Label-free detection of lectins on carbohydrate-modified boron-doped diamond surfaces

Anal Chem. 2010 Oct 1;82(19):8203-10. doi: 10.1021/ac1016387.

Abstract

This paper describes the label-free detection of carbohydrate-lectin interactions. The sensor consists of a boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode terminated with alkynyl surface groups, which have been functionalized via the CuACC (copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition) "click" reaction with carbohydrate analogues bearing an azido-terminating arm. In this work, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was used as an effective technique to probe the specific interactions of the surface-bound carbohydrates with their complementary lectin partners, and the response was found to be dependent on the relative density of sugar units immobilized on the BDD surface. A BDD interface with 60% surface-bound mannose showed a detection limit of ∼5 ± 0.5 nM for Lens culinaris lectin, with an affinity constant of K(A) = (2.63 ± 0.5) × 10(6) M(-1).

MeSH terms

  • Boron / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Copper / chemistry
  • Diamond / chemistry*
  • Dielectric Spectroscopy / methods*
  • Electrochemical Techniques / methods*
  • Electrodes
  • Ferricyanides / chemistry
  • Lectins / analysis*
  • Lens Plant / metabolism
  • Mannose / chemistry*
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Ferricyanides
  • Lectins
  • hexacyanoferrate III
  • Diamond
  • Copper
  • Boron
  • Mannose