Optical Fiber-Type Sugar Chip Using Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance

Anal Chem. 2017 Jan 17;89(2):1086-1091. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02380. Epub 2017 Jan 3.

Abstract

Optical fiber-type Sugar Chips were developed using localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of gold (Au) nanoparticles. The endface of an optical fiber was first aminosilylated and then condensed with α-lipoic acid containing a dithiol group. Second, gold nanoparticles were immobilized onto the endface via an Au-S covalent bond. Finally, sugar moieties were attached to the gold nanoparticle using our original sugar chain-ligand conjugates to obtain fiber-type Sugar Chips, by which the sugar moiety-protein interaction was analyzed. The specificity, sensitivity, and quantitative binding potency against carbohydrate-binding protein were found to be identical to that of a conventional SPR sensor. In this analysis, only a small sample volume (approximately 10 μL) was required compared with 100 μL for the conventional SPR sensor, suggesting that the fiber-type Sugar Chip and LSPR are applicable for nonpure small masses of proteins.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Glycoconjugates / chemistry*
  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Lectins / analysis*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Optical Fibers*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*
  • Thioctic Acid / chemistry
  • Toluene / analogs & derivatives
  • Toluene / chemistry

Substances

  • Glycoconjugates
  • Lectins
  • Toluene
  • Thioctic Acid
  • Gold
  • dithiol