Abstract
Asensitive immunochromatographic assay (ICA) using time-resolved fluorescence microspheres (TRFMs) coupled with anindirect-labeling mode was developed for simultaneously determining 22 kinds of β-lactams in milk samples. The TRFMs labeled anti-receptor monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) conjugated to penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) as ternary TRFMs-mAb-PBPs (TMP) nanoscaffolds provide excellent solubility, brightness, and stability. Thanks to the fact that they not only fully expose the binding sites of PBPs, thereby enhancing the biological affinity of PBPs towards the target, but also generated superb fluorescence signals, the versatile TMP manifested unique possibilities as efficient probes for ICA with remarkable enhancement in sensitivity in β-lactams screening. The results showed that the standard curves of the 22 varying β-lactams displayed linearity in their respective concentration ranges (R2 > 0.98), with the cutoff values of 1-100 ng/mL. Theconstructed TMP-ICA was successfully applied to the analysis of real milk, with consistent results compared with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS), providing an effective method for sensing β-lactams in food matrices.
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