Rink, Simone and Kaiser, Barbara and Steiner, Mark-Steven and Duerkop, Axel and Baeumner, Antje J. (2022) Highly sensitive interleukin 6 detection by employing commercially ready liposomes in an LFA format. ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, 414 (10). pp. 3231-3241. ISSN 1618-2642, 1618-2650
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Recent years have confirmed the ubiquitous applicability of lateral flow assays (LFA) in point-of-care testing (POCT). To make this technology available for low abundance analytes, strategies towards lower limits of detections (LOD), while maintaining the LFA's ease of use, are still being sought. Here, we demonstrate how liposomes can significantly improve the LOD of traditional gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-based assays while fully supporting a ready-to-use system for commercial application. We fine-tuned liposomes towards photometric and fluorescence performance on the synthesis level and applied them in an established interleukin 6 (IL-6) immunoassay normally using commercial AuNP labels. IL-6's low abundance (< 10 pg mL(-1)) and increasing relevance as prognostic marker for infections make it an ideal model analyte. It was found that liposomes with a high encapsulant load (150 mmol L-1 sulforhodamine B (SRB)) easily outperform AuNPs in photometric LFAs. Specifically, liposomes with 350 nm in diameter yield a lower LOD even in complex matrices such as human serum below the clinically relevant range (7 pg mL(-1)) beating AuNP by over an order of magnitude (81 pg mL(-1)). When dehydrated on the strip, liposomes maintained their signal performance for over a year even when stored at ambient temperature and indicate extraordinary stability of up to 8 years when stored as liquid. Whereas no LOD improvement was obtained by exploiting the liposomes' fluorescence, an extraordinary gain in signal intensity was achieved upon lysis which is a promising feature for high-resolution and low-cost detection devices. Minimizing the procedural steps by inherently fluorescent liposomes, however, is not feasible. Finally, liposomes are ready for commercial applications as they are easy to mass-produce and can simply be substituted for the ubiquitously used AuNPs in the POCT market.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | LATERAL FLOW ASSAY; DEHYDRATION; DYE; Lateral flow assay; Point-of-care diagnostics; Bioanalysis; Fluorescence liposomes; Colloidal gold; Interleukin 6 |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences |
| Divisions: | Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Analytische Chemie, Chemo- und Biosensorik > Chemo- und Biosensorik (Prof. Antje J. Bäumner, formerly Prof. Wolfbeis) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Aug 2022 11:39 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2022 11:39 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/46466 |
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