Functional peptide microarrays for specific and sensitive antibody diagnostics |
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Authors: | Andresen Heiko Grötzinger Carsten Zarse Kim Kreuzer Oliver J Ehrentreich-Förster Eva Bier Frank F |
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Affiliation: | Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Molecular Bioanalytics & Bioelectronics, Potsdam-Nuthetal, Germany. heiko.andresen@ibmt.fhg.de |
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Abstract: | Peptide microarrays displaying biologically active small synthetic peptides in a high-density format provide an attractive technology to probe complex samples for the presence and/or function of protein analytes. We present a new approach for manufacturing functional peptide microarrays for molecular immune diagnostics. Our method relies on the efficiency of site-specific solution-phase coupling of biotinylated synthetic peptides to NeutrAvidin (NA) and localized microdispensing of peptide-NA-complexes onto activated glass surfaces. Antibodies are captured in a sandwich manner between surface immobilized peptide probes and fluorescence-labeled secondary antibodies. Our work includes a total of 54 peptides derived from immunodominant linear epitopes of the T7 phage capsid protein, Herpes simplex virus glycoprotein D, c-myc protein, and three domains of the Human coronavirus polymerase polyprotein and their cognate mAbs. By using spacer molecules of different type and length for NA-mediated peptide presentation, we show that the incorporation of a minimum spacer length is imperative for antibody binding, whereas the peptide immobilization direction has only secondary importance for antibody affinity and binding. We further demonstrate that the peptide array is capable of detecting low-picomolar concentrations of mAbs in buffered solutions and diluted human serum with high specificity. |
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Keywords: | Antibody Microspot immunoassay On‐chip epitope mapping Peptide microarray Site‐specific immobilization |
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