title: Synchronous fluorescence based biosensor for albumin determination by cooperative binding of fluorescence probe in a supra-biomolecular host-protein assembly.
abstract: A synchronous fluorescence probe based biosensor for estimation of albumin with high sensitivity and selectivity was developed. Unlike conventional fluorescence emission or excitation spectral measurements, synchronous fluorescence measurement offered exclusively a new synchronous fluorescence peak in the shorter wavelength range upon binding of chrysene with protein making it an easy identification tool for albumin determination. The cooperative binding of a fluorescence probe, chrysene, in a supramolecular host-protein assembly during various albumin assessments was investigated. The presence of supramolecular host molecules such as beta-cyclodextrin, curucurbit[6]uril or curucurbit[7]uril have little influence on sensitivity or limit of detection during albumin determination but reduced dramatically interference from various coexisting metal ion quenchers/enhancers. Using the present method the limit of detection for BSA and gamma-Globulin was found to be 0.005 microM which is more sensitive than reported values.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. dp03@aub.edu.lb
authors.forename: Digambara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patra
mesh_terms: D000418:Albumins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes