A quenching fluoroimmunoassay for analysis of the pesticide propazine in an apolar organic solvent, reverse micelles of AOT in n-octane: Effect of the micellar matrix and labeled antigen structureстатья
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Аннотация:A simple way of directly observing antigen-antibody binding in a reverse micellar system,n-octane containing reverse micelles of aerosol OT (AOT), using the hydrophobic pesticide propazine as antigen, is described. We observed two processes during fluorescein-labeled propazine (FP)-antibody (Ab) interaction in reverse micelles: (1) quenching of the fluorescence of FP after mixing of Ab and FP (due immune complex formation) and (2) restoration of FP fluorescence after addition of excess propazine to the immune complex formed. We found that the quenching efficiency depends on both the properties of the reverse micellar system (surfactant concentration, hydration degreeW0 = [water]/[surfactant]) and the structure of the labeled antigen. A quenching fluoroimmunoassay of propazine both in apolar organic solvents and in water is developed. The method is homogeneous. The quenching time is 10–30 min, and the detection limit of propazine is 100 nM (20 Μg/L) in organic solvent and 10nM (2 Μg/L) in water. Propazine can be added to the reverse micellar system when dissolved in AOT/octane, or in an octane/chloroform mixture, or in chloroform. This makes possible the use of the analysis directly for pesticide extracts in nonpolar organic solvents.