become a powerful technique for performing immunoassays for many biomarkers in surface-bound assays.
authors.affiliation: Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA. eva@cfs.umbi.umd.edu
authors.forename: Evgenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matveeva
authors.forename: Zygmunt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gryczynski
authors.forename: Ignacy
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gryczynski
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malicka
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lakowicz
mesh_terms: D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods*; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D009211:Myoglobin