کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
868447 909808 2010 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Nanoliter contact angle probes tumor angiogenic ligand–receptor protein interactions
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه شیمی شیمی آنالیزی یا شیمی تجزیه
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Nanoliter contact angle probes tumor angiogenic ligand–receptor protein interactions
چکیده انگلیسی

Any molecular recognition reaction supported by a solid phase drives a specific change of the solid–solution interfacial tension. Sessile contact angle (CA) experiments can be readily used to track this thermodynamic parameter, prompting this well-known technique to be reinvented as an alternative, easy-access and label-free way to probe and study molecular recognition events. Here we deploy this technique, renamed for this application CONAMORE (CONtact Angle MOlecular REcognition), to study the interaction of the tumor-derived pro-angiogenic vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) with the extracellular domain of its receptor VEGFR2. We show that CONAMORE recognizes the high affinity binding of VEGF-A at nanomolar concentrations to surface-immobilized VEGFR2 regardless of the presence of a ten-fold excess of a non-specific interacting protein, and that it further proofs its specificity and reliability on competitive binding experiments involving neutralizing anti-VEGF-A antibodies. Finally, CONAMORE shows the outstanding capability to detect the specific interaction between VEGFR2 and low molecular weight ligands, such as Cyclo-VEGI, a VEGFR2 antagonist cyclo-peptide, that weighs about 2 kDa.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biosensors and Bioelectronics - Volume 26, Issue 4, 15 December 2010, Pages 1571–1575
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