传感器类型
电化学生物传感器
检测对象
甲胎蛋白(α-fetoprotein, AFP);样品基质:人血清(clinical sera)
检测原理
该传感器采用夹心免疫分析。电极表面金纳米颗粒上通过TGA自组装层和EDC/NHS活化共价固定抗AFP单克隆抗体。样品中的AFP与固定抗体特异性结合后,再加入HRP标记的多克隆抗人AFP抗体,形成HRP-anti-AFP/AFP/anti-AFP复合物。在0.1 M PBS(pH 7.5)中加入OAP和H2O2,HRP催化OAP氧化生成电活性产物,在差分脉冲伏安法下形成电流峰。AFP浓度越高,电极表面结合的HRP越多,催化产生的DPV电流越大。金纳米颗粒提高电极导电性和有效面积,室温离子液体增强碳糊电极导电性,从而放大电流响应。
检测灵敏度
LOD: 0.25 ng mL−1;线性范围: 0.50–80.00 ng mL−1;灵敏度斜率: 0.1655×10^-4 A/(ng mL^-1);相关系数: 0.9948;回归方程: Δi (10^-4 A) = 0.1655C (ng mL^-1) + 2.1453
效应效果
该传感器在1.0 ng/mL AFP的11次重复测量中RSD为2.3%,重现性良好。选择性测试中,L-谷氨酸(1 μg/mL)、BSA(10 μg/mL)、血红蛋白(140 μg/mL)和D-葡萄糖(1 μg/mL)对50 ng/mL AFP检测的相对响应分别为0.9974、0.9743、1.003和0.9865,干扰可忽略。4°C保存5天后响应保留96%,两周后保留90%,稳定性较好。与人血清ELISA结果比较,回归方程为Y=0.9722X+0.3685(n=7,r=0.9933);3份血清样品测定值分别为283.4、13.76、162.5 ng/mL,相对偏差为7.2%、-7.7%、6.7%。作者认为该方法简便、灵敏,可作为肝癌标志物临床检测的替代方法。
传感器的构成
- 基底/换能器电极:石墨粉(graphite powder)、室温离子液体N-丁基吡啶六氟磷酸盐(BPPF6)与石蜡(paraffin)混合制成碳糊电极(CILE),铜线(Cu wire)提供导电通路
- 纳米材料修饰层:金纳米颗粒(nano-Au)在CILE表面电沉积,提高导电性、增大有效面积并固定抗体
- 自组装界面层:硫代乙醇酸(TGA)自组装单分子层,提供羧基并经EDC/NHS活化后共价固定抗体
- 识别元件:抗AFP单克隆抗体(AFP-McAb/anti-AFP),特异性捕获AFP
- 封闭剂:牛血清白蛋白(BSA),封闭未反应TGA活化基团,减少非特异吸附
- 信号标记物:HRP标记多克隆抗人AFP抗体(HRP-labeled anti-AFP),夹心结合后提供HRP催化位点
- 底物/电子供体:邻氨基苯酚(OAP)与过氧化氢(H2O2),HRP催化OAP氧化产生电活性信号
- 信号读出:差分脉冲伏安法(DPV),在0.1 M PBS(pH 7.5)中读取电流峰
中文摘要
本文报道了一种用于快速检测甲胎蛋白(AFP)的新型高效电化学免疫传感器。该传感器以室温离子液体N-丁基吡啶六氟磷酸盐(BPPF6)与石墨粉混合制备的碳糊电极(CPE)为基础,并在电极表面电沉积金纳米颗粒(nano-Au)以固定抗AFP抗体(anti-AFP)。检测采用夹心免疫分析策略:待测AFP先与电极表面固定的anti-AFP结合,再与辣根过氧化物酶(HRP)标记的多克隆抗人AFP抗体结合,形成HRP-anti-AFP/AFP/anti-AFP免疫复合物。在含邻氨基苯酚(OAP)和H2O2的缓冲液中,HRP催化OAP氧化产生差分脉冲伏安法(DPV)电流信号,信号强度随AFP浓度增加而增强。实验结果表明,AFP在0.50–80.00 ng/mL范围内呈良好线性,检出限为0.25 ng/mL。该免疫传感器具有灵敏度高、稳定性好、制备简便等优点,有望用于AFP的临床检测。
英文摘要
A novel and effective electrochemical immunosensor for the rapid determination of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) based on carbon paste electrode (CPE) consisting of room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) N-butylpyridinium hexafluorophosphate (BPPF(6)) and graphite. The surface of the CPE was modified with gold nanoparticles for the immobilization of the alpha-fetoprotein antibody (anti-AFP). By sandwiching the antigen between anti-AFP on the CPE modified with gold nanoparticles and the secondary antibody, polyclonal anti-human-AFP labeled with horseradish peroxidase (HRP-labeled anti-AFP), the immunoassay was established. The concentration of AFP was determined based on differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) signal, which was generated in the reaction between O-aminophenol (OAP) and H(2)O(2) catalyzed by HRP labeled on the sandwich immunosensor. AFP concentration could be measured in a linear range of 0.50-80.00 ng mL(-1) with a detection limit of 0.25 ng mL(-1). The immunosensor exhibited high sensitivity and good stability, and would be valuable for clinical assay of AFP.