Peptide Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles with Optimized Particle Size and Concentration for Colorimetric Assay Development: Detection of Cardiac Troponin i

Xiaohu Liu, Yi Wang, Peng Chen, Austin McCadden, Alagappan Palaniappan, Jinling Zhang, Bo Liedberg*

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Abstract

Peptide-functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are extensively utilized in colorimetric assays for rapid and sensitive detection of various biomedical and environmental targets. Although extensively used as colorimetric reporting systems, the role of the size and concentration of the AuNPs has not been thoroughly investigated. In this study, a 12-mer cardiac troponin I (cTnI)-specific peptide CALNN-Peg4-FYSHSFHENWPS was immobilized on AuNPs of different size and concentration via the CALNN anchoring sequence. A relationship was established between the total surface area of the AuNPs (binding availability) and response (centroid shift). Moreover, a colorimetric assay for cTnI operating under optimized conditions (36 nm AuNPs) yielded a limit of detection of 0.2 ng/mL (8.4 pM) when tested in diluted serum samples with an assay time of 10 min. This encouraging result opens up for further development of AuNP assays in early diagnosis of cardiac injury.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1416-1422
Number of pages7
JournalACS Sensors
Volume1
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 23 2016
Externally publishedYes

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Chemical Society.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Bioengineering
  • Instrumentation
  • Process Chemistry and Technology
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

Keywords

  • cardiac troponin I
  • colorimetric sensing
  • concentration of AuNPs
  • peptide-functionalized gold nanoparticles
  • size of AuNPs

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