Homogenous growth of gold nanocrystals for quantification of PSA protein biomarker

Cuong Cao, Xinxing Li, Jeewon Lee, Sang Jun Sim

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    Abstract

    We report on another alternative sensing platform for the detection of protein biomarker (PSA-ACT complex) based on homogenous growth of Au nanocrystals in solution phase. The immuno-recognition event is translated into the gold nanoparticle growth signal which can be intuitively recognized by an unaided eye, or quantitatively measured by an UV-vis spectrophotometric analysis. Surface plasmonic signature and kinetics of the Au nanogrowth in the homogenous phase containing of HAuCl4, AA, and CTAB have also been studied to provide suitable parameters for the immunoassay. As a result, detection limit of PSA-ACT complex was determined to be 10 fM. The result indicated that this is a very sensitive, robust, simple, and economic strategy to detect protein biomarkers, and it has great potential to detect other biological interactions.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1292-1297
    Number of pages6
    JournalBiosensors and Bioelectronics
    Volume24
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009 Jan 1

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) National Research Laboratory (NRL) Program grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (grant no. R0A-2008-000-20078-0/ROA-2007-000-20084-0) of the Republic of Korea.

    Copyright:
    Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

    Keywords

    • Gold nanoparticles
    • Homogenous nanogrowth
    • Magnetic separation
    • Protein biomarker
    • Solution phase

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biotechnology
    • Biophysics
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Electrochemistry

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