title: Highly sensitive detection of protein toxins by surface plasmon resonance with biotinylation-based inline atom transfer radical polymerization amplification.
abstract: Ultrasensitive detection of proteins is of great importance to proteomics studies. We report here a method to enhance detection sensitivity in surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopy by coupling a polymerization initiator to a biospecific interaction and inducing inline atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) for amplifying SPR response. Bacterial cholera toxin (CT) is chosen as the model protein that has been covalently immobilized on the surface for demonstrating the principle. The specific recognition is achieved by use of biotinylated anti-CT, which allows initiators with a biotin tag to be fixed at the protein binding site through a neutravidin bridge and triggers the localized growth of polymer brushes of poly(hydroxyl-ethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) via an ATRP mechanism. To further enhance the signal, a second ATRP reaction is conducted that takes advantage of the hydroxyl groups of PHEMA brushes from the first step to form hyperbranched polymers onto the sensing surface. The two consecutive ATRP steps significantly improve SPR detection, allowing low amounts of CT that yield no direct measurement to be quantified with large signals. The resulting polymer film has been characterized by optical and atomic force microscopy. Ascorbic acid (AA) is employed as deoxygen reagent in the catalyst mixture that effectively suppresses oxygen interference, shortening the reaction time and making it possible for applying this ATRP approach to flow injection based SPR detection. A calibration curve of PHEMA amplification for CT detection based on surface coverage has been obtained that displays a correlation in a range from 8.23 x 10(-15) to 3.61 x 10(-12) mol/cm(2) with a limit of detection of 6.27 x 10(-15) mol/cm(2). The versatile biotin-neutravidin interaction used here should allow adaptation of ATRP enhancement to many other systems that include DNA, RNA, peptides, and carbohydrates, opening new avenues for ultrasensitive analysis of biomolecules with flow-injection assay and SPR spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jauw
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Linman
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D001360:Avidin / Q000737:chemistry; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology; D001710:Biotin / Q000737:chemistry; D019921:Biotinylation; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D057230:Limit of Detection; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D040901:Proteomics; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000379:methods; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D011506:Proteins; C093483:neutravidin; D001360:Avidin; D001710:Biotin; D002772:Cholera Toxin
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