Facile Immunoassay Constructed by Gold Nanostar-Labeled Rabbit-AFP Antibody and Gold Nanoparticle-Conjugated Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG

Simple and accurate analysis of cancer-related biomarkers is very important for disease screening and auxiliary diagnosis. This study proposed a facile immunoassay that used gold nanostar-labeled rabbit anti-AFP as a capture antibody and gold nanoparticle-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG as an enhanc...

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Main Authors: Kang Yang, Fang Yang, Xiaoling Lu, Hao Li, Zeng Yang, Qi Yin, Lin Zhang, You Long, Chao Shen, Liya Chen, Bo Yao, Chenghong Huang
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author Kang Yang
Fang Yang
Xiaoling Lu
Hao Li
Zeng Yang
Qi Yin
Lin Zhang
You Long
Chao Shen
Liya Chen
Bo Yao
Chenghong Huang
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Fang Yang
Xiaoling Lu
Hao Li
Zeng Yang
Qi Yin
Lin Zhang
You Long
Chao Shen
Liya Chen
Bo Yao
Chenghong Huang
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description Simple and accurate analysis of cancer-related biomarkers is very important for disease screening and auxiliary diagnosis. This study proposed a facile immunoassay that used gold nanostar-labeled rabbit anti-AFP as a capture antibody and gold nanoparticle-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG as an enhance antibody for the construction of a detection strategy for AFP analysis. Investigations indicated that the 50 nm diameter GNS-labeled capture antibody can specifically catch AFPs by direct detection profile or by further signal amplification through AuNP-tagged enhance antibody combination. Results showed that the developed method holds 8.6 ng/mL sensitivity, 20.0–110.0 ng/mL detection range, acceptable precision and fine accuracy, as well as favorable specificity. Results of application to real serum determination by the proposed method are highly related to those of the ECLIA method (correlation coefficient is 0.931). The proposed method has simple-operation merit and is very suitable for clinical screening of large-scale serum samples of cancers.
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spelling doaj-art-d92bf24469314e8bb05dd24e8f2f62562025-08-20T03:13:45ZengMDPI AGNanomaterials2079-49912025-04-0115861210.3390/nano15080612Facile Immunoassay Constructed by Gold Nanostar-Labeled Rabbit-AFP Antibody and Gold Nanoparticle-Conjugated Goat Anti-Rabbit IgGKang Yang0Fang Yang1Xiaoling Lu2Hao Li3Zeng Yang4Qi Yin5Lin Zhang6You Long7Chao Shen8Liya Chen9Bo Yao10Chenghong Huang11School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, ChinaSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, ChinaSimple and accurate analysis of cancer-related biomarkers is very important for disease screening and auxiliary diagnosis. This study proposed a facile immunoassay that used gold nanostar-labeled rabbit anti-AFP as a capture antibody and gold nanoparticle-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG as an enhance antibody for the construction of a detection strategy for AFP analysis. Investigations indicated that the 50 nm diameter GNS-labeled capture antibody can specifically catch AFPs by direct detection profile or by further signal amplification through AuNP-tagged enhance antibody combination. Results showed that the developed method holds 8.6 ng/mL sensitivity, 20.0–110.0 ng/mL detection range, acceptable precision and fine accuracy, as well as favorable specificity. Results of application to real serum determination by the proposed method are highly related to those of the ECLIA method (correlation coefficient is 0.931). The proposed method has simple-operation merit and is very suitable for clinical screening of large-scale serum samples of cancers.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/15/8/612GNSsAuNPsimmunoassayAFP
spellingShingle Kang Yang
Fang Yang
Xiaoling Lu
Hao Li
Zeng Yang
Qi Yin
Lin Zhang
You Long
Chao Shen
Liya Chen
Bo Yao
Chenghong Huang
Facile Immunoassay Constructed by Gold Nanostar-Labeled Rabbit-AFP Antibody and Gold Nanoparticle-Conjugated Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG
Nanomaterials
GNSs
AuNPs
immunoassay
AFP
title Facile Immunoassay Constructed by Gold Nanostar-Labeled Rabbit-AFP Antibody and Gold Nanoparticle-Conjugated Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG
title_full Facile Immunoassay Constructed by Gold Nanostar-Labeled Rabbit-AFP Antibody and Gold Nanoparticle-Conjugated Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG
title_fullStr Facile Immunoassay Constructed by Gold Nanostar-Labeled Rabbit-AFP Antibody and Gold Nanoparticle-Conjugated Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG
title_full_unstemmed Facile Immunoassay Constructed by Gold Nanostar-Labeled Rabbit-AFP Antibody and Gold Nanoparticle-Conjugated Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG
title_short Facile Immunoassay Constructed by Gold Nanostar-Labeled Rabbit-AFP Antibody and Gold Nanoparticle-Conjugated Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG
title_sort facile immunoassay constructed by gold nanostar labeled rabbit afp antibody and gold nanoparticle conjugated goat anti rabbit igg
topic GNSs
AuNPs
immunoassay
AFP
url https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/15/8/612
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