Real-time full-spectral imaging and affinity measurements from 50 microfluidic channels using nanohole surface plasmon resonance

Lab Chip. 2012 Oct 21;12(20):3882-90. doi: 10.1039/c2lc40455a.

Abstract

With recent advances in high-throughput proteomics and systems biology, there is a growing demand for new instruments that can precisely quantify a wide range of receptor-ligand binding kinetics in a high-throughput fashion. Here we demonstrate a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) imaging spectroscopy instrument capable of simultaneously extracting binding kinetics and affinities from 50 parallel microfluidic channels. The instrument utilizes large-area (~ cm(2)) metallic nanohole arrays as SPR sensing substrates and combines a broadband light source, a high-resolution imaging spectrometer and a low-noise CCD camera to extract spectral information from every channel in real time with a refractive index resolution of 7.7 × 10(-6) refractive index units. To demonstrate the utility of our instrument for quantifying a wide range of biomolecular interactions, each parallel microfluidic channel is coated with a biomimetic supported lipid membrane containing ganglioside (GM1) receptors. The binding kinetics of cholera toxin b (CTX-b) to GM1 are then measured in a single experiment from 50 channels. By combining the highly parallel microfluidic device with large-area periodic nanohole array chips, our SPR imaging spectrometer system enables high-throughput, label-free, real-time SPR biosensing, and its full-spectral imaging capability combined with nanohole arrays could enable integration of SPR imaging with concurrent surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Biomimetic Materials / chemistry
  • Cholera Toxin / chemistry*
  • G(M1) Ganglioside / chemistry*
  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / methods*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / methods*

Substances

  • Membranes, Artificial
  • G(M1) Ganglioside
  • Cholera Toxin