Abstract
Tyrosinase (TYR) expression and activity determine the rate and yield of melanin production. Studies have shown that TYR is a potential biomarker for melanoma and highly sensitive detection of TYR benefits early diagnosis of melanoma-related diseases. In this study, we developed a method that combines surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and sandwich-type immunity for sensitive detection of TYR, in which 4-mercaptobenzonitrile (4 MB) embedded between the Au core and Au shell (Au4MB @ Au) core-shell structure was employed as a SERS probe for quantitative detection of TYR while the magnetic bead serves as a capture substrate. Our results demonstrated that under magnetic separation, the specific SERS signal obtained is highly correlated with TYR concentrations. Furthermore, the combination of magnetic beads and Au4MB @ Au core-shell structure significantly improved the sensitivity of the sensing platform, resulting in detection limits of 0.45 ng mL−1. More importantly, the detection and analysis of TYR concentration in human serum samples showed good accuracy and an excellent recovery rate. Accuracy of the system was investigated from % recovery of spiked TYR standard solutions and found to be in the range of 90–104%, which further verified the feasibility and reliability of our method applied in a complex environment. We anticipate this SERS-based immunoassay method to be applied to TYR detection in the clinical setting and to be extended to other promising related fields.
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