title: 12-Mercaptododecyl beta-maltoside-modified gold nanoparticles: specific ligands for concanavalin A having long flexible hydrocarbon chains.
abstract: A simple and highly specific protein detection system using glycoconjugated gold nanoparticles was investigated. This system was based on the aggregation of gold nanoparticles coated with carbohydrate alkanethiols in the presence of corresponding proteins (lectins) that had specific recognition for certain carbohydrates. In order to construct an efficient specific recognition system, maltoside alkanethiol was adopted as an effective sensing modifier having a disaccharide group and a flexible long alkyl chain. The surface modification of gold nanoparticles with maltoside alkanethiol resulted in a shift and broadening (from 520 to 610 nm) of the absorption peak. Monodispersed maltoside-adsorbed gold nanoparticles aggregated with the specific lectin, concanavalin A (Con A). This phenomenon was used to detect the presence of Con A and to estimate concentrations of Con A in sample solutions. The precipitate of the maltoside-gold nanoparticle-Con A mixture was redispersed by addition of methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside whose adsorption coefficient is larger than that of maltoside with Con A.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Central 6, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566, Japan. yukari-sato@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Yukari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Teiichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Niwa
mesh_terms: D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000737:chemistry*; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D005960:Glucosides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006001:Glycoconjugates / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D012995:Solubility; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004187:Disaccharides; D005960:Glucosides; D006001:Glycoconjugates; D008024:Ligands; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D014867:Water; D003208:Concanavalin A; C040358:dodecyl maltoside; D006046:Gold