Title
Electrochemical enzyme immunoassays on microchip platforms
Date Issued
01 November 2001
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Wang J.
Chatrathi M.P.
Escarpa A.
Universidad Estatal de Nuevo México
Abstract
A microfluidic device for conducting electrochemical enzyme immunoassays is described. The new "lab-on-a-chip" protocol integrates precolumn reactions of alkaline phosphatase-labeled antibody (anti-mouse IgG) with the antigen (mouse IgG), followed by electrophoretic separation of the free antibody and antibody-antigen complex. The separation is followed by a postcolumn reaction of the enzyme tracer with the 4-aminophenyl phosphate substrate and a downstream amperometric detection of the liberated 4-aminophenol product. Factors influencing the reaction, separation, and detection processes were optimized, and the analytical performance was characterized. An applied field strength of 256 V/cm results in free antibody and antibody-antigen complex migration times of 125 and 340 s, respectively. A remarkably low detection limit of 2.5 × 10-16 g/mL (1.7 × 10-18 M) is obtained for the mouse IgG model analyte. Such combination of a complete integrated immunoassay, an attractive analytical performance, and the distinct miniaturization/portability advantages of electrochemical microsystems offers considerable promise for designing self-contained and disposable chips for decentralized clinical diagnostics or on-site environmental testing.
Start page
5323
End page
5327
Volume
73
Issue
21
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Electroquímica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0035499680
PubMed ID
Source
Analytical Chemistry
ISSN of the container
00032700
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