Mintra TongdeeCameron YamanishiMidori MaedaTaisuke KojimaJohn DishingerRattikan ChantiwasShuichi TakayamaTECH LabGeorgia Institute of TechnologyMahidol University2020-06-022020-06-022020-05-18The Analyst. Vol.145, No.10 (2020), 3517-3527136455282-s2.0-85084887190https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/56110This work describes a convenient one-hour enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) formulated with conventional antibodies and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) reagents. The method utilizes aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) droplet formation based on poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-containing sample solution-triggered rehydration of dehydrated dextran (DEX) spots that contain all antibody reagents. Key advances in this paper include development of a formulation that allows a quick 1-hour overall incubation time and a procedure where inclusion of the HRP reagent in the PEG solution reduces the number of washing and incubation steps required to perform this assay. As an assay application, a 5-plex cytokine test compares cytokine secretion of differentially-treated human ThP-1 macrophages. Given the use of only readily available reagents and a common Western blot imaging system for the readout, this method is envisioned to be broadly applicable to a variety of multiplex immunoassays. To facilitate broader use, companion image processing software as an ImageJ plugin is also described and provided.Mahidol UniversityBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyChemistryEnvironmental ScienceArticleSCOPUS10.1039/d0an00383b