A Whole Area Scanning-enabled Direct-counting Strategy for Studying Blocking Efficiency in Mitigating Protein-solid Surface Binding

Overview

Journal Anal Bioanal Chem

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2021 Jan 20

PMID 33469711

Citations 2

Authors

Haomin Liu

Yikun Huang

Yu Lei

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Abstract

The study of protein-solid surface binding as well as blocking efficiency of blocking agents plays an important role in the development of high-performance immunoassays. Although conventional colorimetric based assays are widely employed to monitor protein non-specific binding on the surface of microplate wells and evaluate the performance of blocking agents, there is still a great need to develop new methods to achieve the same goal from a new perspective. In this study, an innovative whole area scanning (WAS)-enabled direct-counting strategy was developed and validated through studying the blocking efficiency of different blocking agents on the non-specific binding of streptavidin-alkaline phosphatase conjugate (Strep-ALP, a model protein) to the surface of 96-well microplates. After non-specific binding of Strep-ALP in wells with or without blocking agents' treatment and loading of ELF™ 97 phosphate (ELFP), ALP in Strep-ALP conjugates converts ELFP to water-insoluble ELF™ 97 alcohol (ELFA), which precipitates locally, self-assembles into large needle structures, and glows green fluorescence upon excitation. After quenching the reaction, WAS of the whole wells allows us to directly count the number of individual fluorescent precipitates, which can be used to calculate and compare the blocking efficiency of three commonly used blocking agents (BSA, casein, and dry milk) based on mitigating the non-specific binding of Strep-ALP. WAS-enabled counting of individual needle-type precipitates opens a new avenue to investigate protein-solid surface binding as well as the efficiency of blocking agents with high sensitivity.

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