A gold nanoparticles enhanced surface plasmon resonance immunosensor for highly sensitive detection of ischemia-modified albumin

Sensors (Basel). 2013 Sep 25;13(10):12794-803. doi: 10.3390/s131012794.

Abstract

In this study a novel sensitive nanogold particle sensor enhancement based on mixed self-assembled monolayers was explored and used to construct a Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) immunosensor to detect Ischemia Modified Albumin (IMA). Compared with a direct binding SPR assay at a limit of detection (LOD) of 100 ng/L, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) of 10 nm dramatically improved the LOD of IMA to 10 ng/L. Meanwhile, no interfering substance that may lead to false positive results was identified. These results suggested that the SPR biosensor presented superior properties, and provided a simple label-free strategy to increase assay sensitivity for further acute coronary syndrome (ACS) diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Gold*
  • Humans
  • Immunoassay / instrumentation*
  • Myocardial Ischemia / blood*
  • Myocardial Ischemia / diagnosis*
  • Nanoparticles*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Serum Albumin
  • Serum Albumin, Human
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Serum Albumin
  • ischemia-modified albumin
  • Gold
  • Serum Albumin, Human