A Chemically Synthesized Capture Agent Enables the Selective, Sensitive, and Robust Electrochemical Detection of Anthrax Protective Antigen

We report on a robust and sensitive approach for detecting protective antigen (PA) exotoxin from Bacillus anthracis in complex media. A peptide-based capture agent against PA was developed by improving a bacteria display-developed peptide into a highly selective biligand through in situ click screen...

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Main Authors: Farrow, Blake, Hong, Sung A, Romero, Errika C, Lai, Bert, Coppock, Matthew B, Deyle, Kaycie M, Finch, Amethist S, Stratis-Cullum, Dimitra N, Agnew, Heather D, Yang, Sung, Heath, James R
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ANTIGENS
BACILLUS ANTHRACIS
Biochemistry
BIOLOGICAL DETECTION
Biomedical Instrumentation and Bioengineering
BIOMOLECULES
BIOSENSING
BIOSYNTHESIS
BLOOD SERUM
BUFFERS
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL AGENTS
COUPLING(INTERACTION)
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
ELISA(ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY)
ENZYMES
IMMUNOASSAY
IN SITU ANALYSIS
Medicine and Medical Research
NANOMATERIALS
NANOSTRUCTURES
PA(PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN)
PATHOGENS
PE611104A
Physical Chemistry
PROTEIN CAPTURE AGENTS
PROTEINS
SUBSTRATES
SURFACE CHEMISTRY
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS
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Summary:We report on a robust and sensitive approach for detecting protective antigen (PA) exotoxin from Bacillus anthracis in complex media. A peptide-based capture agent against PA was developed by improving a bacteria display-developed peptide into a highly selective biligand through in situ click screening against a large, chemically synthesized peptide library. This biligand was coupled with an electrochemical enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay utilizing nanostructured gold electrodes. The resultant assay yielded a limit of detection of PA of 170 pg/mL (2.1 pM) in buffer, with minimal sensitivity reduction in 1% serum. The powdered capture agent could be stably stored for several days at 65 deg C, and the full electrochemical biosensor showed no loss of performance after extended storage at 40 deg C. The engineered stability and specificity of this assay should be extendable to other cases in which biomolecular detection in demanding environments is required. Published in ACS Nano, v7 n10 p9452-9460, 2013.