Label-independent detection of unpurified analytes
First Claim
1. A method for evaluating interactions between an analyte of interest and a capture molecule, said method comprising:
- contacting a liquid raw sample with a sensing surface of an evanescent field sensor, wherein the liquid raw sample comprises the analyte of interest, and the sensing surface is coated with the capture molecule; and
detecting a change in refractive index at the sensing surface, wherein the change in the refractive index indicates whether the analyte of interest interacts with the capture molecule,wherein the liquid raw sample is selected from the group consisting of a lysate, a supernatant of cultured cells, a bodily fluid, and a tissue extract, and the analyte is selected from the group consisting of a recombinant protein expressed by the cultured cells, a pathogen marker, an antibody specific to the pathogen marker, and a cancer cell marker.
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Abstract
The present invention features use of evanescent field sensing to detect or evaluate unpurified, unlabeled analytes in raw samples. Capture molecules capable of binding to an analyte of interest can be immobilized to a sensing surface of an evanescent field sensor. The interaction between the analyte of interest in a raw sample and the immobilized capture molecules alters the refractive index at the sensing surface, thereby producing a detectable signal in the reflected light from the surface. Raw samples amenable to the present invention include, but are not limited to, cell lysates, tissue extracts, bodily fluid, or biologically-derived samples. Evanescent field sensors suitable for the present invention include, but are not limited to, grating-coupled waveguides.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for evaluating interactions between an analyte of interest and a capture molecule, said method comprising:
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contacting a liquid raw sample with a sensing surface of an evanescent field sensor, wherein the liquid raw sample comprises the analyte of interest, and the sensing surface is coated with the capture molecule; and detecting a change in refractive index at the sensing surface, wherein the change in the refractive index indicates whether the analyte of interest interacts with the capture molecule, wherein the liquid raw sample is selected from the group consisting of a lysate, a supernatant of cultured cells, a bodily fluid, and a tissue extract, and the analyte is selected from the group consisting of a recombinant protein expressed by the cultured cells, a pathogen marker, an antibody specific to the pathogen marker, and a cancer cell marker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for evaluating molecular interactions, comprising:
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contacting a plurality of liquid raw samples with respective sensing surfaces of an evanescent field sensor, wherein each liquid raw sample comprises an analyte of interest, and each sensing surface is coated with a capture molecule; and detecting a change in refractive index at each sensing surface, wherein the change in the refractive index at each sensing surface after being contacted with each liquid raw sample is indicative of whether the analyte of interest in that liquid raw sample interacts with the capture molecule coated at each sensing surface, wherein the liquid raw sample is selected from the group consisting of a lysate, a supernatant of cultured cells, a body fluid sample, and a tissue extract, and the analyte is selected from the group consisting of a recombinant protein expressed by the cultured cells, a pathogen marker, an antibody specific to the pathogen marker, and a cancer cell marker. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A method for detecting the presence or absence of an analyte of interest in a liquid raw sample, said method comprising:
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contacting said raw sample with a sensing surface of an evanescent field sensor, the sensing surface being coated with capture molecules capable of binding to the analyte of interest; and detecting a change in refractive index at the sensing surface, wherein the change in the refractive index after the contacting is indicative of the presence or absence of the analyte of interest in the liquid raw sample, wherein the liquid raw sample is selected from the group consisting of a lysate, a supernatant of cultured cells, a body fluid sample, a food sample, a beverage sample, an environmental sample, and a tissue extract, and the analyte is selected from the group consisting of a recombinant protein expressed by the cultured cells, a toxin, a pathogen, a pathogen marker, an antibody specific to the pathogen marker, and a cancer cell marker. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for identifying binding partners of a target molecule, the method comprising:
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contacting a liquid raw sample with a sensing surface of an evanescent field sensor, wherein the sensing surface is coated with the target molecule, and the liquid raw sample includes a molecule of interest; and detecting a change in refractive index at the sensing surface, wherein the change in the refractive index in the presence of the liquid raw sample, as compared to that in the presence of a liquid control sample that does not include the molecule of interest, is indicative of whether the target molecule is capable of interacting with the molecule of interest, wherein the liquid raw sample is selected from the group consisting of a lysate, a supernatant of cultured cells, a body fluid sample, and a tissue extract, and the analyte is selected from the group consisting of a recombinant protein expressed by the cultured cells, a pathogen marker, an antibody specific to the pathogen marker, and a cancer cell marker. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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