Fabrication and evaluation of a portable and reproducible quartz crystal microbalance immunochip for label-free detection of β-lactoglobulin allergen in milk products

In this study, a label-free, portable and reproducible immunochip based on quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) was developed for the qualitative detection of β-lactoglobulin (β-LG), an allergen, in milk products. Experimental parameters in the fabrication and regeneration procedure such as pH of the c...

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Main Authors: Mingfei Pan, Liping Hong, Jingying Yang, Xiaoqian Xie, Kaixin Liu, Shuo Wang
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Published: Tsinghua University Press 2022-09-01
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Liping Hong
Jingying Yang
Xiaoqian Xie
Kaixin Liu
Shuo Wang
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Liping Hong
Jingying Yang
Xiaoqian Xie
Kaixin Liu
Shuo Wang
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description In this study, a label-free, portable and reproducible immunochip based on quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) was developed for the qualitative detection of β-lactoglobulin (β-LG), an allergen, in milk products. Experimental parameters in the fabrication and regeneration procedure such as pH of the coupling microenvironment, amount of anti-β-LG antibody and regeneration reagent were optimized in detail. Under optimal conditions, the proposed QCM immunochip exhibited good recognition of β-LG, with a calibration curve of ΔF = 12.877Cβ-LG0.4809 (R2 = 0.9982) and limit of detection of 0.04 μg/mL. Additionally, this portable QCM immunochip had good stability, high specificity, and no obvious cross-reaction to three other milk proteins (α-casein, α-lactalbumin, and lactoferrin). It could compete a qualitative measurement within 5 min, and could be reused at least ten times. In the β-LG analysis of actual milk samples, the developed QCM immunochip yielded reliable and accurate results, which correlated strongly with those from the standard HPLC method (R2 = 0.9969). Thus, the portable, stable, and reproducible QCM immunochip developed in this study allowed the rapid, cost-effectively and sensitively measure the β-LG in milk products.
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spelling doaj-art-6006451f03094609adb8654d2afd32932025-02-03T06:55:41ZengTsinghua University PressFood Science and Human Wellness2213-45302022-09-0111513151321Fabrication and evaluation of a portable and reproducible quartz crystal microbalance immunochip for label-free detection of β-lactoglobulin allergen in milk productsMingfei Pan0Liping Hong1Jingying Yang2Xiaoqian Xie3Kaixin Liu4Shuo Wang5Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, ChinaKey Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, ChinaKey Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, ChinaKey Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, ChinaKey Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, ChinaKey Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; Corresponding author at: Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China. Fax: (86 22) 60912493.In this study, a label-free, portable and reproducible immunochip based on quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) was developed for the qualitative detection of β-lactoglobulin (β-LG), an allergen, in milk products. Experimental parameters in the fabrication and regeneration procedure such as pH of the coupling microenvironment, amount of anti-β-LG antibody and regeneration reagent were optimized in detail. Under optimal conditions, the proposed QCM immunochip exhibited good recognition of β-LG, with a calibration curve of ΔF = 12.877Cβ-LG0.4809 (R2 = 0.9982) and limit of detection of 0.04 μg/mL. Additionally, this portable QCM immunochip had good stability, high specificity, and no obvious cross-reaction to three other milk proteins (α-casein, α-lactalbumin, and lactoferrin). It could compete a qualitative measurement within 5 min, and could be reused at least ten times. In the β-LG analysis of actual milk samples, the developed QCM immunochip yielded reliable and accurate results, which correlated strongly with those from the standard HPLC method (R2 = 0.9969). Thus, the portable, stable, and reproducible QCM immunochip developed in this study allowed the rapid, cost-effectively and sensitively measure the β-LG in milk products.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213453022000532β-Lactoglobulin allergenQuartz crystal microbalanceImmunochipMilk products
spellingShingle Mingfei Pan
Liping Hong
Jingying Yang
Xiaoqian Xie
Kaixin Liu
Shuo Wang
Fabrication and evaluation of a portable and reproducible quartz crystal microbalance immunochip for label-free detection of β-lactoglobulin allergen in milk products
Food Science and Human Wellness
β-Lactoglobulin allergen
Quartz crystal microbalance
Immunochip
Milk products
title Fabrication and evaluation of a portable and reproducible quartz crystal microbalance immunochip for label-free detection of β-lactoglobulin allergen in milk products
title_full Fabrication and evaluation of a portable and reproducible quartz crystal microbalance immunochip for label-free detection of β-lactoglobulin allergen in milk products
title_fullStr Fabrication and evaluation of a portable and reproducible quartz crystal microbalance immunochip for label-free detection of β-lactoglobulin allergen in milk products
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication and evaluation of a portable and reproducible quartz crystal microbalance immunochip for label-free detection of β-lactoglobulin allergen in milk products
title_short Fabrication and evaluation of a portable and reproducible quartz crystal microbalance immunochip for label-free detection of β-lactoglobulin allergen in milk products
title_sort fabrication and evaluation of a portable and reproducible quartz crystal microbalance immunochip for label free detection of β lactoglobulin allergen in milk products
topic β-Lactoglobulin allergen
Quartz crystal microbalance
Immunochip
Milk products
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213453022000532
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