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Enhanced sensitivity of self-assembled-monolayer-based SPR immunosensor for detection of benzaldehyde using a single-step multi-sandwich immunoassay

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This paper describes the fabrication and sensing characteristics of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM)-based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) immunosensor for detection of benzaldehyde (BZ). The functional sensing surface was fabricated by the immobilization of a benzaldehyde–ovalbumin conjugate (BZ–OVA) on Au-thiolate SAMs containing carboxyl end groups. Covalent binding of BZ–OVA on SAM was found to be dependent on the composition of the base SAM, and it is improved very much with the use of a mixed monolayer strategy. Based on SPR angle measurements, the functional sensor surface is established as a compact monolayer of BZ–OVA bound on the mixed SAM. The BZ–OVA-bound sensor surface undergoes immunoaffinity binding with anti-benzaldehyde antibody (BZ-Ab) selectively. An indirect inhibition immunoassay principle has been applied, in which analyte benzaldehyde solution was incubated with an optimal concentration of BZ-Ab for 5 min and injected over the sensor chip. Analyte benzaldehyde undergoes immunoreaction with BZ-Ab and makes it inactive for binding to BZ–OVA on the sensor chip. As a result, the SPR angle response decreases with an increase in the concentration of benzaldehyde. The fabricated immunosensor demonstrates a low detection limit (LDL) of 50 ppt (pg mL−1) with a response time of 5 min. Antibodies bound to the sensor chip during an immunoassay could be detached by a brief exposure to acidic pepsin. With this surface regeneration, reusability of the same sensor chip for as many as 30 determination cycles has been established. Sensitivity has been enhanced further with the application of an additional single-step multi-sandwich immunoassay step, in which the BZ-Ab bound to the sensor chip was treated with a mixture of biotin-labeled secondary antibody, streptavidin and biotin–bovine serum albumin (Bio–BSA) conjugate. With this approach, the SPR sensor signal increased by ca. 12 times and the low detection limit improved to 5 ppt with a total response time of no more than ca. 10 min.

A single-step multi-sandwich immunoassay step increases SPR sensor signal by ca. 12 times affording a low detection limit for benzaldehyde of 5 ppt

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The authors gratefully thank New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO), Japan for financial support to this project, “Development of optical biosensors enabling automated on-line detection of food quality-related flavors”.

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  1. Art, Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research (KASTEC), Kyushu University, Kasuga-shi, Fukuoka, 816-8580, Japan

    K. Vengatajalabathy Gobi & Norio Miura

  2. Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka-shi, 812-8581, Japan

    Kiyoshi Matsumoto

  3. Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka-shi, 812-8581, Japan

    Kiyoshi Toko

  4. Intelligent Sensor Technology (Insent) Incorporation, Kasuga-shi, Fukuoka, 243-0032, Japan

    Hidekazu Ikezaki

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Gobi, K.V., Matsumoto, K., Toko, K. et al. Enhanced sensitivity of self-assembled-monolayer-based SPR immunosensor for detection of benzaldehyde using a single-step multi-sandwich immunoassay. Anal Bioanal Chem 387, 2727–2735 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-007-1159-5

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