| Year | 2012 |
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| Journal Info. | Journal of Molecular Structure, 1023, 197-203 (2012). |
| Author | Insup Kim, Inam-ur-Rehman Junejo, Moonkwon Lee, Sangyeop Lee, Eun Kyu Lee, Soo-Ik Chang and Jaebum Choo* |
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Abstract
We report a highly sensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based immunoassay platform for the multiplex detection of biomarkers. For this purpose, a gold-patterned microarray chip has been fabricated and used as a SERS detection template. Here, a typical sandwich immunocomplex protocol was adopted. Monoclonal antibodies were immobilized on gold patterned substrates, and then antigen solutions and polyclonal antibody-conjugated hollow gold nanospheres (HGNs) were sequentially added for the formation of sandwich immunocomplexes. Antigen biomarkers can be quantitatively assayed by monitoring the intensity change of a characteristic SERS peak of a reporter molecule adsorbed on the surfaces of HGNs. Under optimized assay conditions, the limits of detections (LODs) were determined to be 10 fg/mL for human IgG and 10–100 fg/mL for rabbit IgG. In addition, the SERS-based immunoassay technique can be applied in a wider dynamic concentration range with a good sensitivity compared to ELISA. The proposed method fulfills the current needs of high sensitivity and selectivity which are essential for the clinical diagnosis of a disease.
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