In this chapter we report on the characterization of linear antigenic sites of human chromogranin A (CgA), a useful tissue and serum marker for neuroendocrine tumours and a precursor of many biologically active peptides. The epitope mapping of CgA has been carried out by peptide microarrays on glass slides coated by a copolymer of N,N-dimethylacrylamide (DMA), N,N-acryloyloxysuccinimide (NAS) and [3-(methacryloyl-oxy) propyl] trimethoxysilyl (MAPS). The microarray support provided sufficient accessibility of the ligand, with no need for a spacer, as the polymer chains prevent interaction of immobilized peptides with substrate. In addition, the polymeric surface constitutes an aqueous micro-environment in which, despite peptide random orientation, linear epitopes are freely exposed. The results reported are in accordance with those obtained in conventional ELISA assays using biotinylated and non-biotinylated peptides. © 2009 Humana Press, a part of Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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Cretich, M., Longhi, R., Corti, A., Damin, F., Carlo, G. D., Sedini, V., & Chiari, M. (2009). Epitope mapping of human chromogranin A by peptide microarrays. Methods in Molecular Biology, 570, 221–232. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-394-7_10
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