Chemiluminescence noncompetitive immunoassay based on microchip electrophoresis for the determination of β-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin.

J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci

State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection of Ministry Education, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, China. Electronic address:

Published: May 2017

In this work, a microchip-electrophoresis chemiluminescence (MCE-CL)-based immunoassay method was established for the determination of β-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (β-HCG). This approach uses MCE-CL assay as a platform. First, the β-HCG antigen (Ag) binds to excess horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-labeled anti-β-HCG antibodies (Ab*) to form an immune complex (Ag-Ab). Subsequently, the obtained Ag-Ab complex and unreacted Ab were separated by MCE, and detected by CL. The CL intensity (peak high) of Ag-Ab was used to estimate β-HCG concentration. The calibration curve between the peak high and β-HCG concentration showed a good linearity in the range of 0.6-60mIU/mL. Based on a signal/noise ratio (S/N) of 3, the detection limit for β-HCG was estimated to be 0.36mIU/mL. The present method was successfully applied for the detection of β-HCG in human serum, and the serum content of β-HCG from three healthy subjects was found be in the range of 9.5-15.7mIU/mL, while that from three ovarian cancer patients was found be in the range of 160.9-210.4mIU/mL. These results suggest that cancer patients have higher contents of β-HCG than healthy individuals do, indicating that this method can be applied for assisting diagnosis of ovarian cancer in clinical application.

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