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Expanding a portfolio of (FO-) SPR surface chemistries with the Co(III)-NTA oriented immobilization of His6-tagged bioreceptors for applications in complex matrices

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Cobalt-nitrilotriacetic acid (Co(III)-NTA) chemistry is a recognized approach for oriented patterning of His6-tagged bioreceptors. We have applied the matching strategy for the first time on a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) platform, namely, the commercialized fiber optic (FO)-SPR. To accomplish this, His6-tagged bioreceptor (scFv-33H1F7) and its target PAI-1 were used as a model system, after scrutinizing the specificity of their interaction. When benchmarked to traditional carboxyl-based self-assembled monolayers (SAM), NTA allowed (1) more efficient FO-SPR surface coverage with bioreceptors compared with the former and (2) realization of thus far difficult-to-attain label-free bioassays on the FO-SPR platform in both buffer and 20-fold diluted human plasma. Moreover, Co(III)-NTA surface proved to be compatible with traditional gold nanoparticle-mediated signal amplification in the buffer as well as in 10-fold diluted human plasma, thus expanding the dynamic detection range to low ng/mL. Both types of bioassays revealed that scFv-33H1F7 immobilized on the FO-SPR surface using different concentrations (20, 10, or 5 μg/mL) had no impact on the bioassay sensitivity, accuracy, or reproducibility despite the lowest concentration effectively resulting in close to 20% fewer bioreceptors. Collectively, these results highlight the importance of Co(III)-NTA promoting the oriented patterning of bioreceptors on the FO-SPR sensor surface for securing robust and sensitive bioassays in complex matrices, both in label-free and labeled formats.
Journal: ACS Sensors
ISSN: 2379-3694
Issue: 4
Volume: 5
Pages: 960 - 969
Publication year:2020
BOF-keylabel:yes
IOF-keylabel:yes
BOF-publication weight:10
CSS-citation score:2
Authors:International
Authors from:Higher Education
Accessibility:Open