Abstract
We have designed, constructed, and evaluated an automated instrument that has produced high-density arrays with more than 30 000 peptide features within a 1.5 cm2 area of a glass slide surface. These arrays can be used for high throughput library screening for protein binding ligands, for potential drug candidate molecules, or for discovering biomarkers. The device consists of a novel fluidics system, a relay control electrical system, an optics system that implements Texas Instrumentspsila digital micromirror device (DMD), and a microwave source for accelerated synthesis of peptide arrays. The instrument implements two novel solid phase chemical synthesis strategies for producing peptide and peptoid arrays. Biotin-streptavidin and DNP anti-DNP (dinitrophenol) models of antibody small molecule interactions were used to demonstrate and evaluate the instrument's capability to produce high-density protein detecting arrays. Several screening assay and detection schemes were explored with various levels of efficiency and assays with sensitivity of 10 nM were also possible.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 20-27 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Manuscript received March 5, 2007; revised October 15, 2007. This work was supported in part by the Hudson Foundation and P.O’B Montgomery Distinguished Chair and in part by the National Institute of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH/NHLBI) Center for Proteomics Research under Contract NO1-HV-28185. Asterisk indicates corresponding author.
Keywords
- Antibody
- Combinatorial chemistry
- Digital micromirror device (DMD)
- Fluorophores and dyes
- Hybridization
- Microarrays
- Peptide
- Peptoid
- Photolithography
- Protein
- Screening assay
- Streptavidin