Quantitative Evaluation of Interleukin-4 by Immunowall Devices Made of Gelatin Methacryloyl Hydrogel

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  • Banno, Yuto
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Nomiyama, Takuma
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Okuno, Shoma
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Ide, Sachiko
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University
  • Kaji, Noritada
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University

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Immunoassays, which use antigen–antibody reactions, are the primary techniques used to selectively quantify specific disease markers in blood. Conventional immunoassays, such as the microplate-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and paper-based immunochromatography, are widely used, but they have advantages and disadvantages in terms of sensitivity and operating time. Therefore, in recent years, microfluidic-chip-based immunoassay devices with high sensitivity, rapidity and simplicity, which are compatible with whole blood assays and multiplex assays, have been actively investigated. In this study, we developed a microfluidic device using gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogel to form a wall-like structure in a microfluidic channel and perform immunoassays inside the wall-like structure, which can be used for rapid and highly sensitive multiplex assays with extremely small sample amounts of ~1 L. The characteristics of GelMA hydrogel, such as swelling rate, optical absorption and fluorescence spectra, and morphology, were carefully studied to adapt the iImmunowall device and immunoassay. Using this device, a quantitative analysis of interleukin-4 (IL-4), a biomarker of chronic inflammatory diseases, was performed and a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.98 ng/mL was achieved with only 1 L sample and 25 min incubation time. The superior optical transparency over a wide range of wavelengths and lack of autofluorescence will help to expand the application field of the iImmunowall device, such as to a simultaneous multiple assay in a single microfluidic channel, and provide a fast and cost-effective immunoassay method.

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  • Molecules

    Molecules 28 (12), 4635-, 2023-06-08

    MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

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