场效应晶体管(FET)生物传感器 2010

Label-free detection of protein-protein interactions using a calmodulin-modified nanowire transistor.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Lin TW, Hsieh PJ, Lin CL, Fang YY, Yang JX, Tsai CC, Chiang PL, Pan CY, Chen YT
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传感器类型

场效应晶体管(FET)生物传感器

检测对象

钙离子(Ca2+)、心脏肌钙蛋白I(cardiac troponin I, TnI)、N型电压门控钙通道(N-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channel, VGCC);样品基质:磷酸盐缓冲液(0.1×PS/1×PS)、纯化蛋白溶液、293T细胞膜组分/细胞裂解液

检测原理

传感器以硼掺杂p型SiNW-FET为换能器,表面经APTMS、MBS和GSH修饰,形成可逆固定平台。CaM-GST通过GST与GSH的可逆结合固定于表面,CaM作为识别元件。当Ca2+结合CaM后,CaM构象改变并激活其与TnI或N型VGCC的结合;被测蛋白结合后,在Debye长度内改变SiNW表面界面电荷,产生门控效应。由于TnI和VGCC在pH 7.4带正电,结合使p型FET电导下降;CaM/GST负电荷结合则使电导上升。信号以源漏电导变化ΔG读出,ΔG随TnI浓度对数线性变化。该过程无荧光或酶标记,依赖蛋白-蛋白相互作用与界面电荷门控实现无标记检测。

检测灵敏度

LOD: 7 nM;线性范围: 10 nM–1 μM(10^-8–10^-6 M);相关系数 = 0.987

效应效果

该传感器选择性与可重复性良好:对K+无响应,Al3+仅致0.3%电导下降,Ca2+致1%下降;对avidin、煮沸TnI及无Ca2+的TnI无响应,10^-4 M Ba2+不能替代Ca2+。TnI可被无Ca2+缓冲液洗脱,同一器件重复监测。对293T细胞膜组分中的N型VGCC特异性识别;缺少α1b亚基的裂解液无显著响应,GST/SiNW-FET无响应。电生理显示野生型CaM使N型VGCC失活为13.3±2.3%(n=7),CaM1234为40.7±8.1%(n=5)。作者认为可替代免疫沉淀并用于高通量蛋白相互作用筛选。

传感器的构成

  • 换能器基底:硼掺杂p型硅纳米线场效应晶体管(SiNW-FET),作为导电通道并转换界面电荷为电导信号
  • 自组装硅烷层:3-(氨基丙基)三甲氧基硅烷(APTMS)自组装单层,提供氨基用于后续偶联
  • 连接层:3-马来酰亚胺苯甲酸N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺酯(MBS),与APTMS形成酰胺键并提供马来酰亚胺基团
  • 可逆固定层:谷胱甘肽(GSH)通过巯基与MBS结合,形成GSH/SiNW-FET,用于可逆捕获GST标签
  • 识别元件:谷胱甘肽S-转移酶标签钙调蛋白(CaM-GST)经GST-GSH可逆结合固定,CaM识别Ca2+及CaM结合蛋白
  • 信号标记物:无外源标记物,依赖被测蛋白结合引起的界面电荷/门控效应产生电导变化
  • 微流控与溶液门:聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)微流控通道输送样品,Ag/AgCl电极作为溶液门并降低噪声
  • 读出系统:电流预放大器与锁相放大器测量源漏电导变化(ΔG)

中文摘要

本研究报道了一种高灵敏度、可重复使用的硅纳米线场效应晶体管(SiNW-FET)生物传感器,用于无标记检测蛋白-蛋白相互作用。该器件利用谷胱甘肽(GSH)与谷胱甘肽S-转移酶(GST)标签钙调蛋白(CaM-GST)之间的可逆结合,将CaM可逆固定于GSH修饰的晶体管表面,形成CaM/SiNW-FET。该传感器对Ca2+(≥1 μM)和纯化心脏肌钙蛋白I(TnI,约7 nM)表现出选择性电响应;在10 nM至1 μM范围内,电导变化与TnI浓度呈线性关系,与TnI-CaM复合物解离常数的已知浓度范围一致。激活CaM所需最低Ca2+浓度为1 μM。研究还证明,培养293T细胞表达的N型电压门控Ca2+通道可被该传感器特异性识别。该纳米线晶体管可作为高通量生物传感器,并有望替代免疫沉淀方法用于相互作用蛋白的鉴定。

英文摘要

In this study, we describe a highly sensitive and reusable silicon nanowire field-effect transistor for the detection of protein-protein interactions. This reusable device was made possible by the reversible association of glutathione S-transferase-tagged calmodulin with a glutathione modified transistor. The calmodulin-modified transistor exhibited selective electrical responses to Ca2+ (> or = 1 microM) and purified cardiac troponin I (approximately 7 nM); the change in conductivity displayed a linear dependence on the concentration of troponin I in a range from 10 nM to 1 microM. These results are consistent with the previously reported concentration range in which the dissociation constant for the troponin I-calmodulin complex was determined. The minimum concentration of Ca2+ required to activate calmodulin was determined to be 1 microM. We have also successfully demonstrated that the N-type Ca2+ channels, expressed by cultured 293T cells, can be recognized specifically by the calmodulin-modified nanowire transistor. This sensitive nanowire transistor can serve as a high-throughput biosensor and can also substitute for immunoprecipitation methods used in the identification of interacting proteins.

关键词

场效应晶体管硅纳米线钙调蛋白蛋白-蛋白相互作用无标记检测心脏肌钙蛋白I