Peptide microarrays on bisphenol A polycarbonate

Methods Mol Biol. 2009:570:287-97. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60327-394-7_14.

Abstract

Microarrays are frequently prepared on microscope glass slides. However, glass substrates can break or cut and thus can lead to the contamination of the manipulator during the analysis of biological samples. Alternately, bisphenol A polycarbonate (PC) is shock-resistant and, in addition, is easily eliminated by incineration. We show here that PC is a useful substrate for peptide microarray preparation. We describe in particular the preparation of peptide microarrays on PC using semicarbazide-functionalized silica nanoparticles and in situ semicarbazone ligation with glyoxylyl-peptides. The microarrays were used for the detection of antibodies using fluorescence detection.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzhydryl Compounds
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Peptide Library
  • Peptides / analysis
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Polymers / pharmacology*
  • Protein Array Analysis / instrumentation
  • Protein Array Analysis / methods*
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry
  • Silicon Dioxide / pharmacology

Substances

  • Benzhydryl Compounds
  • Peptide Library
  • Peptides
  • Polymers
  • bisphenol-A-polycarbonate
  • Silicon Dioxide