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A label-free photoelectrochemical immunosensor for neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin based on the novel use of Nanobodies Henan Li, Yawen Mu, Junrong Yan, Dongmei Cui, Weijun Ou, Yakun Wan, and Songqin Liu Anal. Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/ac504589d • Publication Date (Web): 04 Jan 2015 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on January 13, 2015
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A label-free photoelectrochemical immunosensor for neutrophil gelatinase-associated
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lipocalin based on the novel use of Nanobodies
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Henan Li,‡a Yawen Mu,‡b Junrong Yan,b Dongmei Cui,a Weijun Ou,c Yakun Wan,b,c*
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Songqin Liu,a*
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China.
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of Life Sciences, Southeast University, Nanjing 210000, P.R. China.
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Nanjing 211189, P. R. China. Tel.: 86-25-52090613; Fax: 86-25-52090618.
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E-mail addresses:
[email protected] (S. Q. Liu)
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Institute of Life Sciences, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, P.R. China. Tel.: 86-25-83790967;
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Fax: 86-25-83790960.
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E-mail addresses:
[email protected] (Y. Wan)
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‡ These authors have equally contributed to this work.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P.R.
The Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Ministry of Education, Institute
Jiangsu Nanobody Engineering and Research Center, Nantong 226010, P.R. China. Corresponding author at: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University,
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ABSTRACT:
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Acute renal failure (ARF) represents a very important and potentially devastating disorder in
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clinical nephrology. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is an early biomarker for
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ARF in a wide range of different disease processes, which is frequently detected in clinical
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diagnosis. Herein, we present a label-free and sensitive photoelectrochemical (PEC)
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immunosensor for NGAL by utilizing a biotinylated anti-NGAL Nanobody (Nb) orientedly
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immobilized to streptavidin-coated 2,9,16,23-tetraaminophthalocyanine (CoPc)-sensitized TiO2
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electrode. The Nb was biotinylated at the C-terminus, which is situated at the opposite site of the
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antigen binding region. Using highly oriented Nb as receptor molecules, a label-free PEC
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immunosensor for NGAL was developed by monitoring the changes in the photocurrent signals of
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the electrode resulting from immunoreaction. Immobilization of Nb to streptavidin-coated
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CoPc-sensitized TiO2 electrode surface provides high binding capacity to NGAL; thus, it can lead
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to a high sensitivity. The limit of detection (LOD) of the proposed immunosensor has been
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significantly lowered to 0.6 pg mL-1. This proposed immunosensor reveals high specificity to
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detect NGAL, with acceptable intra-assay precision and excellent stability. In addition, the
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present work provides a new approach to design Nb-based PEC immunosensor and increases
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versatility of Nbs.
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Introduction
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Acute renal failure (ARF) remains a common and potentially devastating disorder in clinical
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nephrology, with a persistently high mortality and morbidity rate despite significant advances in
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supportive care.1, 2 Many pioneering studies have highlighted the pathogenesis of ARF and have
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paved the way for successful interventions in animal models, but translational research efforts in
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patients have yielded disappointing results due to the scarcity of early detection of biomarkers for
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ARF with an unacceptable delay in initiating therapy.3 Advances in basic science research have
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identified that neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a highly sensitive, specific,
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and predictive early biomarker for ARF in a wide range of different disease processes.4 Therefore,
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developing rapid and sensitive detection methods for NGAL can promote the ability to launch
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preventive and therapeutic measures for this disorder in a timely manner. There are several
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conventional methods to detect NGAL, such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA),5
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chemiluminescence assay,6 and localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR).7
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strategy has distinct advantages, yet suffers significantly from limited sensitivity and high
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equipment cost. Therefore, accurate, ultrasensitive, label-free and low-cost NGAL detection is
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still of critical urgency for early ARF diagnosis.
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While every
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Photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensing approach, a new kind of detection method based on
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photoinduced electron transfer processes at electrode/solution interfaces, has received profound
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interest for its desirable high sensitivity, low background, and easy minimization.9-17 Recently,
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great efforts have been made to detect various analytes, such as immune molecules, DNA
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oligonucleotides, enzyme inhibitors, cells and some small molecules.18-25 Among those, the PEC
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label-free immunosensor is a rapid and high-throughput biological assay combing the advantages
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of label-free immunoassay and PEC method, which can avoid the process of labeling antibody or
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antigen with makers, making the experimental process simple, low cost and time saving.13, 26 The
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antigen concentrations were directly measured through the steric hindrance-induced decrease in
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photocurrent intensity resulting from the specific immunoreaction, where its specific antibody
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was immobilized on one side of the sensor as a receptor molecule.
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Nanobodies (Nbs), a distinct type of antibody fragments, is the variable domain of
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heavy-chain-only antibodies found in camelids, as known as the variable domain of heavy chain 3
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of heavy-chain only antibodies (VHH), have received a progressively growing interest in
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diagnostics.27 With a molecular weight of 12 ~ 15 kDa, Nbs are the smallest recognized
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antigen-binding antibody fragment so far.28 Furthermore, Nbs exhibit high thermal and chemical
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stability, and compared with intact full-size monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and their fragments,
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they are more robust, better water-soluble and have a lower tendency for aggregation.29,
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Because of Nbs’ small size and long protruding complementarity determining regions 3, they are
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able to recognize epitopes that are inaccessible or cryptic for conventional antibodies.31 In
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addition, the C-terminus of Nbs is situated at the opposite site of the antigen binding region, as
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this terminus is rarely involved in binding, and provides an optimal target for modification.27 Thus,
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site-specific functional groups can be easily and selectively introduced at the C-terminus,
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allowing covalent and oriented binding with minimal loss of specificity and affinity.32
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Here, we report a label-free and sensitive PEC immunosensor for NGAL based on
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anti-NGAL Nb immobilization method that utilizes a biotinylated Nb (BiNb) for immobilization
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to streptavidin-functionalized surfaces. As showed in the scheme 1, a healthy bactrian camel was
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immunized with NGAL. Then, the resulting mRNA coding for the Nbs was isolated, transcribed
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to cDNA, and cloned into phagemid pMECS for phage-displayed library construction. Four
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anti-NGAL Nbs have been successfully identified by phage display technology, and all of them
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demonstrated high affinity to NGAL. Additionally, the one with the highest affinity, Nb1, was
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chosen to conjugate with biotin in vivo at its C-terminus. Furthermore, we developed a
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fascinating PEC immunosensor by using streptavidin-biotin bridge to immobilize the BiNb on the
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2,9,16,23-tetraaminophthalocyanine (CoPc)-sensitized TiO2 electrode surface for the quantitative
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detection of the NGAL. This ideal stepwise bang-edge structure achieves the ultimate purposes of
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broad absorption of solar light, reduced recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, and
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high-speed transfer of the excited electrons to the electrode. This Nb-based PEC immunosensor
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exhibited high sensitivity, reproducibility, specificity, and stability.
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Experimental section
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Chemicals and materials
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The ITO slices were purchased from Zhuhai Kaivo Electronic Components Co., Ltd. (sheet
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resistance < 7 ohm sq-1, China). TiO2 nanoparticles were obtained from Aladdin (China). Ascorbic
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acid (AA), chitosan (CS), and glutaraldehyde (GA) (25% aqueous solution) were purchased from
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Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd. (China). Bovine serum albumin (BSA) was purchased
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from Sunshine Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Nanjing, China). Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG),
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carcino-embryonic antigen (CEA), prostate specific antigen (PSA), alpha fetoprotein (AFP),
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neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), and streptavidin (SA) were obtained from
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Shanghai Ruiqi Biological Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China). All other reagents were of
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analytical grade and used as received. All aqueous solutions were prepared with deionized water
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(DI water, 18 MΩ cm-1, Milli-Q, Millipore). 2,9,16,23-tetraaminophthalocyanine (CoPc) was
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synthesized according to previously reported literatures.33
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Apparatus
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Absorbance determination was performed on BioRad iMarkTM (Bio-Rad, USA). Surface
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plasmon resonance imaging (SPRi) binding assay was performed on PlexArray® HT system
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(Plexera LLC, USA). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectrum (EDS)
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were performed using an Ultra Plus field emission scanning electron microscope (Zeiss,
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Germany). Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was performed on a VersaSTAT 3
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workstation (Princeton Applied Research, USA) with a three-electrode system in KCl solution
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(0.1 M) containing a K3[Fe(CN)6]/K4[Fe(CN)6] (2 mM, 1:1) mixture as redox probe, and recorded
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at an open circuit potential of 0.2 V with an amplitude of 5 mV over a frequency range of
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0.01-100 kHz. The electrode system contained a modified ITO working electrode with an area of
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0.5 cm2, a Pt wire counter electrode, and a KCl saturated calomel reference electrode (SCE).
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Photocurrent was measured on a CHI 750 workstation (Shanghai Chenhua Apparatus Corporation,
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China) with visible light irradiation, which obtained by 150 W Xe lamp (Beijing NBeT Co., Ltd.
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China) with a 420 nm cutoff filter. All experiments were carried out with a three-electrode system,
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whereas the modified ITO electrode with an area of 0.5 cm2 was used as the working electrode, a
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electrode, respectively. All photoelectrochemical detection was carried out at a constant potential
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of -0.2 V (vs. a saturated SCE electrode) in PBS (pH 7.4, 0.1 M) containing AA (0.1 M), which
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was degassed by highly pure N2 for 15 min before PEC experiments and then kept over a N2
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atmosphere for the entire experimental process.
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Nanobody Biotinylation
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Genes encoding anti-NGAL Nbs were sub-cloned into plasmid pBAD17 using Nco I and
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BstE II as restriction sites, then the recombinant plasmid was co-transfected into WK6 cells with
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another plasmid pBirA. 50 µM biotin was added into the medium 30 min before adding 1mM
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IPTG to induce Nb expression. Periplasmic proteins were extracted by osmotic shock. BiNb was
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purified by a Streptavidin Mutein Matrix and eluted with 4 mM biotin solution.
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Fabrication of Photoelectrochemical Immunosensor
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Briefly, the ITO electrodes were ultrasonically cleaned in 2 M boiling KOH solution solved
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in 2-propanol for 20 min, followed by washing copiously with water and dried at 120 ºC for 2h. A
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certain amount of TiO2 powder was ultrasonically dispersed in water, and then the homogeneous
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suspension (25 µL) was dropped on a piece of ITO slice. After drying in air, the film was annealed
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at 150 ºC for 10 min. Then the ITO/TiO2 electrode was immersed in a solution of CoPc (0.1 mM)
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in DMF for 1-6 h. After drying in air, a CS solution (0.05 wt%, 25 µL) dissolved in acetic acid
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(1%) was coated on the ITO/TiO2/CoPc electrode and dried at 50 ºC followed by washing with
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aqueous NaOH solution (1 M) and DI water, respectively. A solution of GA (2.5%, 25 µL) was
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dropped on the electrode and left at room temperature for 1h. Then the electrode was rinsed with
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DI water thoroughly to remove physically adsorbed GA. 25 µL of SA solution (50 µg mL-1) was
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spread onto the resulting electrode surface at 4 ºC in a moisture atmosphere to avoid evaporation
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of solvent. After incubation for 12 h, the electrode was rinsed with PBS (pH 7.4, 10 mM) to
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remove physically adsorbed SA. The electrode was then blocked with blocking solution (25 µL)
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for 30 min to block non-specific binding sites and washed with the PBS thoroughly. Then, 25 µL
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of BiNb solution (50 µg mL-1) were dropped onto the modified electrode for an incubation of 1 h
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at 37 ºC followed by washing with PBS. The ITO/TiO2/CoPc/CS/SA/BSA/BiNb was used as a
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photoelectrochemical immunosensor and incubated in NGAL (Ag, 25 µL) solution with a variety
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Results and Discussion
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Bactrian Camel Immunization and Library Construction
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A healthy bactrian camel was immunized with NGAL toward the generation of
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affinity-matured anti-NGAL Nbs. As shown in Scheme 1, the blood of bactrian camel was
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collected after sixth immunization and used for RNA extraction. Then, the VHH sequences were
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amplified from the immunized bactrian camel’s lymphocyte cDNA. The VHH fragments were
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amplified with the ~ 600 bp fragment purified by gel extraction as the template (Figure 1A). Pst I
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and Not I were introduced to the 5’ and 3’ ends of the VHH fragments for library construction. In
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the library, the titer was 1.15×108 cfu mL-1, which is possible to obtain Nbs with high specificity
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and sequence diversity. To determine the percentage of library colonies containing correct
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insertion, PCR extension was performed on 24 individual colonies randomly selected from the
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library. The PCR screening shows that the correct insert ratio was nearly 100% (Figure 1B).
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Overall, we have successfully obtained an immune phage display library with high quality for the
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following selection of anti-NGAL Nbs.
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The anti-NGAL Nbs were identified by phage display technology from the constructed VHH
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library. Approximately 2×1011 phages were used in every round of panning. We calculated the
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relative enriching efficiency of phage particles eluted from wells coated with NGAL versus those
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without NGAL. The bar graph reveals the enrichment times and the ratios increase to 281-fold
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after the 3rd bio-panning (Figure 1C). A total of 95 individual colonies were randomly picked to
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identify NGAL-specific VHH by performing PE-ELISA. The positive colonies were sequenced,
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and these VHHs were classified into 4 families based on the diversity of amino acid sequences in
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CDR3 region (Figure 1D). We termed them Nb1, Nb2, Nb3 and Nb4.
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Nbs Expression, Purification and SPRi Binding Assay
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The display vectors pMECS permit the inducible periplasmic expression of Nbs as soluble
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C-terminally hexahistidine (His6)-tagged proteins in E.coli strain WK6. WK6 can suppress the
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amber stop codon between gene III and VHH gene on pMECS but TG1 cannot address this.
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Therefore, we transformed recombinant phagemid from TG1 to WK6 strain directly. Soluble Nbs
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high quality of > 90% pure Nbs were obtained (Figure 1E). The yield of Nbs is shown in Figure
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2C with the ranging from 6.0 mg L-1 to 9.0 mg L-1. According to the result of SRPi binding assay,
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these 4 Nbs showed high affinity and strong binding to NGAL, and presented the affinities with
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equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) ranging from 8.16×10-8 to 2.09×10-9 (Figure. 2A, B).
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Thermostability of Nbs
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Thermostability of Nbs was performed by comparison to NGAL-specific Ab. A standard
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antigen selective ELISA was investigated to assess the retention of binding activity after various
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temperature for incubation. Antibody solutions of Nb1 and Ab were placed at 37 ºC for 0, 2, 12,
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100%. After treatment for 96 hours, the relative activity of Nb1 still keeps 92%. Ab gradually lost
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binding activity by increasing incubation time (Figure 2C). As shown in Figure 2D, the relative
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activity of both Nb1 and Ab decreases with increasing temperature and with increased duration at
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that temperature. Significantly, the Nb1 retains more than 90% of its binding activity when
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incubated at 95 ºC for 10 min and greater than 70% of its activity when incubated at 95 ºC for 60
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min, while the activity of Ab is below 10% after either 10 or 60 min of incubation at 95 ºC. These
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results are similar to studies that compared the thermostability of Nbs and conventional antibodies
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toward their respective antigens.34-36 These outstanding features of Nb would make it become
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promising diagnostic material for clinical application in harsh environments.
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A suitable system with enhanced photocurrent intensity and less electron-hole
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recombination is critical for the application in photoelectrochemical sensing. The SEM
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morphologies of ITO/TiO2 electrode and ITO/TiO2/CoPc electrode are clearly displayed in Figure
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3A, B. It can be confirmed that the morphology of ITO/TiO2/CoPc electrode is similar to that of
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ITO/TiO2 electrode. In addition, the absorption of CoPc does not significantly affect the size of
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TiO2. The mean sizes of both nanoparticles are ca. 30 nm. The elemental composition (C, Ti, N,
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O, Co) of ITO/TiO2/CoPc electrode obtained from the energy dispersive spectrum (EDS) is
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presented in Figure 3C, which clearly indicates the presence of CoPc on the electrode surface.
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shows a photocurrent of 10.7 µA cm-2 (Figure 4A, curve b), which indicates the improvement of
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the photo-current conversion efficiency of TiO2 by the absorption of CoPc because of the strong
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electronic coupling between the excited-state of CoPc and the conduction band of TiO2. Ascorbic
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intensity. The photocurrent of ITO/TiO2/CoPc electrode reaches up to 75.4 µA cm-2 (Figure 4A,
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curve c), which is ca. 7 times higher than that without AA (Figure 4A, curve b). The photocurrent
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increases with increasing AA concentration up to 0.1 M, and then decreases (Supporting
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Information, Figure S1). Therefore, a concentration of 0.1 M is employed for photocurrent
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measurements.
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Figure 4B. The lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of CoPc is -3.9 eV,38 which lies
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more positive than the conduction band (CB) level of TiO2 of -4.21 eV.39 Thus, the
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photogenerated electrons from the LUMO of CoPc would quickly inject into the CB of TiO2, and
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flow to the external circuit through the conductive ITO substrate under irradiation.
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Simultaneously, holes in TiO2 valence band (VB) would transfer to the highest occupied
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molecular orbital (HOMO) of CoPc, and are sacrificed by AA.38 Such a synergy effect in the
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proposed ITO/TiO2/CoPc electrode could hasten the charge separation, suppress the electron-hole
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recombination, and hence increase photocurrent intensity.
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To optimize the thickness of TiO2 films on the surface of electrode, different concentrations
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of TiO2 suspensions were employed to prepare ITO/TiO2/CoPc electrode and is shown in Figure
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S2. The photocurrent increases with increasing concentrations of TiO2 suspensions up to 2 mg
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mL-1, and then a decreasing photocurrent is observed upon further increase of its concentration.
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The thickness of TiO2 films could increase with increasing the concentration of TiO2 films,
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leading to the increase of the surface area, which indicates that more amounts of CoPc would be
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absorbed on thicker TiO2 films.40 Therefore, the photocurrent intensity increases with the
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increase of TiO2 thickness because of the absorption of more amounts of CoPc. However, the
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diffusion resistance for electron motion also increases in thicker due to the increase of the surface
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optimal concentration of 2 mg mL-1 TiO2 suspension was used to obtain ITO/TiO2/CoPc
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electrode in following experiments. The immersion time of the ITO/TiO2 electrode in CoPc
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solution is another important factor to affect the photoelectrochemical performance. The
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photocurrent is enhanced with the increase of immersion time and trends to increase slowly after
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response. Therefore, 4h were employed as the optimum time for preparing the ITO/TiO2/CoPc
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In order to immobilize Nb to streptavidin-functionalized surfaces, Nb1, with the highest
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affinity, was picked out to label with biotin in vivo. A label-free immunosensor was fabricated by
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successive modifying the ITO/TiO2/CoPc electrode with CS, streptavidin (SA), BSA, and
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biotinylated Nanobody (BiNb). The biosensor fabrication process was illustrated by the
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electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), which is an effective way to monitor the
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biosensor fabrication process.41 A bare ITO electrode shows the electron-transfer resistance (Ret)
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value of 74 Ω (Figure 5A, curve a). With the successful assembly of TiO2, the Ret value decreases
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to 93 Ω (Figure 5A, curve b). The Ret value of ITO/TiO2/CoPc electrode increases to 106 Ω due
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to the absorption of CoPc on TiO2 films (Figure 5A, curve c). Subsequently, CS, SA, BSA, BiNb,
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and NGAL (1 ng mL-1) were gradually immobilized on the electrode surface, and the value Ret of
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each related electrode increase correspondingly to 121, 149, 182, 198 and 242 Ω (Figure 5A,
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curve d, e, f, g), indicating the successful assembling of sensing on the electrode surface. The
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reason for the Ret increase is that the nonconductive properties of the proteins obstruct the mass
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transport and electron transfer of the redox probe to the electrode surface.41
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The corresponding modification-induced changes in photocurrent are shown in Figure 5B.
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Compare to the ITO electrode, the photocurrent increases significantly when the TiO2
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nanoparticles was drop casted onto the ITO electrode (Figure 5B, curve a, b). It is found that the
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photocurrent increases when the absorption of CoPc (Figure 5B, curve c), in which the generated
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photocurrent is 3.4 times larger than ITO/TiO2 electrode. As expected, the successive binding of
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photocurrent (Figure 5B, curve d, e, f, and g). After the as obtained immunosensor was incubated 10
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with NGAL (10 ng mL-1), the photocurrent intensity further decreases (Figure 5B, curve h). Such
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decreases in photocurrent should be ascribed to the immobilized proteins induced steric
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shows no apparent change in photocurrent intensity (data not shown). These results thus
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demonstrate that the resulting protein layer could greatly influence the photocurrent generation,
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suggesting that a label-free photoelectrochemical immunosensor for quantitative detection of
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Detection of NGAL
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Because the degree of signal decrement relates intimately with NGAL concentration, a
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sensitive label-free NGAL biosensor can be achieved by tracking the final photocurrent variation
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orientation with the antigen-binding sites toward the analytes, which resulted from higher binding
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responses to HCG, CEA, PSA, and AFP at a concentration of 100 ng mL-1 that is 10-fold to
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specific antibody-antigen immunoreaction. The specificity of the proposed immunosensor was
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human serum samples (Table S1). The proposed method can detect NGAL in serum samples in a
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In this work, we investigated a Nb-based PEC immunosensing strategy for sensitive NGAL
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determination via specific recognition of NGAL on anti-NGAL Nbs orientedly modified
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four anti-NGAL Nbs with high affinity to NGAL have been obtained. Among them, Nb1 showing
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better thermostability than the conventional antibody. The outstanding performance of Nb offers
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Acknowledgment
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This work was supported by Jiangsu Nanobody Engineering and Research Center of China
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(Grant 2014-01), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant 2010CB732400), the
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National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 21035002, 21375014 and 21175021) and
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Scheme 1. Outline of strategies to select the anti-NGAL Nbs from an immunized bactrian camel
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Figure 1. Library construction and anti-NGAL Nbs selection. (A) The VHH genes were obtained
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by two steps PCR and re-extracted by agarose gel purification. (B) 24 colonies were randomly
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phage particles eluted from wells coated with NGAL antigen versus those without antigen were
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indicate residues identify to Nb1. (E) Four isolated Nbs were purified by NI-NTA Superflow
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Figure 2. (A) KD between NGAL and four Nbs was determined by SPRi technique. NGAL
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temperatures (25, 30, 37, 45, 75 and 95 ºC) for 10 min and 60 min (D), and activity was
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Figure 3. SEM images of (A) ITO/TiO2 electrode and (B) ITO/TiO2/CoPc electrode. (C)
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EDS spectrum of ITO/TiO2/CoPc electrode.
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Figure 4. (A) Photocurrent response of (a) ITO/TiO2 electrode and (b, c) ITO/TiO2/CoPc
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