Electrochemical detection of β-amyloid peptides on electrode covered with N-terminus-specific antibody based on electrocatalytic O2 reduction by Aβ(1–16)-heme-modified gold nanoparticles

• Published in: Biosensors & bioelectronics Vol. 49; pp. 231 - 235
• Main Authors: Liu, Lin, Zhao, Feng, Ma, Fengji, Zhang, Liping, Yang, Suling, Xia, Ning
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 15.11.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Alzheimer Disease - cerebrospinal fluid; Alzheimer Disease - diagnosis; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid beta-Peptides - analysis; Amyloid beta-Peptides - cerebrospinal fluid; Antibodies, Immobilized - chemistry; Biological; Biological and medical sciences; Biosensing Techniques - methods; Biosensors; Biotechnology; Cerebrospinal fluid; Electrocatalysis; Electrochemical Techniques - methods; Electrodes; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gold; Gold - chemistry; Gold nanoparticles; Heme; Heme - chemistry; Humans; Limit of Detection; Nanoparticles; Nanoparticles - chemistry; O2 reduction; Oxidation-Reduction; Oxygen - chemistry; Peptide Fragments - analysis; Peptide Fragments - cerebrospinal fluid; Peptides; Reduction; β-Amyloid; β-Amyloid; Electrocatalysis; O2 reduction; Alzheimer's disease; Gold nanoparticles; Heme; Gold; Antibody; Alzheimer disease; Nanoparticle; O; Electrodes; Reduction; β Amyloid protein; Electrochemistry; Amyloid; Detection; O reduction
• ISSN: 0956-5663; 1873-4235
• DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.05.028

β-Amyloid (Aβ) peptides are believed to be important for the diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) serving as reliable molecular biomarkers. In this work, we reported a simple and sensitive electrochemical strategy for the detection of total Aβ peptides using gold nanoparticles modified with Aβ(1–16)-heme (denoted as Aβ(1–16)-heme-AuNPs). Monoclonal antibody (mAb) specific to the common N-terminus of Aβ was immobilized onto gold electrode for the capture of Aβ(1–16)-heme-AuNPs. The anchored Aβ(1–16)-heme-AuNPs showed strong electrocatalytic O2 reduction. Pre-incubation of the mAb-covered electrode with native Aβ decreased the amount of Aβ(1–16)-heme-AuNPs immobilized onto the electrode, resulting in the decrease of the reduction current of O2 to H2O2. The competitive assay is sensitive and selective to Aβ peptides. The voltammetric responses were found to be proportional to the concentrations of Aβ ranging from 0.02 to 1.50nM, and a detection limit of 10pM was achieved. To demonstrate the viability of the method for the analysis of Aβ in real sample, artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) containing Aβ(1–40), Aβ(1–42) and Aβ(1–16) was tested. We believe that the method would offer a useful means for quantifying Aβ in a biological matrix, and be valuable in the design of new types of electrochemical biosensors for the detection of peptides and proteins. •We developed an electrochemical biosensor for Aβ detection using Aβ(1–16)-heme-AuNPs.•Aβ(1–16)-heme-AuNPs captured by the antibody showed electrocatalytic O2 reduction.•Aβ decreased the amount of Aβ(1–16)-heme-AuNPs immobilized onto the electrode.•The current of O2 reduction decreased with the increase of Aβ concentration.•A detection limit of 10pM was achieved.