A capillary based chemiluminscent multi-target immunoassay

J Fluoresc. 2015 May;25(3):563-8. doi: 10.1007/s10895-015-1535-z. Epub 2015 Mar 4.

Abstract

Renewed interest in capillary format immunoassays has lead to increasingly costly and complex approaches to preparation and readout. This study describes a simple multi-target method based on a capillary platform using horseradish peroxidase (HRP) labelled IgG to visualize an antibody antigen complex. When goat-anti-human IgG was employed as the probe and human IgG as target, the system allowed detection of target to less than 1 ng/mL using a standard detection approach. The capillaries were read visually or with a commercial grade CCD camera. Multi-target detection was demonstrated using a model system of rat-anti-mouse, goat-anti-human and mouse-anti-rat IgG. These probes were encoded to different locations in the capillary, providing a simple inexpensive approach to achieve multi-target assays.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / immunology
  • Antigen-Antibody Complex / analysis*
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary / methods*
  • Gold / chemistry
  • Horseradish Peroxidase / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Immunoassay / methods*
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis*
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology*
  • Luminescent Measurements / methods*
  • Mice
  • Rats

Substances

  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
  • Antigen-Antibody Complex
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • anti-IgG
  • Gold
  • Horseradish Peroxidase