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Aldehyde-Activated Ruthenium Fluorescence Magnetic Beads For Ultrasensitive Fluorescence assays

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2.5 μm BcMag™ Aldehyde-Activated Ruthenium Fluorescence Magnetic Beads
Cat. No.  GC101

Unit Size  15 mg
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2.5 μm BcMag™ Aldehyde-Activated Ruthenium Fluorescence Magnetic Beads
Cat. No.  GC102

Unit Size  30 mg
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5 μm BcMag™ Aldehyde-Activated Ruthenium Fluorescence Magnetic Beads
Cat. No.  GC103

Unit Size  15 mg
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5 μm BcMag™ Aldehyde-Activated Ruthenium Fluorescence Magnetic Beads
Cat. No.  GC104

Unit Size  30 mg
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GC101

2.5 μm BcMag™ Aldehyde-Activated Ruthenium Fluorescence Magnetic Beads

15 mg

GC102

2.5 μm BcMag™ Aldehyde-Activated Ruthenium Fluorescence Magnetic Beads

30 mg

GC103

5 μm BcMag™ Aldehyde-Activated Ruthenium Fluorescence Magnetic Beads

15 mg

GC104

5 μm BcMag™ Aldehyde-Activated Ruthenium Fluorescence Magnetic Beads

30 mg

Fluorescence Dye Properties

Fluorophore

Fluorescence
Color

Excitation
(nm)

Emission
(nm)

Fluorescence lifetime
(Ԏ) (µsec)

Stokes shifts
(nm)

Ruthenium (Ru2+)

Far-Red

470

710

354.36

175

Fluorescence Dye Properties

Fluorophore

Ruthenium (Ru2+)

Fluorescence
color

Far-Red

Excitation
(nm)

470

Emission
(nm)

710

Fluorescence lifetime (Ԏ) (µsec)

354.36

Stokes shifts
(nm)

175

Specification

Bead Size

2.5μm diameter; 5μm diameter

Number of Beads

~ 1.47 x 108 beads/mg (2.5μm beads)

~ 5 x 107 beads /mg (5μm beads)

Stability

Short Term (<1 hour): pH 3-11; Long-Term: pH 4-10

Temperature: 4°C -140°C; Most organic solvents

Magnetization

~ 40-45 EMU/g

Type of Magnetization

Superparamagnetic

Formulation

Lyophilized Powder

Functional Group Density

2.5μm Magnetic Beads

~ 240 μmole / g of Beads

5μm Magnetic Beads

~ 200 μmole / g of Beads

Storage

Store at -20°C upon receipt.

Description

BcMag™ Aldehyde-activated Ruthenium Fluorescence Magnetic Beads are Time-Resolved Fluorescence (TRF) magnetic microspheres Time-Resolved Fluorescence (TRF) magnetic microspheres grafted with a high density of aldehyde functional groups on the surface. The bead aldehyde groups react spontaneously with primary amines present at the N-terminus of proteins or in lysine residues to form intermediate Schiff Base complexes. The reaction of reductive amination immobilization starts with the creation of an initial Schiff base between the aldehyde and amine groups, which is then reduced to a secondary amine by adding sodium cyanoborohydride (NaCNBH3) to generate stable amine bonds between the bead and the ligand. At physiological to alkaline circumstances (pH 7.2 to 9) in either aqueous or organic solvents with 20% ~ 30% DMSO or DMF, coupling reaction takes 2 to 6 hours in a one-step process. Coupling efficiency with antibodies and normal proteins is usually better than 85%, resulting in 15 – 20 μg /mg of beads.

The microspheres combine the benefits of the active aldehyde group, time-resolved Fluorescence dyes, and magnetic characteristics to perform very sensitive assays. The beads are manufactured using nanometer-scale superparamagnetic iron oxide and ruthenium metal as core and entirely encapsulated by a high-purity silica shell, ensuring no leaching problems with the iron oxide and ruthenium metal. The hydrophilic surface provides beads with low nonspecific adsorption, excellent dispersion, and easy handling in various buffers.

Although conventional fluorophores have been widely used over the past decades, they still suffer from either one or several limitations in terms of applicability and efficiency:

1.

Narrow excitation bands cause higher background signals.

2.

Smaller Stokes shift often produces self-quenching.

3.

Fluorescence is sensitive to environmental factors such as metallic ion concentration, pH, temperature, and solvent polarity.

4.

Fluorescence intensity is not high enough for detecting a single biomolecular.

5.

Fluorescence intermittency (blinking) affects some processes of molecule detection.

6.

Easily aggregated because of hydrophobicity.

BcMag™ TR-FRET (Time-Resolved FRET) Assay

BcMag™ TR-FRET Assay, in contrast to typical FRET (Förster Resonance Energy Transfer) assays, uses time-resolved Fluorescence magnetic beads (BcMag™ TR-Magnetic Beads) as the donor fluorophore. The donor and acceptor can be two proteins, two DNA strands, an antigen, an antibody, or a ligand and its receptor. After a reasonable time delay (usually 50 to 100 s), a signal is generated by fluorescence resonance energy transfer between a donor and an acceptor molecule when they are close and monitored in a time-resolved way. In BcMag™ TR-FRET Assay, a trace amount of analytes can be easily enriched from the complex by TR-Magnetic Beads, resulting in higher sensitivity. This assay practically eliminates all fluorescence backgrounds caused by the sample and plastic microplate, as well as by direct acceptor excitation. As a result, the signal-to-noise ratios of the BcMag™ TR-FRET Assay are very high, and the background is quite low. Furthermore, the assay does not need washing steps. BcMag™ TR-FRET Assay offers substantial advantages to bioassays in high throughput screening, such as assay flexibility, dependability, increased assay sensitivity, higher throughput, and fewer false positive/false negative results.

Ruthenium cryptate fluorophore is an efficient time-resolved Fluorescence tag due to its distinct specific properties. It is excited at 470nm and emits red fluorescence at 710nm, with a long fluorescence lifetime (354.36 μsec) and large stokes shifts (175 nm). BcMag™ Amine-activated Ruthenium Fluorescence Magnetic Beads are available in nominal diameters of 2.5μm and 5μm. By taking advantage of these properties, time-resolved fluorescence measurement can dramatically reduce the fluorescence background from the sample and increase the signal-to-noise ratio to offer detectability better than one order of magnitude than conventional Fluorescence dyes. BcMag™ Amine-activated Ruthenium Fluorescence Magnetic Beads are excellent donors used in TR-FRET assays.

Workflow of TR-FRET Magnetic Beads Assay

1.

Mix the antibody-conjugated donor beads with the cell lysates and incubate them with continuous rotation for a sufficient time. The beads remain suspended in the sample solution during mixing, allowing the target analytes to bind to the donor beads.

2.

After incubation, the beads are collected and separated from the sample using a magnet rack.

3.

Add the antibody-conjugated acceptor and incubate them with continuous rotation for a sufficient time.

4.

Analysis of numerous microplate readers supports TR-FRET measurements.

Workflow of TR-FRET Magnetic Beads Assay

Advantages and Benefits

1.

Perform a double function simultaneously on the same beads: The magnetic beads combine separation/preconcentration and detect analytes, allowing quick, simple, robust, and high-throughput analytes of trace amounts from complex biological samples on the same beads.

2.

Ultra sensitive. Lower detection limits of 10 pg/mL versus typical fluorometric detection limits of 100 pg/mL.

3.

Extremely photostable and highly resistant to photobleaching. All the lanthanide chelate or cryptate molecules and iron oxide are entirely encapsulated inside each bead instead of merely on the bead’s surface. The protective environment prevents iron oxide and dye from leaching into aqueous media, which makes the beads less sensitive to external conditions such as solvent, temperature, pH, etc.

4.

Very high Fluorescence intensity. Because a single bead has a large concentration of lanthanide chelate with a high quantum yield ranging from 40 to 90%, the beads show excellent fluorescence intensity, which increases test sensitivity without signal amplification. Such bright beads are also perfect for donors’ use in time-resolved FRET assays.

5.

Lanthanide chelate or cryptate has large Stokes shifts (>250 nm), narrow emission bands (-10 nm bandwidth), and long fluorescence lifetime (μs), which dramatically reduces background and increases the signal-to-noise ratio.

6.

Most bioprocess ELISA assays can be converted to an HTRF assay.

7.

No washing step is involved in the assays.

8.

Have a hydrophilic silica surface grafted by different functional groups with linkers of variable lengths, allowing efficient conjugation of various ligands such as peptides, proteins, antibodies, small molecules, carbohydrates, aptamers, DNA/RNA, etc.

9.

Due to the microsphere’s magnetic properties, the Fluorescence magnetic beads are suitable for high-throughput automation.

Conjugation Protocol

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