Immunochromatographic dipstick assay format using gold nanoparticles labeled protein-hapten conjugate for the detection of atrazine.

Kaur, Jasdeep and Singh, K Vikas and Boro, Robin C and Thampi, K R and Raje, Manoj and Varshney, Grish C and Suri, C Raman (2007) Immunochromatographic dipstick assay format using gold nanoparticles labeled protein-hapten conjugate for the detection of atrazine. Environmental science & technology, 41 (14). pp. 5028-36. ISSN 0013-936X

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Abstract

The present study describes a lateral-flow-based dipstick immunoassay format using a novel hapten-protein-gold conjugate for the rapid screening of atrazine in water samples. The immunoassay is based on the competitive inhibition, in which a newly developed hapten-protein-gold conjugate competes with the free antigen present in the sample, for the limited antibody binding sites available at test zone on dipstick membrane, housed in a plastic cartridge. The tracer used as the detection reagent was prepared by first conjugating hapten (a derivative of atrazine) molecules to a carrier protein (bovine serum albumin) via its surface lysine residues and then linking colloidal gold nanoparticles to the hapten-protein conjugate via cysteine residues of the carrier protein. The developed conjugate showed a high level of stability as it did not show any significant loss of activity even after 8 weeks of storage at ambient conditions. The color developed due to conjugate, based on competitive inhibition approach, is correlated with the concentration of atrazine sample. The sensitivity of the developed dipstick was enhanced by gold nanoparticles, as an amplification tag, presenting detection limit of atrazine in standard water samples down to 1.0 ppb level. The kit could serve as a rapid screening methodology for visual screening of atrazine contamination of water samples within 5 min of analysis time, and, when coupled with a portable colorimeter, as an inexpensive semi-quantitative assay. The method reported can be useful for screening a large number of pesticides samples in a very short time in the field.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to ACS
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology
Depositing User:	Dr. K.P.S.Sengar
Date Deposited:	30 Nov 2011 06:49
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2012 06:17
URI:	http://crdd.osdd.net/open/id/eprint/626

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