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ArticleACS sensors2017

Semisynthetic Bioluminescent Sensor Proteins for Direct Detection of Antibodies and Small Molecules in Solution.

Remco Arts, Susann K J Ludwig, Benice C B van Gerven, Eva Magdalena Estirado, Lech-Gustav Milroy, Maarten Merkx

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Article in ACS sensors, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Remco ArtsLaboratory of Chemical Biology and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology , Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Susann K J LudwigLaboratory of Chemical Biology and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology , Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Benice C B van GervenLaboratory of Chemical Biology and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology , Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Eva Magdalena EstiradoLaboratory of Chemical Biology and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology , Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Lech-Gustav MilroyLaboratory of Chemical Biology and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology , Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Maarten MerkxLaboratory of Chemical Biology and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology , Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9484-3882
Eindhoven University of Technology · NL

Funding

European Research Council 280255
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-step immunoassays that can be performed directly in solution are ideally suited for point-of-care diagnostics. Our group recently developed a new platform of bioluminescent sensor proteins (LUMABS; LUMinescent AntiBody Sensor) that allow antibody detection in blood plasma. Thus far, LUMABS has been limited to the detection of antibodies recognizing natural peptide epitopes. Here, we report the development of semisynthetic LUMABS sensors that recognize nonpeptide epitopes. The non-natural amino acid para-azidophenylalanine was introduced at the position of the original antibody-recognition sites as a chemical handle to enable site-specific conjugation of synthetic epitope molecules coupled to a dibenzocylcooctyne moiety via strain-promoted click chemistry. The approach was successfully demonstrated by developing semisynthetic LUMABS sensors for antibodies targeting the small molecules dinitrophenol and creatinine (DNP-LUMABS and CR-LUMABS) with affinities of 5.8 pM and 1.3 nM, respectively. An important application of these semisynthetic LUMABS is the detection of small molecules using a competitive assay format, which is demonstrated here for the detection of creatinine. Using a preassembled complex of CR-LUMABS and an anti-creatinine antibody, the detection of high micromolar concentrations of creatinine was possible both in buffer and in 1:1 diluted blood plasma. The use of semisynthetic LUMABS sensors significantly expands the range of antibody targets and enables the application of LUMABS sensors for the ratiometric bioluminescent detection of small molecules using a competitive immunoassay format.

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AlkynesAntibodiesAzidesCreatinineDinitrophenolsEpitopesImmunoassayLuminescent ProteinsPhenylalanineSolutions4-azidophenylalanineAlkynesAntibodiesAzidesCreatinineDinitrophenolsEpitopesLuminescent ProteinsPhenylalanineSolutionsBRETcreatinineLUMABSNanoLucprotein engineeringsensor

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PMID29037030
PMCPMC5706068
OpenAlexW2765173065

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