Label-free colorimetric detection of picomolar thrombin in blood plasma using a gold nanoparticle-based assay

Biosensors & Bioelectronics
Chuan-Kuo ChenHuan-Tsung Chang

Abstract

We unveil a novel, label-free, colorimetric assay--using fibrinogen (Fib) and gold nanoparticles (Au NPs)--for the highly selective and sensitive detection of thrombin. Addition of fibrinogen to a solution of Au NPs (average diameter: 56 nm) led to ready conjugation, forming Fib-Au NPs through electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions. Introduction of thrombin (a serine protease) into the Fib-Au NPs solutions in the presence of excess fibrinogen induced the formation of insoluble fibrillar fibrin-Au NPs agglutinates through the polymerization of the unconjugated and conjugated fibrinogen. After centrifugation, the absorbance at 532 nm of the supernatants decreased upon increasing the concentration of thrombin. This Fib-Au NP probe provides high sensitivity [limit of detection (LOD): 0.04 pM] for thrombin, with remarkable selectivity over other proteins and proteases. The range of linearity for the absorbance against the thrombin concentration was 0.1-10 pM (R(2)=0.96). This approach provides an LOD for thrombin that is lower than those obtainable using other nanomaterial- and aptamer-based detection methods. We validated the utility of this Fib-Au NP probe through separate analyses of thrombin and Factor Xa at picomolar levels...Continue Reading

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