A flow injection kinase assay system based on time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy-transfer detection in the millisecond range

J. Hirata, C.F. de Jong, M. van Dongen, J.B. Buijs, F. Ariese, H. Irth, C. Gooijer

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Abstract

A flow injection analysis (FIA) system for biochemical assays using time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer (TR-FRET) in the millisecond time scale was developed. As a model system, we studied a kinase assay, measuring the phosphorylation of poly(GT)-biotin (substrate) by a receptor tyrosine kinase (epidermal growth factor receptor). A streptavidin labeled with XL665 (SA-XL665)-the acceptor-was coupled to the biotin moiety, and an antiphosphotyrosine antibody labeled with europium cryptate (Ab-Euk)-the donor-was coupled to the phosphorylated tyrosine group(s). Long-lived FRET can only occur if the substrate is successfully phosphorylated. For the time-resolved detection of such long-lived luminescence phenomena in a flow system, the repetition rate of the excitation source plays a crucial role. Good results were obtained for a small-sized commercially available quadrupled Nd:YAG laser emitting at 266 nm with a repetition rate of 7.8 kHz and a pulse width of 0.3 ns. The long-lived emissions of the donor at 625 nm and that of the acceptor at 665 nm were monitored simultaneously with two photomultipliers, using a delay time of 50 μs and a gate time of 75 μs to exclude background fluorescence interferences. In the FIA experiments, the Ab-EuK concentration was 6 nM and the substrate concentration and SA-XL665 concentrations were 7 nM. By monitoring the intensity changes at 625 and 665 nm, the inhibition of tyrosine kinase by tyrphostin AG1478 was studied and an IC
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4292-8
JournalAnalytical Chemistry
Volume76
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

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