%V 960 %J ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA %O FELTĂLTĹ: HetĂŠnyi AnasztĂĄzia - ahetenyi@pharm.u-szeged.hu %T Multivalent foldamer-based affinity assay for selective recognition of Aβ oligomers %L publicatio11875 %A Olajos GĂĄbor %A Bartus Ăva %A Schuster IldikĂł %A Lautner Gergely %A GyurcsĂĄnyi Ervin RĂłbert %A SzĂśgi Titanilla %A FĂźlĂśp LĂvia %A Martinek TamĂĄs A. %P 131-137 %X Abstract Mimicking the molecular recognition functionality of antibodies is a great challenge. Foldamers are attractive candidates because of their relatively small size and designable interaction surface. This paper describes a sandwich type enzyme-linked immunoassay with a tetravalent β-peptide foldamer helix array as capture element and enzyme labeled tracer antibodies. The assay was found to be selective to β-amyloid oligomeric species with surface features transiently present in ongoing aggregation. In optimized conditions, with special emphasis on the foldamer immobilization, a detection limit of 5 pM was achieved with a linear range of 10â500 pM. These results suggest that protein mimetic foldamers can be useful tools in biosensors and affinity assays. %D 2017 %R 3193785 %I szte