A hybrid paper-based microfluidic platform toward veterinary P-ELISA

Busin, Valentina and Burgess, Stewart and Shu, Wenmiao (2018) A hybrid paper-based microfluidic platform toward veterinary P-ELISA. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 273. pp. 536-542. ISSN 0925-4005 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2018.06.075)

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Abstract

This study describes a novel fabrication method to produce a hybrid paper-based microfluidic platform, termed Multi-Pad Paper Plate (MP3) for transfer and optimisation of enzyme-linked immunoassays (ELISA) on paper (P-ELISA). The new fabrication technique is based on a combination of laser micromachining of paper and packaging through thermal lamination. This method is simple, rapid and of high-resolution and can produce robust, versatile and low-cost devices, compatible with a standard 96-well microplate format. The MP3 was used to transfer a sandwich ELISA for detection of bovine haptoglobin (Hp), a marker of inflammation in animals allowing optimisation of the assay in the new format. Using the MP3, a standard curve was generated and the limit of detection achieved was 0.73 μg/ml. The optimised protocol was also applied to the detection of Hp in bovine serum, demonstrating the possibility of using this platform with biological samples. The new platform allowed for a reduction of 93% in time and of 88% in cost for performing the assay and represents a valid alternative to other commonly used device fabrication methods, especially in the context of low-resource settings. It has the potential to translate similar assays into P-ELISA and offers a starting point for achieving animal-side testing.

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Busin, Valentina, Burgess, Stewart and Shu, Wenmiao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1220-361X;
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