Estudio voltamétrico de la inmovilización de anticuerpos anti-escherichia coli atcc 25922 en electrodos de oro desnudos y modificados con tiourea / Voltammetric study of antibody immobilization anti-escherichia coli atcc 25922 on naked gold electrodes and modified with thiourea

Se realizó el estudio voltamétrico de la inmovilización de anticuerpos anti-Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 en electrodos de oro desnudos y electrodos de oro modificados con tiourea. Las cepas de Escherichia coli fueron cultivadas durante 24 horas en medio tripticasa de soya, provenientes del Laboratorio de Microbiología del Agua de la Facultad de Farmacia y Bioanálisis de la Universidad de Los Andes en Mérida-Venezuela. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que ocurre la inmovilización de los anticuerpos anti-E. coli tanto en la superficie de los electrodos de oro desnudos, así como en los modificados con tiourea, ya que en ambos casos ocurre la detección de Escherichia coli. Al comparar ambos resultados, podemos decir que en oro desnudo el potencial de pico anódico es menor que en oro modificado con tiourea, +0,158V y +0,251V respectivamente; igual comportamiento ocurre con las corrientes de pico anódicas, 0,127x10-4A y 0,156x10-4A respectivamente. Un mayor potencial implica que la presencia de la monocapa de tiourea en el electrodo, hace que se dificulte la transferencia de electrones desde el anticuerpo al electrodo. Así mismo, los resultados obtenidos permiten sugerir un método para la inmovilización de moléculas biológicas en superficies de oro modificadas. De igual forma, el método utilizado permitió demostrar la especificidad de la unión anticuerpo-antígeno (anticuerpo-E.coli), al agregar volúmenes de Klebsiella pneumoneae, demostrando que el inmunosensor tiene la capacidad de reconocer la presencia o ausencia de E. coli en un medio, así como conocer si un anticuerpo es específico o no para un determinado antígeno

The voltammetric study of immobilization of anti-Escherichia coli antibodies ATCC 25922 was carried out on naked gold electrodes and gold electrodes modified with thiourea. The strains of Escherichia coli were cultivated for 24 hours in trypticase soybean medium, from the Laboratory of Microbiology of Water of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Bioanalysis of the University of Los Andes in Merida-Venezuela. The results obtained show that the immobilization of the anti-E. coli antibodies occurs on both the surface of the naked gold electrodes as well as those modified with thiourea, since in both cases the detection of Escherichia coli occurs. When comparing both results, we can say that in naked gold the anodic peak potential is lower than in gold modified with thiourea, +0.158V and +0.251V respectively; similar behavior occurs with the anodic peak currents, 0.127x10-4A and 0.156x10-4A respectively. Higher potential implies that the presence of the thiourea monolayer in the electrode makes it difficult to transfer electrons from the antibody to the electrode. Likewise, the results obtained suggest a method for the immobilization of biological molecules on modified gold surfaces. Likewise, the method used demonstrated the specificity of antibody-antigen (antibody-E.coli) binding, by adding volumes of Klebsiella pneumoneae, demonstrating that the immunosensor has the ability to recognize the presence or absence of E. coli in a medium, as well as to know if an antibody is specific or not for a certain antigen

Assessment of molecular recognition element for the quantification of human epidermal growth factor using surface plasmon resonance

Background: A method for the selection of suitable molecular recognition element (MRE) for the quantification of human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is presented. Two types of hEGF antibody, monoclonal and polyclonal, were immobilized on the surface of chip and validated for its characteristics and performance in the quantification of hEGF. Validation of this analytical procedure was to demonstrate the stability and suitability of antibody for the quantification of target protein. Results: Specificity, accuracy and precision for all samples were within acceptable limit for both antibodies. The affinity and kinetic constant of antibodies-hEGF binding were evaluated using a 1:1 Langmuir interaction model. The model fitted well to all binding responses simultaneously. Polyclonal antibody (pAb) has better affinity (K D = 7.39e-10 M) than monoclonal antibody (mAb) (K D = 9.54e-9 M). Further evaluation of kinetic constant demonstrated that pAb has faster reaction rate during sample injection, slower dissociation rate during buffer injection and higher level of saturation state than mAb. Besides, pAb has longer shelf life and greater number of cycle run. Conclusions: Thus, pAb was more suitable to be used as a stable MRE for further quantification works from the consideration of kinetic, binding rate and shelf life assessment.