Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2008-10-31
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Nature Biotechnology, in press
Scientific paper
Detection of biomolecules is important in proteomics and clinical diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Here, we apply functionalized, macromolecular, single walled carbon nanotubes SWNTs as multi-color Raman labels to protein arrays for highly sensitive, multiplexed protein detection. Raman detection utilizes the sharp peaks of SWNTs with minimal background interference, affording a high signal to noise ratio needed for ultra-sensitive detection. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering SERS combined with the strong resonance Raman intensity of SWNTs, affords detection sensitivity down to 1 fM, a three order of magnitude improvement over most of reported fluorescence-based protein detections. We show that human autoantibodies to Proteinase 3 aPR3, a biomarker for the autoimmune disease Wegeners granulomatosis, is detected by Raman in human serum up to a 107 dilution. Moreover, SWNT Raman tags are stable against photobleaching and quenching, and by conjugating different antibodies to pure 12C and 13C SWNT isotopes, we demonstrate two-color SWNT Raman-based protein detection in a multiplexed fashion.
Chen Zhuo
Dai* Hongjie
Daranciang Dan
Fan Shoushan
Goodwin Andrew P.
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