新型有机荧光染料嵌合的核壳荧光纳米材料的研制

采用油包水的反相微乳液方法,首次以羊抗人免疫球蛋白(IgG)标记的异硫氰酸荧光素(FITC)为核材料,成功地制备了FITC的核壳荧光纳米颗粒,克服了采用传统方法制备核壳荧光纳米颗粒中存在的荧光染料泄露的问题.制备的这种核壳荧光纳米颗粒比细胞小很多,且具有生物亲和性,可为纳米生物传感器件提供新型材料.基于该核壳荧光纳米颗粒的标记方法也为生物医学提供了一种新型的非同位素分析方法.     

新型双荧光二氧化硅纳米颗粒的制备

本文采用改良的反相微乳液法制备得到双染料掺杂的二氧化硅荧光纳米颗粒。扫描电镜结果显示,荧光纳米颗粒呈球形,平均粒径约为90nm。利用荧光光谱及共聚焦荧光显微镜对该纳米颗粒的光学性能进行表征,结果发现其可同时发出红、绿双色荧光,这为进一步制备具有更多种荧光信号的硅纳米颗粒提供基础。同时,由于硅纳米颗粒生物相容性好,易功能化的特点,使得该新型硅纳米荧光颗粒在生物标记及生物成像的多组分分析中具有潜在的应用。     

金团簇的荧光性质及其生物应用

金纳米团簇作为一类新型纳米材料具有独特的光学特性。当金纳米团簇颗粒的尺寸小到与电子的费米波长（〈1nm）相当时,由于量子尺寸效应,金颗粒会受激发射出荧光。作为一种新型荧光材料,金纳米团簇具有发光颜色随团簇尺寸可调、荧光不易猝灭等许多优势。本文主要综述了金纳米团簇的荧光性质及其在生物标记、生物成像以及生物检测等方面的应用...     

NaYF4:Yb,Er/Tm上转换荧光纳米材料的合成、修饰及应用*

上转换荧光纳米材料NaYF4:Yb,Er/Tm因具有独特的上转换发光性能,在固体激光器、三维立体演示、红外成像等很多方面都有着重要的应用。近年来,NaYF4:Yb,Er/Tm上转换纳米颗粒作为荧光标记物用于生物标记引起了研究者的浓厚兴趣。合成出高质量、高荧光性能的NaYF4:Yb,Er/Tm上转换纳米颗粒是使之能够在生物医学等领域广泛应用的前提条件。本文针对NaYF4:Yb,Er/Tm上转换荧光纳米颗粒的合成方法、表面修饰以及生物应用等方面的研究进展进行综述。     

NaYF_4:Er~(3+),Yb~(3+)纳米晶基于尺寸和激发功率的上转换荧光性能研究

采用热分解法制备出纯β相的NaYF_4:Er~(3+),Yb~(3+)稀土上转换纳米晶,通过改变表面配体的种类和用量,合成出了两种不同尺寸和形貌的纳米颗粒。使用较少表面配体所合成的纳米颗粒具有更大的尺寸和更规则的形貌。比较了两种纳米颗粒的荧光性能,在980 nm激发光照射下,随着激发光功率的增加,纳米颗粒的荧光强度也逐渐增强,尺寸较大的纳米颗粒的荧光强度比尺寸较小的高了1个数量级。绿光与红光的比例也与纳米颗粒的尺寸和激发光功率密度相关,荧光性能较弱的小尺寸颗粒的绿光比例随激发光功率密度的增加而增大;荧光性能较好的大尺寸颗粒的绿光比例则在增大到一定程度后逐渐减小。此项工作可能在生物体荧光成像、荧光标记、光动力治疗以及生物传感等方面提供指导。     

NaYF_4：Yb,Er上转换荧光纳米粒子的表面修饰及其在免疫分析中的应用

稀土掺杂上转换荧光纳米材料因其近红外区激发,可见光区发射的特殊发光性能,在生物标记方面具有独特优势,可大幅度降低荧光背景.β-NaYF4：Yb,Er是目前已知的发光效率最高的上转换荧光纳米材料之一,已在生命分析及生物成像分析领域展现出了广阔的应用前景.然而,由于现有β-NaYF4：Yb,Er制备工艺多是在高温条件下于高沸点有机溶剂中反应制得,所得产品在水溶液中的分散性差,限制了其在生命分析中的广泛应用.本文采用聚丙烯酸（PAA）配体交换反应,对表面包覆油酸基团的疏水β-NaYF4：Yb,Er纳米粒子进行了有效的表面修饰.表面修饰后,上转换荧光纳米粒子表面的PAA具有众多游离羧基,使其在水溶液中具有良好的分散性.同时,由于羧基的存在,使得带有氨基的生物分子能够通过化学交联反应结合到纳米粒子表面.本文以PAA表面修饰后的β-NaYF4：Yb,Er纳米粒子为荧光探针,以磁珠作为免疫反应的载体,成功构建了一种新型免疫传感器,对模型靶标分子羊抗人IgG进行了灵敏检测.磁珠表面固定兔抗羊IgG,PAA修饰的β-NaYF4：Yb,Er纳米粒子表面连接人IgG,当样品中存在羊抗人IgG时,便会在磁珠表面形成（兔抗羊IgG-羊抗人IgG-上转换荧光纳米粒子标记的人IgG）三明治式免疫复合体,通过磁分离除去未反应的组分,在980nm激光激发下测定免疫复合体的上转换荧光强度,即可实现靶标分子的高灵敏分析,可检测到低至0.1ng/mL的羊抗人IgG.同时,以磁珠为载体的免疫复合体也可通过激光扫描共聚焦荧光显微镜进行荧光成像分析,背景荧光信号低,成像质量高.实验结果表明,PAA修饰的β-NaYF4：Yb,Er上转换荧光纳米粒子是一种理想的生物标记材料,有望在生物传感及生物成像分析领域获得广泛应用.     

水溶液中金属增强荧光的研究进展

本文综述了水溶液中金属增强荧光的研究进展,重点阐明如何通过控制荧光物质与金属纳米粒子表面的距离,实现水溶液中的金属增强荧光。荧光物质与金属纳米粒子表面的距离主要通过有机分子和无机分子Si O2层控制,只有当距离合适才能达到最大的金属增强荧光。金属增强荧光提高了荧光检测的灵敏度,扩大了荧光技术的应用范围,已广泛应用到DNA、蛋白质检测、生物标记、生物成像和免疫分析中。     

基于纳米金多光子激发荧光的均相免疫检测新方法

本文报道了粒径小于20nm的球形纳米金颗粒(AuNSs)的强多光子激发荧光,这主要归因于多光子激发过程中的高光子密度引起的局域场增强效应。AuNSs的多光子荧光与影响局域场增强效应的颗粒尺寸及团聚程度有关。基于吸附在纳米金表面的BSA与Anti-BSA的作用引起纳米金团聚导致其多光子荧光增强,结合近红外区的多光子激发可以避免生物分子自发荧光及散射光的干扰这一优势,建立了一种高灵敏、高选择性检测血清中Anti-BSA的均相免疫分析方法。检测的线性范围从1.16nmol/L到35nmol/L,检出限为0.08nmol/L。而且通过在纳米金颗粒表面包覆硅壳实现了纳米金的荧光增强及表面功能化,由此可以建立一系列基于纳米金多光子荧光的分析检测方法。     

模板合成银纳米颗粒/DNA复合物：生物硫醇的高效荧光传感平台设计

金属纳米颗粒经常被用作纳米猝灭剂构建高效荧光传感平台.在本工作中,以FAM标记的DNA为模板,通过还原Ag＋制备得到银纳米颗粒（AgNPs）.由于AgNPs与DNA间稳固的结合,模板合成AgNPs呈现出很高的猝灭效率并可用作超猝灭剂以构建生物荧光传感平台.作为一种尝试,模板合成的DNA-AgNPs复合物被用作生物硫醇荧光检测.通过形成S-Ag键,硫醇与AgNPs发生作用并将FAM标记DNA从AgNPs表面取代下来,FAM荧光恢复.由于低的荧光背景信号,该传感器具有高信背比.此外,DNA-AgNPs复合物呈现出很好的稳定性,可应用于复杂的实际样品.为验证其在实际样品中检测生物硫醇的可行性,测定了人类尿样中的硫醇含量,其结果显示人类尿样中的硫醇总含量为229μM到302μM.为验证结果的可靠性,少量Cys被额外加入到尿样中,其回收率经测定为98%～103%.     

荧光碳纳米颗粒:新进展和技术挑战

与其他荧光纳米粒子相比,荧光碳纳米颗粒不仅具有良好的生物相容性和易于表面功能化等优点,还具有发光稳定并可实现上转换荧光发射的特性,所以在生物医药领域有重要的应用价值。本文结合近年来的最新研究成果,综述了金刚石、石墨和非晶等不同结构的荧光碳纳米颗粒的制备方法及其局限性;分析了不同结构碳纳米颗粒的荧光发射特性和在生物技术中应用的优缺点;阐述了荧光碳纳米颗粒在今后研究中需要解决的问题和发展方向。     

非标记铕配合物荧光免疫分析法研究: 测定血清中的金属硫蛋白

本文报告一种新型非同位素免疫分析法, 非标记稀土铕配合物荧光免疫分析。它仍以免疫反应为基础, 所不同的是无须制备标记物。较标记免疫分析法简便、快速、在所建立的方法中, 金属硫蛋白(MT)的量与Eu-β-二酮配合物的荧光强度成负相关。测定范围为0-1.3μg/mL, 测定血清中MT的回收率为95%-100%, 相对标准偏差<10%。     

Novel fluorescent silica nanoparticle probe for ultrasensitive immunoassays

The preparation and utilization of a novel particulate label based on fluorescent hybrid silica (FHS) nanoparticles are reported in this article. These nanoparticles have shown several unique advantages over existing dye molecules, quantum dots, and latex-based fluorescent particles in easy preparation, good photostability and high sensitivity. A high molar ratio of the fluorescent molecules present in the core to biomolecules on the particle surface was achieved by using the well-developed silica surface immobilization chemistry for biomolecular linking. A fluoroimmunoassay method for detecting trace level Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg) was developed. The calibration graph for HBsAg was linear over the range 0.5-220 ng/ml with a detection limit of 0.1 ng/ml. The sensitivity is greatly increased when compared with the corresponding immunoassay performed with direct fluorophore labeling. The present work shows that these FHS nanoparticles are high-quality markers for biochemical assays.     

Highly Fluorescent Semiconducting Polymer Dots for Biology and Medicine

In recent years, semiconducting polymer nanoparticles have attracted considerable attention because of their outstanding characteristics as fluorescent probes. These nanoparticles, which primarily consist of π‐conjugated polymers and are called polymer dots (Pdots) when they exhibit small particle size and high brightness, have demonstrated utility in a wide range of applications such as fluorescence imaging and biosensing. In this review, we summarize recent findings of the photophysical properties of Pdots which speak to the merits of these entities as fluorescent labels. This review also highlights the surface functionalization and biomolecular conjugation of Pdots, and their applications in cellular labeling, in vivo imaging, single‐particle tracking, biosensing, and drug delivery. We discuss the relationship between the physical properties and performance, and evaluate the merits and limitations of the Pdot probes for certain imaging tasks and fluorescence assays. We also tackle the current challenges of Pdots and share our perspective on the future directions of the field.     

Part-per-trillion level detection of estradiol by competitive fluorescence immunoassay using DNA/dye conjugate as antibody multiple labels

Fluorescent organic dyes are currently the standard signal-generating labels used in microarray quantification. However, new labeling strategies are needed to meet the demand for high sensitivity in the detection of low-abundance proteins and small molecules. In this report, a long-chain DNA/dye conjugate was used to attach multiple fluorescence labels on antibodies to improve signal intensity and immunoassay sensitivity. Compared with the 30 base-pair (bp) oligonucleotide used in our previous work [Q. Zhang, L.-H. Guo, Bioconjugate Chem. 18 (2007) 1668-1672], conjugation of a 219 bp DNA in solution with a fluorescent DNA binder SYBR Green I resulted in more than sixfold increase in signal intensity, consistent with the increase in bp number. In a direct immunoassay for the detection of goat anti-mouse IgG in a mouse IgG-coated 96-well plate, the long DNA conjugate label also produced higher fluorescence than the short one, accompanied by about 15-fold improvement in the detection limit. To demonstrate its advantage in real applications, the DNA/dye conjugate was employed in the competitive immunoassay of 17β-estradiol, a clinically and environmentally important analyte. The biotin-terminated DNA was attached to biotinylated anti-estradiol antibody through the biotin/streptavidin/biotin bridge after the immuno-reaction was completed, followed by conjugation with SYBR Green I. The limit of detection for 17β-estradiol is 1.9 pg mL⁻¹, which is 200-fold lower than the assay using fluorescein-labeled antibodies. The new multiple labeling strategy uses readily available reagents, and is also compatible with current biochip platform. It has great potential in the sensitive detection of protein and antibody microarrays.     

Dye-doped silica nanoparticle labels/protein microarray for detection of protein biomarkers

We report a dye-encapsulated silica nanoparticle as a label, with the advantages of high fluorescence intensity, photostability, and biocompatibility, in conjunction with microarray technology for sensitive immunoassay of a biomarker, interleukin-6 (IL-6), on a microarray format. The tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(ii) chloride hexahydrate (Rubpy) dye was incorporated into silica nanoparticles using a simple one-step microemulsion synthesis. In this synthesis process, Igepal CA520 was used as the surfactant, therefore, no requirement of cosolvent during the synthesis and the particle size was reduced comparing to the commonly used Triton surfactant system. The nanoparticles are uniform in size with a diameter of 50 nm. The microarray fluorescent immunoassay approach based on dye-doped silica nanoparticle labels has high sensitivity for practical applications with a limit of detection for IL-6 down to 0.1 ng mL(-1). The calibration curve is linear over the range from 0.1 ng mL(-1) to 10 ng mL(-1). Furthermore, results illustrated that the assay is highly specific for IL-6 in the presence of range of cytokines or proteins. The RuDS dye-labeled nanoparticles in connection with protein microarrays show the promise for clinical diagnosis of biomarkers.     

An ultrasensitive immunosensor array for determination of staphylococcal enterotoxin B

Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) is a potent gastrointestinal toxin and is heat resistant. SEB is also a potential bioterrorism agent. The ability to measure accurately very low amounts of staphylococcal enterotoxin B in food and other samples is very important. A highly sensitive and stable sandwich fluorescence immunoassay based on a pair of monoclonal antibodies against SEB which were produced by us was developed. Classical sandwich immunoassay was adopted and the glass slides were used as the base of the immunologic reaction. The functionalized fluorescent core-shell silica nanoparticles were used as labels. The fluorescence issued from the labels was detected by a laser-induced fluorescence millimeter sensor array detection platform. The fluorescence intensity has a linear relationship with the amount of SEB in the range of 50 pg/mL-5 ng/mL, and the detection limit of SEB was 20 pg/mL (the absolute detection limit was 0.02 pg). The relative standard deviation (RSD) for 5 parallel measurements of SEB (1 ng/mL) was 9.2%.     

Versatile immunoassays based on isomagnetophoresis

We report an isomagnetophoretic immunoassay capable of detecting an attomolar level of proteins and adjusting the dynamic range of target analytes. Here, the magnetic nanoparticles are used as labels on microbeads in sandwich-type immunoassay, detecting the amount of bound analytes by isomagnetophoretic focusing the solid-support microbeads under the magnetic susceptibility gradient and magnetic field in a microchannel. For the practical purpose, this platform was applied to detect three types of breast cancer biomarkers.     

Synthesis and characterization of new fluorescent nanoparticles

A novel kind of fluorescent nanoparticles（FNPs）has been prepared using a precipitation polymerization method.Methacrylic acid,trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate and azobisisobutyronitrile were used as functional-monomer,cross-linker and initiator, respectively.Compared with other fluorescent nanoparticles,the FNPs have the characteristics including low dye leakage and good photostability.The fluorescence microscopy imaging indicates that the FNPs can be used as fluorescent labels in bioanalysis.     

Amplified electrochemiluminescent immunosensing using apoferritin-templated poly(ethylenimine) nanoparticles as co-reactant

A novel sandwich-type electrochemiluminescent immunoassay utilizing apoferritin-templated poly(ethylenimine) (PEI) nanoparticles as labels based on the in situ release of the co-reactant of PEI was developed for sensitive detection of HCG with a low detection limit of 0.17 μIU mL(-1).     

Comparison of infrared-excited up-converting phosphors and europium nanoparticles as labels in a two-site immunoassay

Research in the field of immunoassays and labels used in the detection has been recently focused on particulate reporters, which possess very high specific activity that excludes the label as a sensitivity limiting factor. However, the large size and shape of the particulate labels may produce additional problems to immunoassay performance. The aim of this work was to study with two identical non-competitive two-site immunoassays whether up-converting phosphor (UCP) particles are comparable in performance with europium(III) chelate-dyed nanoparticles as particulate labels. In addition we strived to verify the common assumption of the photostability of up-converting phosphor particles supporting their potential applicability in imaging. Detection limits in two-site immunoassay for free prostate-specific antigen (free-PSA) were 0.53 ng L⁻¹ and 1.3 ng L⁻¹ using two different up-converting phosphors and 0.16 ng L⁻¹ using europium(III) nanoparticle. Large size distribution and non-specific binding of up-converting phosphor particles caused assay variation in low analyte concentrations and limited the analytical detection limit. The non-specific binding was the major factor limiting the analytical sensitivity of the immunoassay. The results suggests the need for nanoscaled and uniformely sized UCP-particles to increace the sensitivity and applicability of up-converting phosphor particles. Anti-Stokes photoluminescence of up-converting phosphor particles did not photobleach when measured repeatedly, on the contrary, the time-resolved fluorescence of europium nanoparticles photobleached relatively rapidly.