Ultrasensitive Detection of COVID-19 Virus N Protein Based on p-Toluenesulfonyl Modified Fluorescent Microspheres Immunoassay

The pandemic of new coronary pneumonia caused by the COVID-19 virus continues to ravage the world. Large-scale population testing is the key to controlling infection and related mortality worldwide. Lateral flow immunochromatographic assay (LFIA) is fast, inexpensive, simple to operate, and easy to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biosensors (Basel) 2022-06, Vol.12 (7), p.437
Hauptverfasser: Mao, Mao, Wu, Feng, Shi, Xueying, Huang, Yulan, Ma, Lan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The pandemic of new coronary pneumonia caused by the COVID-19 virus continues to ravage the world. Large-scale population testing is the key to controlling infection and related mortality worldwide. Lateral flow immunochromatographic assay (LFIA) is fast, inexpensive, simple to operate, and easy to carry, very suitable for detection sites. This study developed a COVID-19 N protein detect strip based on p-toluenesulfonyl modified rare earth fluorescent microspheres. The p-toluenesulfonyl-activated nanomaterials provide reactive sulfonyl esters to covalently attach antibodies or other ligands containing primary amino or sulfhydryl groups to the nanomaterial surface. Antibodies are immobilized on these nanomaterials through the Fc region, which ensures optimal orientation of the antibody, thereby increasing the capture rate of the target analyte. The use of buffers with high ionic strength can promote hydrophobic binding; in addition, higher pH could promote the reactivity of the tosyl group. The detection limit of the prepared COVID-19 N protein strips can reach 0.01 ng/mL, so it has great application potential in large-scale population screening.
ISSN:2079-6374
2079-6374
DOI:10.3390/bios12070437