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Ultra-sensitive chemiluminescent detection of Staphylococcus aureus based on competitive binding of Staphylococcus protein A-modified magnetic beads to immunoglobulin G

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Abstract

Staphylococcus protein A (SPA) is a surface protein only expressed naturally in the cell walls of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and binds specifically to the Fc region of immunoglobulin G (IgG). This fact can be utilized for the detection of S. aureus. Specifically, SPA-modified magnetic beads, compete with S. aureus pathogens for binding to rabbit IgG that previously was labeled with horseradish peroxidase (HRP). The beads were then magnetically separated, and chemiluminescence (CL) was generated by adding the reagents luminol and H2O2. Under optimal conditions, the intensity of CL decreases with increasing concentration of S. aureus over a very wide linear range (10 to 1.0 × 109 cfu·mL−1), with a limit of detection of 6.0 cfu·mL−1 at an S/N ratio of 3. The assay (including binding reaction, magnetic separation, washing of beads and detection) is completed within 50 min which is faster than many reported methods. It can well distinguish S. aureus from other Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The magnetic beads have the beneficial effect of eliminating undesired matrix effects and of concentrating the sample. The method was applied to the analysis of urine, apple juice and glucose injection samples spiked with S. aureus, and recoveries ranged from 85 to 107 %.

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) competes with Staphylococcus protein A-modified magnetic beads (SPA-modified magnetic beads) for binding to horseradish peroxidase-labeled IgG (HRP-labeled IgG). A facile chemiluminescent (CL) method was established for ultra-sensitive detection of S. aureus.

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We gratefully thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21475107) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (XDJK2013A025).

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    Jie Xiong, Wenwen Wang, Yali Zhou, Weijun Kong, Zhenxing Wang & Zhifeng Fu

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Xiong, J., Wang, W., Zhou, Y. et al. Ultra-sensitive chemiluminescent detection of Staphylococcus aureus based on competitive binding of Staphylococcus protein A-modified magnetic beads to immunoglobulin G. Microchim Acta 183, 1507–1512 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-016-1769-8

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Keywords

  • Magnetic beads
  • Staphylococcus protein A
  • Horseradish peroxidase
  • Luminol
  • Fluorescence imaging
  • Pseudomonas
  • Micrococcus
  • Bacillus subtilis
  • Escherichia coli
  • Salmonella typhimurium