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Chemiluminescence lateral flow immunoassay cartridge with integrated amorphous silicon photosensors array for human serum albumin detection in urine samples

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A novel and disposable cartridge for chemiluminescent (CL)-lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) with integrated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) photosensors array was developed and applied to quantitatively detect human serum albumin (HSA) in urine samples. The presented analytical method is based on an indirect competitive immunoassay using horseradish peroxidase (HRP) as a tracer, which is detected by adding the luminol/enhancer/hydrogen peroxide CL cocktail. The system comprises an array of a-Si:H photosensors deposited on a glass substrate, on which a PDMS cartridge that houses the LFIA strip and the reagents necessary for the CL immunoassay was optically coupled to obtain an integrated analytical device controlled by a portable read-out electronics. The method is simple and fast with a detection limit of 2.5 mg L−1 for HSA in urine and a dynamic range up to 850 mg L−1, which is suitable for measuring physiological levels of HSA in urine samples and their variation in different diseases (micro- and macroalbuminuria). The use of CL detection allowed accurate and objective analyte quantification in a dynamic range that extends from femtomoles to picomoles. The analytical performances of this integrated device were found to be comparable with those obtained using a charge-coupled device (CCD) as a reference off-chip detector. These results demonstrate that integrating the a-Si:H photosensors array with CL-LFIA technique provides compact, sensitive and low-cost systems for CL-based bioassays with a wide range of applications for in-field and point-of-care bioanalyses.

A novel integrated portable device was developed for direct quantitative detection of human serum albumin (HSA) in urine samples, exploiting a chemiluminescence lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA). The device comprises a cartridge that holds the LFIA strip and all the reagents necessary for the analysis, an array of amorphous silicon photosensors, and a custom read-out electronics

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Acknowledgments

We are very grateful to Scriba Nanotecnologie S.r.l. (www.scriba-nanotec.com) for strict collaboration and fruitful scientific discussion related to the design and production of the polydimethylsiloxane cartridge.

Financial support was provided by the Italian Ministry of Instruction, University and Research: PRIN 2010 project prot. 20108ZSRTR “ARTEMIDE (Autonomous Real Time Embedded Multi-analyte Integrated Detection Environment): a fully integrated lab-on-chip for early diagnosis of viral infections” and by the Italian Space Agency, agreement n. 2015-037-R.0 “PLEIADES (Planetary Life Explorer with Integrated Analytical Detection and Embedded Sensors)”.

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  1. Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy

    Martina Zangheri, Mara Mirasoli, Massimo Guardigli & Aldo Roda

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Turin, Via P. Giuria, 5, 10125, Torino, Italy

    Fabio Di Nardo, Laura Anfossi & Claudio Baggiani

  3. Interuniversity Consortium INBB, Viale delle Medaglie d’Oro 305, 00136, Rome, Italy

    Mara Mirasoli & Aldo Roda

  4. Aerospace Engineering School, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Salaria 851/881, 00138, Rome, Italy

    Augusto Nascetti

  5. Department of Information, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Eudossiana, 18, 00184, Rome, Italy

    Domenico Caputo & Giampiero De Cesare

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Published in the topical collection Highlights of Analytical Chemical Luminescence with guest editors Aldo Roda, Hua Cui and Chao Lu.

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Zangheri, M., Di Nardo, F., Mirasoli, M. et al. Chemiluminescence lateral flow immunoassay cartridge with integrated amorphous silicon photosensors array for human serum albumin detection in urine samples. Anal Bioanal Chem 408, 8869–8879 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-016-9991-0

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