Optical fiber SPR biosensor with sandwich assay for the detection of prostate specific antigen

We present a new, sensitive, few mode fiber (FMF) surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor with a sandwich assay for the detection of PSA. The side-polished FMF biosensor does not need a polarizer and a thin high-index overlayer. The optical sensitivity of the SPR sensor was determined as 2.5 × 10⁻⁶ RIU. In the SPR PSA sensor, the SPR signals were amplified by a factor of 6 in average over no secondary antibody, using the sandwich assay. The proposed FMF SPR biosensor has great potential for real-time analysis of immune reaction between biomolecules and the advantages of high-sensitivity and label-free detection.     

基于折射率变化的一种新型盐度测量原理研究

研制了一种用于测量海水盐度的新装置。基于表面等离子共振技术,根据盐溶液折射率与盐度的关系原理,实现对盐度测量。结构中使用一只K9玻璃制成的棱镜为衬底,在棱镜的一边淀积一层厚度为55nm的Ag膜,在Ag膜上设置待测盐溶液样品池和参考池。在白光的激励下,在Ag膜中发生表面等离子共振现象。盐溶液的折射率不仅与盐的质量分数有关,且与温度有关,而样品池和装有蒸馏水的参考池具有相同温度,用两者共振波长差的变化来反映盐度,克服了温度对测量结果的影响,理论分析和实验结果验证了设计的可行性。     

Voltammetric oxidation and determination of cinnarizine at glassy carbon electrode modified with multi-walled carbon nanotubes

We discovered a novel method to prepare a protein-based hydrogel, that is, a “Three-Dimensional Nanostructured Protein Hydrogel (3D NPH)”, which is composed of protein–polymer hybrid nanoparticles. In this study, we propose a novel protein microarray whose 3D NPH spots were prepared by dispensing a small volume of the solution of protein–polymer mixture on a substrate. The dispensed solution had a short time for cross-linking before its drying-up and the resulting 3D NPH had loosely cross-linked, thin spongy structure. Therefore, the reaction ratio between ligands and analytes was drastically improved in this system compared with the large volume system for Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) protein microarray.     

Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel neamine-nucleoside conjugates potentially targeting to RNAs

Eighteen novel neamine-nucleoside conjugates with ethylenediamine-lysine or ethylenediamine-arginine as the linker were synthesized and their potential binding to A site of 16S RNA and TAR RNA was evaluated using SPR (surface plasmon resonance). Compared with neamine, compounds 10i and 10q show 6.3 and 4.8 times potential in binding to A site of 16S RNA and eight and six times potential in binding to TAR RNA, respectively. According to the data of SPR, it indicates that amino acid residue and nucleobase moieties of the designed neamine-nucleosides conjugates exhibit the important contributions for the binding to A site of 16S RNA and TAR RNA. The molecular docking study on the interaction between the ligands and A site of 16S RNA is in agreement with the experimental data. The novel type of modification may provide a promising way for the development of neamine derivatives effectively targeting to RNAs.     

Label-free detection of DNA mutations by SPR: application to the early detection of inherited breast cancer

A screening analysis of DNA hybridization and the presence of DNA mutations using an surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor is shown. The influence of lateral and vertical spacers, as well as several hybridization conditions, was studied to optimize the differentiation between fully complementary and mismatched DNA strands. Our results demonstrated that SPR biosensors were able to detect mismatch sequences related to inherited breast cancer, with high specificity and sensitivity. Using PCR synthetic sequences as targets, mutant sequences were clearly discriminated from fully complementary ones, and detection limits below 50 nM were achieved.     

Surface plasmon resonance immunosensor for cortisol and cortisone determination

In this paper, we present a surface-plasmon-resonance-based immunosensor for the real-time detection of cortisol and cortisone levels in urine and saliva samples. The method proposed here is simple, rapid, economic, sensitive, robust, and reproducible thanks also to the special features of the polycarboxylate-hydrogel-based coatings used for the antibody immobilization. The sensor surface displays a high level of stability during repeated regeneration and affinity reaction cycles. The immunosensor shows high specificity for cortisol and cortisone; furthermore, no significant interferences from other steroids with a similar chemical structure have been observed. The suitability of the hydrogel coating for the prevention of nonspecific binding is also investigated. A good correlation is noticed between the results obtained by the proposed method and the reference liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry method for the analysis of cortisol and cortisone in urine and saliva samples. Standard curves for the detection of cortisol and cortisone in saliva and urine are characterized by a detection limit less than 10 μg l⁻¹, sufficiently sensitive for both clinical and forensic use. Application of a newly developed SPR immunosensor for the measurement of cortisol in anti-doping analysis     

Further results on ultraconvergence derivative recovery for odd-order rectangular finite elements

For rectangular finite element, we give a superconvergence method by SPR technique based on the generalization of a new ultraconvergence record and the sharp Green function estimates, by which we prove that the derivative has ultra-convergence of order O(h ^k+3) (k ⩾ 3 being odd) and displacement has order of O(h ^k+4) (k ⩾ 4 being even) at the locally symmetry points.      

Enhanced optical immunosensor based on surface plasmon resonance for determination of transferrin

Wavelength modulation surface plasmon resonance biosensors (SPR) using colloidal Au nanoparticles and double-linker sensing membrane enhancement are reported for determination of transferrin. The 2-mercaptoethylamine (MEA) was immobilized on the biosensor surface with traditional amine coupling method. The interaction between colloidal Au nanoparticles and MEA was investigated. The anti-transferrin was immobilized on the biosensor surface prepared with staphylococcal protein A (SPA). The interaction of the antibody and antigen was monitored in real time. The good response was obtained in the concentration range 1-20, 0.1-20 and 0.05-20 μg/mL for directly immune assay, double-linker assay and colloidal Au-amplified assay. The result clearly demonstrates that these methods may obtain significantly enhancement of sensitivity for the wavelength modulation SPR biosensor.     

溶液pH对羟基苯硫酚同分异构体脱羟基反应影响的SERS研究

金属纳米结构因表面等离激元(SPR)而产生光学增强和催化效应已成为表面科学研究热点之一。SPR和电化学联用可以诱导催化一些非常规反应,并且不同pH值电解质溶液可改变表面吸附分子的存在形式,影响SPR光催化反应。以羟基苯硫酚的同分异构体为探针,采用电化学表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)研究了取代基羟基位置、溶液pH值等对其在银电极表面吸附和SPR催化反应行为。结果表明,不同羟基取代基位置的羟基苯硫酚SPR催化脱羟基反应对溶液pH值的敏感程度不同,邻羟基苯硫酚(OHTP)的C—O键谱峰强度的变化与溶液pH值相关,其O端更易与金属作用而吸附在表面,且随pH增大而增强。对羟基苯硫酚(PHTP)在碱性条件下被完全抑制的脱羟基反应在间羟基苯硫酚(MHTP)和OHTP中均可发生。MHTP在中性(pH 7)溶液中SPR催化脱羟基反应效率最高,约为酸性(pH 2)的1.36倍,碱性(pH 12)的2.70倍。OHTP在碱性(pH 12)溶液中SPR催化脱羟基反应效率最高,约为酸性(pH 2)的13.71倍,中性(pH 7)的4.95倍。SPR催化脱羟基主要源于非去质子化条件以及形成Ag—O键这两种途径。酸性条件下MHTP及OHTP的脱羟基反应主要是未去质子化的羟基反应,碱性条件主要因去质子化后形成Ag—O键所致。中性条件下,两种贡献同时发生。对MHTP而言,由于位阻效应仅部分分子去质子化后形成Ag—O键而促进SPR催化脱羟基,因此pH 7溶液中两种效应的同时作用导致催化效率最高。对于OHTP分子,去质子化状态的O端更易与电极表面发生作用,且pH升高羟基呈现的去质子化程度更加彻底,更有利于发生脱羟基反应,在pH 12溶液中脱羟基反应主要由于形成Ag—O键,其效率亦最高。同分异构体结构以及介质酸碱度对SPR催化脱羟基反应的研究对于拓宽SPR催化反应类型及从分子水平解析其机理具有重要意义。     

Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors Incorporating Gold Nanoparticles

SPR biosensing is increasingly popular for the detection of a multitude of biomolecules. It offers label‐free detection and study of proteins, nucleic acids, and other biomolecules in real time. A recent trend involves incorporation of AuNPs, either within the sensing surface itself or as signal enhancing tagging molecules. The importance of AuNP and detecting agent spacing is described and techniques using macromolecular spacing aids are highlighted. Recent methods to enhance SPR detection capabilities using gold nanoparticles are reviewed, as well as device fabrication and the results of incorporation. SPR detection is a highly versatile method for the detection of biomolecules and, with the incorporation of AuNPs, shows promise in extending it to a number of new applications.