title: Particulate platform for bioluminescent immunosensing.
abstract: The present study examines pyruvate kinase-conjugated antibodies for potential use in ELISA applications. The conjugates had an acceptable stability, and the coupling inflicted only minor impairment on the kinase activity. To mimic the setup of an immunoassay under development, a test antigen (BSA) was attached to polystyrene nanoparticles. This arrangement was found to be suitable as solid support for presentation of antigens in sensitive bioluminescence assays. The nanoparticles were well characterized in terms of protein surface load and were used to establish the number of conjugate complexes needed to generate a detectable signal. Under the biochemical conditions employed here, the detection limit of the pyruvate kinase conjugate lies in the femtomole range.
authors: Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors: Karin
authors: K
authors: Fromell
authors: Greta
authors: G
authors: Hulting
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Ilichev
authors: Anders
authors: A
authors: Larsson
authors: Karin D
authors: KD
authors: Caldwell
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000032:analysis; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods*; D008163:Luminescent Measurements / Q000379:methods*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000941:Antigens; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase