Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Immunoassay for Avian Influenza Subtype H5 Using Nanocomposite

作者:Xie, Zhixun; Huang, Jiaoling; Luo, Sisi; Xie, Zhiqin; Xie, Liji; Liu, Jiabo; Pang, Yaoshan; Deng, Xianwen; Fan, Qing
来源:PLos One, 2014, 9(4): e94685.
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0094685

摘要

We report a novel electrochemical immunosensor that can sensitively detect avian influenza virus H5 subtype (AIV H5) captured by graphene oxide-H5-polychonal antibodies-bovine serum albumin (GO-PAb-BSA) nanocomposite. The graphene oxide (GO) carried H5-polychonal antibody (PAb) were used as signal amplification materials. Upon signal amplification, the immunosensor showed a 256-fold increase in detection sensitivity compared to the immunosensor without GO-PAb-BSA. We designed a PAb labeling GO strategy and signal amplification procedure that allow ultrasensitive and selective detection of AIV H5. The established method responded to 2(-15) HA unit/50 mu L H5, with a linear calibration range from 2(-15) to 2(-8) HA unit/50 mu L. In summary, we demonstrated that the immunosenser has a high specificity and sensitivity for AIV H5, and the established assay could be potentially applied in the rapid detection of other pathogenic microorganisms.