scholarly journals Probing the Kinetic and Thermodynamic Fingerprints of Anti-EGF Nanobodies by Surface Plasmon Resonance

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Salvador Guardiola ◽  
Monica Varese ◽  
Marta Taulés ◽  
Mireia Díaz-Lobo ◽  
Jesús García ◽  
...  

Despite the widespread use of antibodies in clinical applications, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying antibody–antigen (Ab–Ag) interactions are often poorly understood. In this study, we exploit the technical features of a typical surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor to dissect the kinetic and thermodynamic components that govern the binding of single-domain Ab or nanobodies to their target antigen, epidermal growth factor (EGF), a key oncogenic protein that is involved in tumour progression. By carefully tuning the experimental conditions and transforming the kinetic data into equilibrium constants, we reveal the complete picture of binding thermodynamics, including the energetics of the complex-formation transition state. This approach, performed using an experimentally simple and high-throughput setup, is expected to facilitate mechanistic studies of Ab-based therapies and, importantly, promote the rational development of new biological drugs with suitable properties.

2020 ◽  
pp. 44-49
Author(s):  
I. N. Pavlov

Two optical methods, namely surface plasmon resonance imaging and frustrated total internal reflection, are described in the paper in terms of comparing their sensitivity to change of refractive index of a thin boundary layer of an investigated medium. It is shown that, despite the fact that the theoretically calculated sensitivity is higher for the frustrated total internal reflection method, and the fact that usually in practice the surface plasmon resonance method, on the contrary, is considered more sensitive, under the same experimental conditions both methods show a similar result.


Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 3541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihaela Puiu ◽  
Lucian-Gabriel Zamfir ◽  
Valentin Buiculescu ◽  
Angela Baracu ◽  
Cristina Mitrea ◽  
...  

In this study, we performed uni- and multivariate data analysis on the extended binding curves of several affinity pairs: immobilized acetylcholinesterase (AChE)/bioconjugates of aflatoxin B1(AFB1) and immobilized anti-AFB1 monoclonal antibody/AFB1-protein carriers. The binding curves were recorded on three mass sensitive cells operating in batch configurations: one commercial surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor and two custom-made Love wave surface-acoustic wave (LW-SAW) sensors. We obtained 3D plots depicting the time-evolution of the sensor response as a function of analyte concentration using real-time SPR binding sensograms. These “calibration” surfaces exploited the transient periods of the extended kinetic curves, prior to equilibrium, creating a “fingerprint” for each analyte, in considerably shortened time frames compared to the conventional 2D calibration plots. The custom-made SAW sensors operating in different experimental conditions allowed the detection of AFB1-protein carrier in the nanomolar range. Subsequent statistical significance tests were performed on unpaired data sets to validate the custom-made LW-SAW sensors.


2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (06) ◽  
pp. 393-400
Author(s):  
Y.-L. Yang ◽  
T.-F. Young ◽  
W.-C. Kuo ◽  
S.-H. Fang ◽  
Y.-K. Chao

In this work we have studied the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) absorption of Albumin on NiSi nanoparticle thin film deposited on Si. The thin films were deposited by means of RF sputtering on Si at various temperatures and times for different thicknesses, and characterized by grazing angle XRD and SEM. From these experimental conditions, we only observed a formation of NiSi nanoparticles deposited on Si at 230°C for 15 min to 30 min. The silicon atoms seem to emerge out of the surface and react with Nickel's. Due to the high activation energy, this mechanism would not take place at lower temperatures, such as RT and 122°C. Mixture of Albumin and water with varied concentrations has been prepared for the measurement of SPR absorption on the NiSi nanoparticle thin film. We found the spectra of SPR absorption of Albumin on the sample, which NiSi nanoparticle thin film was deposited on Si at 230°C, exhibits a specific shift due to the formation of NiSi nanoparticle.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Purushottam B. Tiwari ◽  
Camelia Bencheqroun ◽  
Mario Lemus ◽  
Taryn Shaw ◽  
Marilyn Kouassi-Brou ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Surface plasmon resonance is a label-free biophysical technique that is widely used in investigating biomolecular interactions, including protein-protein, protein-DNA, and protein-small molecule binding. Surface plasmon resonance is a very powerful tool in different stages of small molecule drug development and antibody characterization. Both academic institutions and pharmaceutical industry extensively utilize this method for screening and validation studies involving direct molecular interactions. In most applications of the surface plasmon resonance technology, one of the studied molecules is immobilized on a microchip, while the second molecule is delivered through a microfluidic system over the immobilized molecules. Changes in total mass on the chip surface is recorded in real time as an indicator of the molecular interactions. Main body Quality and accuracy of the surface plasmon resonance data depend on experimental variables, including buffer composition, type of sensor chip, coupling chemistry of molecules on the sensor surface, and surface regeneration conditions. These technical details are generally included in materials and methods sections of published manuscripts and are not easily accessible using the common internet browser search engines or PubMed. Herein, we introduce a surface plasmon resonance database, www.sprdatabase.info that contains technical details extracted from 5140 publications with surface plasmon resonance data. We also provide an analysis of experimental conditions preferred by different laboratories. These experimental variables can be searched within the database and help future users of this technology to design better experiments. Conclusion Amine coupling and CM5 chips were the most common methods used for immobilizing proteins in surface plasmon resonance experiments. However, number of different chips, capture methods and buffer conditions were used by multiple investigators. We predict that the database will significantly help the scientific community using this technology and hope that users will provide feedback to improve and expand the database indefinitely. Publicly available information in the database can save a great amount of time and resources by assisting initial optimization and troubleshooting of surface plasmon resonance experiments.


Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 3157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jen-Hung Hsiao ◽  
Yulu He ◽  
Jian-He Yu ◽  
Po-Hao Tseng ◽  
Wei-Hsiang Hua ◽  
...  

The methods of cell perforation and preheating are used for increasing cell uptake efficiencies of gold nanorings (NRIs), which have the localized surface plasmon resonance wavelength around 1064 nm, and photosensitizer, AlPcS, and hence enhancing the cell damage efficiency through the photothermal (PT) and photodynamic (PD) effects. The perforation and preheating effects are generated by illuminating a defocused 1064-nm femtosecond (fs) laser and a defocused 1064-nm continuous (cw) laser, respectively. Cell damage is produced by illuminating cell samples with a focused 1064-nm cw laser through the PT effect, a focused 1064-nm fs laser through both PT and PD effects, and a focused 660-nm cw laser through the PD effect. Under various conditions with and without cell wash before laser illumination, through either perforation or preheating process, cell uptake and hence cell damage efficiencies can be enhanced. Under our experimental conditions, perforation can be more effective at enhancing cell uptake and damage when compared with preheating.


The Analyst ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
pp. 1323-1336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiajie Fang ◽  
Chunlai Ren ◽  
Tao Zhu ◽  
Kaiyu Wang ◽  
Zhongying Jiang ◽  
...  

The different characteristics of surface plasmon resonance and quartz crystal microbalance techniques under different experimental scenarios are discussed.


2010 ◽  
Vol 130 (7) ◽  
pp. 269-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Onodera ◽  
Takuzo Shimizu ◽  
Norio Miura ◽  
Kiyoshi Matsumoto ◽  
Kiyoshi Toko

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