| Literature DB >> 27982728 |
Justina O Tam1, Helena de Puig2, Chun-Wan Yen1,3, Irene Bosch3, Jose Gómez-Márquez4, Charles Clavet1, Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli2,5, Lee Gehrke3,6.
Abstract
Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics such as lateral flow and dipstick immunoassays use gold nanoparticle (NP)-antibody conjugates for visual readout. We investigated the effects of NP conjugation, surface chemistries, and antibody immobilization methods on dipstick performance. We compared orientational, covalent conjugation, electrostatic adsorption, and a commercial conjugation kit for dipstick assays to detect dengue virus NS1 protein. Assay performance depended significantly on their conjugate properties. We also tested arrangements of multiple test lines within strips. Results show that orientational, covalent conjugation with PEG shield could improve NS1 detection. These approaches can be used to optimize immunochromatographic detection for a range of biomarkers.Entities:
Keywords: bioconjugation; dengue; dipstick; lateral flow; nanoparticle; rapid test
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27982728 PMCID: PMC6202116 DOI: 10.1080/15321819.2016.1269338
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Immunoassay Immunochem ISSN: 1532-1819