Gold–silver–graphene hybrid nanosheets-based sensors for sensitive amperometric immunoassay of alpha-fetoprotein using nanogold-enclosed titania nanoparticles as labels

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• 作者：Biling Su^a ; Dianping Tang^a ; ^{dianping.tang@fzu.edu.cn} ; Qunfang Li^a ; ^b ; Juan Tang^a ; Guonan Chen^a ; ^{gnchen@fzu.edu.cn}
• 关键词：Gold– ; silver– ; graphene hybrid nanomaterials ; Nanogold-enclosed titania nanoparticles ; Alpha-fetoprotein ; Electrochemical immunosensor ; Enhanced sensitivity
• 刊名：Analytica Chimica Acta
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：29 April 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：692
• 期：1-2
• 页码：116-124
• 全文大小：1192 K

文摘

A new sandwich-type electrochemical immunosensor with enhanced sensitivity was developed for detection of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP, as a model analyte) in biological fluids by using nanogold-enclosed titania nanoparticle (AuTi)-labeled secondary antibody on a gold–silver–graphene hybrid nanosheet (AuAgGP)-functionalized glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The presence of the AuAgGP nanosheets not only enhanced the immobilized amount of biomolecules, but also improved the electrochemical properties of the immunosensor. With the aid of AuTi nanolabels, the electrochemical signal was greatly amplified in comparison with pure nanogold or titania-based labels. Under optimal conditions, the sensitivity and dynamic range of the immunosensor were evaluated by using the labeled horseradish peroxidase on the AuTi as trace and H₂O₂ as enzyme substrate, and exhibited a wide dynamic range of 0.001–200 ng mL⁻¹ with a low detection limit (LOD) of 0.5 pg mL⁻¹ AFP (at 3σ). Both the intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation were less than 10 % . The current of the immunosensor at 13th day was as much as 90 % of the initial current. In addition, the methodology was evaluated for 8 positive serum specimens obtained from hepatocarcinoma patients and 19 negative sera, and validated with the commercially available Roche 2010 Electrochemiluminescent (ECL) Automatic Analyzer. No significant differences at the 95 % confidence level were encountered between two methods.