Improved porous silicon microarray based prostate specific antigen immunoassay by optimized surface density of the capture antibody

• Enriching the surface density of immobilized capture antibodies enhances the detection signal of antibody sandwich microarrays. In this study, we improved the detection sensitivity of our previously developed P-Si (porous silicon) antibody microarray by optimizing concentrations of the capturing antibody. We investigated immunoassays using a P-Si microarray at three different capture antibody (PSA - prostate specific antigen) concentrations, analyzing the influence of the antibody density on the assay detection sensitivity. The LOD (limit of detection) for PSA was 2.5 ng mL(-1), 80 pg mL(1), and 800 fg mL(-1) when arraying the PSA antibody, H117 at the concentration 15 mu g mL(-1), 35 mu g mL(-1), and 154 mu g mL(-1), respectively. We further investigated PSA spiked into human female serum in the range of 800 fg mL(-1) to 500 ng mL(-1). The microarray showed a LOD of 800 fg mL(-1) and a dynamic range of 800 fg mL(-1) to 80 ng mL(-1) in serum spiked samples. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Analytisk kemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Analytical Chemistry (hsv//eng)

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Antibody microarray

Porous silicon

Sandwich immunoassay

Prostate

specific antigen

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