生物素-亲和素偶联探针蛋白芯片检测技术

A Novel Protein Microarray Detection Technique Based on Biotin-Avidin Conjugation Probe

自行制备一种新型生物素-亲和素偶联探针分子并用于反相蛋白芯片的检测。首先,将生物素-羊抗鼠IgG与亲和素按照不同比例混合后与鼠IgG蛋白芯片反应,观察荧光信号的放大情况;然后以鼠IgG-羊抗鼠IgG体系为研究模式,对反相蛋白芯片的制备条件进行了考察和优化,包括荧光分子的非特异性吸附、点样缓冲液的选择以及蛋白的活性等。最后,采用此偶联探针对反相蛋白芯片进行了检测。结果表明,BSA缓冲液制备的反相蛋白芯片可以防止非特异性吸附,并有利于保持固定蛋白活性和提高检测限;另外,与传统的与生物素-亲和素检测技术相比,采用生物素-亲和素偶联探针对反相芯片的检测限可以提高4倍左右。表明亲和素-生物素偶联探针成本低、易于合成、并可以与其它的信号放大技术联用进一步提高检测的灵敏度,有望用于蛋白质芯片的检测。

In this experiment, a novel biotin-avidin conjugation probe was synthesized and employed in the detection of reversephase protein microarray. Firstly, the proportion of the biotin-avidin conjugation probe was optimized. Then the rat IgG and goat anti-rat IgG system was served as a model to optimize the fabrication conditions of reverse-phase protein microarray, including the non-specific absorption of streptavidin-Cy3 molecules, spotting buffer as well as protein activities. At last, the biotin-avidin conjugation probe was applied to the detection of the reverse-phase protein microarray. The results show that the protein microarray prepared by using BSA spotting buffer could prevent non-specific absorptions of fluorescent molecules and improve the sensitivity, effectively. In addition, compared with traditional biotin-avidin system, the detection limit could be improved four times using the biotin-avidin conjugation probe. In conclusion, the biotin-avidin conjugation probe has its merits of easy synthesis, low price and could be further conjugated with other signal amplification techniques, which is promising to be used in the detection of protein microarray.