Prostate-specific antigen immunoassays on the BioCD

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2009 Feb;393(4):1151-6. doi: 10.1007/s00216-008-2370-8. Epub 2008 Sep 15.

Abstract

The BioCD is a spinning-disc interferometric biosensor on which antibodies are immobilized to capture target antigens from biological samples. In this work, BioCDs measured the interferometric response to prostate-specific antigen (PSA). The ideal detection limit for PSA was determined using a BioCD with 12,500 printed target antibody spots with a corresponding number of reference protein spots. Statistical analysis projects the detection limit of PSA as a function of the number of spots included in the average. When approximately 10,000 spot pairs were averaged, the 3sigma detection limit was 60 pg/ml in a 2 mg/ml simple protein background. A standard format for BioCD immunoassays uses 96 wells with 32 target spots paired with reference spots. In serum, the detection limit for this format was 1 ng/ml in 3:1 diluted female human serum using a sandwich assay with a nonfluorescent mass tag.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoassay / methods*
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / analysis*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Prostate-Specific Antigen