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In Situ Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles without Aggregation in the Interlayer Space of Layered Titanate Transparent Films
Published on: January 17, 2017
Improving direct immunoassay response by layer-by-layer films of gold nanoparticles - Antibody conjugate towards
Douglas E Camilo1, Celina M Miyazaki1, Flávio M Shimizu2
1Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
The conjugation of nanoparticles with antibodies has been successfully applied in sandwich immunoassays for detecting cancer biomarkers. However, two antibodies are necessary to perform such experiment, being one of them functionalized with a signal label for optical or electrochemical assay. This approach is time and cost consuming compared to direct label-free immunoassays. In this study, we propose the synthesis of gold nanoparticles conjugated to anti-PSA antibody to produce a label-free impedimetric immunosensors based on nanostructured Layer-by-Layer (LbL) films. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) detection was performed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy demonstrating a detection mechanism governed by Langmuir-Freundlich adsorption model. This strategy provided a significant sensitivity using 10-fold less antibody than conventional immunosensors, i.e. decreasing costs using a simple approach, with a limit of detection of 0.17 ng mL-1 and an analytical range of 0.1-20 ng mL-1 indicating that our sensor is potentially useful for clinical applications.
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