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Detection of pathogenic bacteria using a homogeneous immunoassay based on shear alignment of virus particles and linear dichroism
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Pacheco-Gómez, Raúl, Kraemer, Julia, Stokoe, Susan, England, Hannah J., Penn, Charles W., Stanley, Emma, Rodger, Alison, Ward, John, Hicks, Matthew R. and Dafforn, Timothy R.. (2012) Detection of pathogenic bacteria using a homogeneous immunoassay based on shear alignment of virus particles and linear dichroism. Analytical Chemistry, Vol.84 (No.1). pp. 91-97. ISSN 0003-2700 (In Press)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac201544h
Abstract
Biomolecular detection has for a long time depended on a relatively small number of established methodologies. Many of these depend on the detection of a ligand–antibody complex using some kind of optical technique, e.g., chemiluminescence. Before this measurement can be made, the ligand–antibody complex generally has to be separated from bulk contaminants. This process involves the implementation of a heterogeneous assay format involving immobilization of the antibody onto a solid support to enable washing of the unbound ligand. This approach has a number of inherent issues including being slow and complex and requiring the use of expensive reagents. In this paper, we demonstrate how we have harnessed a biologically inspired nanoparticle to provide the basis for a homogeneous assay which requires no immobilization. The method relies on using fluid shear flow to align a fiber-like nanoparticle formed from a filamentous virus, M13, combined with a ligand-specific antibody. This renders the particle visible to linear dichroic spectroscopy, which provides an easily interpretable signal. The addition of the target ligand (in this case Escherichia coli O157) leads to the formation of a nanoparticle–ligand particle that is unable to align, leading to the perturbation of the linear dichroism signal.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Chemistry |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Analytical Chemistry |
| Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
| ISSN: | 0003-2700 |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Volume: | Vol.84 |
| Number: | No.1 |
| Page Range: | pp. 91-97 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1021/ac201544h |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | In Press |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/42224 |
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