
Preparation of magnetic nanoparticles with a stable surface remains of paramount importance. For these purposes, several types of magnetic beads are currently available differing by their sizes, shape, surface chemistry, and immobilization strategy that are crucial for antibody grafting density and orientation. Many recently developed diagnostic tools (e.g., lab-on-a-chip and biosensors) are based on bio-functionalized magnetic particles with antibodies. A typical application is peptide/protein selective capture via magnetic separation using magnetic beads functionalized with a bio-receptor. Magnetic beads with their several advantages have been found to have increasing applications in many fields including drug discovery, biomedicine, bioassays, diagnostics, genomics, and proteomics. In the future, this approach could be applied to any type of surface and beads to assess hIgG coverage and orientation after any type of immobilization. Protein G beads provided a more efficient capture compared to other beads. Capture efficiency of the different functionalized beads towards human TNF-α immunocapture, a biomarker of inflammation, has been also compared. Protein G magnetic beads demonstrated an optimal orientation of antibodies for antigen capture (75% of accessible F(ab) 2 fragment) compared to tosylactivated, carboxylated, and streptavidin ones. Results obtained showed that this approach ensures reliable information on hIgG orientation and bead surface coverage. Four different commercially available magnetic beads, bearing carboxyl groups, tosyl groups, streptavidin, or protein G on their surface have been used in this study. The F(ab) 2 and Fc fragments could be then accurately quantified by size exclusion chromatography (SEC)-coupled to fluorescent detection (FLD), and the ratio of these fragments was used to give insight on the IgG orientation at the bead surface. This approach relies on the cleavage by IdeS, a highly specific protease for human immunoglobulin G (hIgG), of immobilized antibodies. In this work, we propose a new simple and rapid analytical approach to evaluate antibody orientation and density on magnetic beads. However, despite an urgent need for current methods to monitor Ab’s grafting process and orientation, existing methods are still either cumbersome and/or limited. See how Bio-Plex instruments and assays benefit researchers studying heart disease, leukemia, melanoma, and other cancers.The use of magnetic beads bio-functionalized by antibodies (Ab) is constantly increasing with a wide range of biomedical applications. Learn more about the applications of multiplexing immunoassays. Detection and quantitation of cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors.Research pathways associated with diseases such as cancer, diabetes, neurological disorders, and cardiovascular disease as well as inflammation and drug action and toxicity mechanisms.Other Bio-Plex magnetic bead–based immunoassays are available for diverse fields of research: Bio-Plex 3D or Luminex FLEXMAP 3D System.Bio-Plex MAGPIX or Luminex MAGPIX System.Instrument CompatibilityĬompatible with these readers and wash stations:
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