This invention discloses a
flow cytometry method for detecting
fluorescent microspheres based on TSA
signal amplification. The method includes: incubating fluorescently encoded microspheres coated with a
capture antibody with a sample; adding a biotinylated detection
antibody to form a sandwich complex; subsequently introducing two high-density
signal amplification polymers sequentially: SA-PolyHRP400 as the first
signal amplification
polymer, and a second
signal amplification polymer with a
polysaccharide backbone and covalently coupled with multiple
tyrosine and
luciferin molecules. Under HRP
catalysis, the
tyrosine is activated and covalently deposited in the vicinity of the microspheres, achieving exponential amplification of the
fluorescence signal. This method is simple to operate, more efficient than traditional methods, and more suitable for high-
throughput, high-timeliness platforms like
flow cytometry. It also exhibits high sensitivity, high specificity, and good
repeatability for detecting low-abundance proteins such as IL-6 based on the sandwich method, and is compatible with non-magnetic / magnetic fluorescently encoded microspheres of various sizes. It is suitable for multi-indicator detection and can be widely applied to early
clinical diagnosis and trace
biomarker analysis.