Multiplexed toxin analysis using four colors of quantum dot fluororeagents

Anal Chem. 2004 Feb 1;76(3):684-8. doi: 10.1021/ac035083r.

Abstract

Quantum dots (QDs) have the potential to simplify the performance of multiplexed analysis. In this work, we prepared bioinorganic conjugates made with highly luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals (CdSe-ZnS core-shell QDs) and antibodies to perform multiplexed fluoroimmunoassays. Sandwich immunoassays for the detection of cholera toxin, ricin, shiga-like toxin 1, and staphylococcal enterotoxin B were performed simultaneously in single wells of a microtiter plate. Initially the assay performance for the detection of each toxin was examined. We then demonstrated the simultaneous detection of the four toxins from a single sample probed with a mixture of all four QD-antibody reagents. Using a simple linear equation-based algorithm, it was possible to deconvolute the signal from mixed toxin samples, which allowed quantitation of all four toxins simultaneously.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Cadmium / chemistry
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Fluorometry / methods
  • Immunoconjugates / chemistry
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Luminescent Measurements
  • Models, Biological
  • Protein Engineering / methods
  • Quantum Dots*
  • Selenium / chemistry
  • Semiconductors
  • Sulfides / chemistry
  • Toxins, Biological / analysis*
  • Toxins, Biological / chemistry
  • Zinc Compounds / chemistry

Substances

  • Immunoconjugates
  • Sulfides
  • Toxins, Biological
  • Zinc Compounds
  • Cadmium
  • Selenium
  • zinc sulfide