Sensitive and rapid detection of bisphenol A using signal amplification nanoparticles loaded with anti-bisphenol A monoclonal antibody

Bisphenol A has been reported to be a ubiquitous contaminant, and exposure to this compound can lead to adverse effects in human health. In the study, monoclonal antibody against BPA (anti-BPA mAb) with high affinity (3.74 × 109 L/mol) secreted by cell line 2E3 was successfully screened. Inspired by the signal amplification of nanoparticles, anti-BPA mAbs were labeled with nano-materials including colloidal gold (AuNP) and gold nanoflowers (AuNF) for preparation of immunoprobes and AuNP-/AuNF-based test strips. The developed AuNP- and AuNF-based test strips achieved the rapid and sensitive detection of BPA within 10 min, with the limit of detection (LOD) of 25 μg/mL and 3.125 μg/mL, respectively. The detection result in BPA spiked samples measured by the proposed methods was consistent with that detected by LC-MS method. The preparation process of as-prepared test strip is time-saving and considered as ideal candidates method for rapid screening BPA in real samples. •Anti-BPA mAb with high affinity secreted by 2E3 cell line was obtained.•Colloidal gold (AuNP) and gold nanoflowers (AuNF) were loaded with anti-BPA mAb for immunoprobes preparation.•The sensitivity of test strip was significantly enhanced when AuNF was employed as a signal reporter.