Hi all,

I have a problem that can not make the antibody-gold nanoparticle conjugate for my lateral flow assay.

The colloidal gold is 40nm (sigma) incubate in PBS and the O.D.=1, and the antibody is rabbit mono-antibody IgG.(abcam)

The protocol is listed below.

  • Dilute the antibody by PBS(0.01M) to 0.1mg/ml
  • Add the diluted antibody (increasement from 0.4ul to 4ul) to the gold 20ul
  • Wait 2 hour for adsorption
  • Add 4ul 10% NaCl to find the optimized ratio of gold against antibody

But the solution become transparent after antibody was added within 5 mins before salt is added.

I know I have to optimize the pH value since antibody is sensitive to pH value. But I assume the mono-antibody pH value here is pretty close to the PBS. So I simply ignore the pH optimization.

I guess the antibody composition(57% PBS 42% glycerel 0.05% BSA) might interfere but I can't figure the result.

Could anyone can give me some advice?

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