Construction of Immunomagnetic Particles with High Stability in Stringent Conditions by Site-Directed Immobilization of Multivalent Nanobodies onto Bacterial Magnetic Particles for the Environmental Detection of Tetrabromobisphenol-A

Anal Chem. 2020 Jan 7;92(1):1114-1121. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04177. Epub 2019 Dec 16.

Abstract

Bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) are an attractive carrier material for immunoassays because of their nanoscale size, dispersal ability, and membrane-bound structure. Antitetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) nanobodies (Nbs) in the form of monovalence (Nb1), bivalence (Nb2), and trivalence (Nb3) were biotinylated and immobilized onto streptavidin (SA)-derivatized BMPs to construct the complexes of BMP-SA-Biotin-Nb1, -Nb2, and -Nb3, respectively. An increasing order of binding capability of BMP-SA-Biotin-Nb1, -Nb2, and -Nb3 to TBBPA was observed. These complexes showed high resilience to temperature (90 °C), methanol (100%), high pH (12), and strong ionic strength (1.37 M NaCl). A BMP-SA-Biotin-Nb3-based enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for TBBPA dissolved in methanol was developed, showing a half-maximum inhibition concentration (IC50) of 0.42 ng mL-1. TBBPA residues in landfill leachate, sewage, and sludge samples determined by this assay were in a range of <LOD-1.17 ng mL-1, <LOD-0.75 ng mL-1, and <LOD-3.65 ng g-1 (dw), respectively, correlating well with the results by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. The BMP-SA-Biotin-Nb3 was reusable at least three times without significant loss of the binding capability. The BMP-SA-Biotin-Nb3-based ELISA, with a total assay time of less than 30 min, is promising for the rapid monitoring of TBBPA in the environment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Antibodies, Immobilized / immunology*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods*
  • Ferrosoferric Oxide / chemistry
  • Flame Retardants / analysis
  • Iron / chemistry
  • Limit of Detection
  • Magnetosomes / chemistry*
  • Magnetospirillum / chemistry
  • Polybrominated Biphenyls / analysis*
  • Polybrominated Biphenyls / immunology
  • Sewage / analysis
  • Single-Domain Antibodies / immunology*
  • Sulfides / chemistry
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Immobilized
  • Flame Retardants
  • Polybrominated Biphenyls
  • Sewage
  • Single-Domain Antibodies
  • Sulfides
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • greigite
  • Iron
  • tetrabromobisphenol A
  • Ferrosoferric Oxide

Supplementary concepts

  • Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense