2002
DOI: 10.1021/ac010662m
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Conjugation of Luminescent Quantum Dots with Antibodies Using an Engineered Adaptor Protein To Provide New Reagents for Fluoroimmunoassays

Abstract: We describe the preparation and characterization of bioinorganic conjugates made with highly luminescent semiconductor CdSe-ZnS core-shell quantum dots (QDs) and antibodies for use in fluoroimmunoassays. The conjugation strategy employs an engineered molecular adaptor protein, attached to the QDs via electrostatic/hydrophobic self-assembly, to link the inorganic fluorophore with antibodies. In this method, the number of antibodies conjugated to a single QD can be varied. In addition, we have developed a simple… Show more

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“…Mattoussi and co-workers 25,27 were the first to use an adaptor or fusion protein for IgG antibody coupling based on electrostatic interactions. The adaptor protein has a positively charged leucine zipper domain for electrostatic binding to QDs and a protein G domain for binding to the antibody Fc region.…”
Section: Qd Bioconjugationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Mattoussi and co-workers 25,27 were the first to use an adaptor or fusion protein for IgG antibody coupling based on electrostatic interactions. The adaptor protein has a positively charged leucine zipper domain for electrostatic binding to QDs and a protein G domain for binding to the antibody Fc region.…”
Section: Qd Bioconjugationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These proteins show species-dependent binding affinity. [106] However, for Protein A and Protein G, the binding activities are limited by nonspecific interactions resulting from the albumin and other domains on the protein surface. [65] This finding has resulted in the development of recombinant proteins that have binding properties for a wide range of immunoglobulins and with less nonspecific interactions.…”
Section: Through Adaptor Proteins or Fc-binding Proteinsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Two key issues in utilizing QDs as fluorescent biological labels are (i) making high quality nanocrystals and (ii) choosing an appropriate surface coating technique that enables the nanocrystals to be water-soluble and functionalizable while avoiding deleterious effects on the optical properties [17,18]. To obtain robust and biocompatible QDs capable of long term stability in aqueous solution, strategies have been devised using direct adsorption of dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA) on the surface (leading to negative charges), and then electrostatic self-assembly to positively charged proteins [19,35]. Other strategies employ hydrophilic organic dendron ligands [36], and micellular encapsulation using phospholipids [17].…”
Section: Quantum Dot Bioconjugates As Fluorescence Imaging Probesmentioning
confidence: 99%