A highly specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of Cry1Ac insecticidal crystal protein in transgenic WideStrike cotton

A highly selective enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed for the quantitative detection of the Cry1Ac protein expressed in transgenic cotton. Two Cry1Ac-specific monoclonal antibodies (MAb), Kbt and 158E6, were developed and selected to form a sandwich format ELISA. The MAb Kbt was used as a capture antibody, and 158E6 was conjugated with horseradish peroxidase and served as a detection antibody. The assay was optimized and validated with different cotton matrices. Tissues were extracted with phosphate-buffered saline containing 0.05% Tween 20 and 1% polyvinylpyrrolidone. The extract was then treated with trypsin to truncate full-length Cry1Ac into the core toxin for quantitation. The resulting assay has good accuracy and precision with a validated limit of quantitation ranging from 0.1 to 0.375 mug/g dry weight of cotton tissues. This assay is highly specific for Cry1Ac protein and has no cross-reactivity with the nontarget proteins tested such as Cry1Ab and Cry1F.     

High sensitive detection of Cry1Ab protein using a quantum dot-based fluorescence-linked immunosorbent assay

Protein-based detection methods, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and lateral flow strip, have been widely used for rapid, spot, and sensitive detection of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Herein, one novel quantum dot-based fluorescence-linked immunosorbent assay (QD-FLISA) was developed employing quantum dots (QDs) as the fluorescent marker for the detection of the Cry1Ab protein in MON810 maize. The end-point fluorescent detection system was carried out using QDs conjugated with goat anti-rabbit secondary antibody. The newly developed Cry1Ab QD-FLISA assay was highly specific to the Cry1Ab protein and had no cross-reactivity with other target proteins, such as Cry2Ab, Cry1F, and Cry3Bb. The quantified linearity was achieved in the value range of 0.05-5% (w/w). The limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) of the QD-FLISA were 2.956 and 9.854 pg/mL, respectively, which were more sensitive than the conventional sandwich ELISA method. All of the results indicated that QD-FLISA was a highly specific and sensitive method for the monitoring of Cry1Ab in GMOs.     

应用PCR技术检测饲料中的鱼源性成分

PCR方法在动物源性饲料检测中有很好的应用前景。为了有效检测反刍动物饲料中的鱼源性成分，降低疯牛病传播风险，本研究根据鱼线粒体1DNA 6S rRNA序列设计并筛选了鱼源性特异引物，使用Qiagen公司的组织DNA提取试剂盒提取核酸。PCR特异性检测结果表明，引物NC_Fish2480/2501F/ NC_Fish2565/2586R与牛、羊、猪、鸡成分无交叉反应；灵敏性检测结果表明，该引物可以检测到0.1%的鱼源性成分。该方法的建立为饲料中鱼源性成分的PCR检测提供了依据。     

Reliable enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the determination of coconut milk proteins in processed foods

This study was designed to develop a novel sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection and quantification of coconut milk proteins in processed foods. The developed sandwich ELISA was able to detect coconut milk proteins from various coconut milk products and did not show any cross-reactivity with 41 of 42 kinds of popularly used food ingredients, thus reflecting great specificity for coconut milk proteins. In addition, the established ELISA is highly sensitive and allowed the detection of 0.31 μg/g of coconut milk protein in complex food matrices. This proposed assay could serve as a useful tool for the detection of the presence of hidden coconut milk proteins in processed foods.     

Development of a Field Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Detection of α-Amylase in Preharvest-Sprouted Wheat

A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed for detection of α-amylase in preharvest sprouted wheat and adapted to rapid field-use formats requiring 15–20 min to perform. Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies were prepared to detect a mixture of high and low pI isozymes of α-amylase and high pI isozymes only. All antibodies detected α-amylase on immunoblots of either a crude wheat extract or of purified enzyme, but only the polyclonal antibodies functioned in a sandwich ELISA. Depending on the antibody combination, the tube ELISA detected either the high and low pI isozymes of α-amylase or the high pI isozymes only with a detection limit of ≈0.5–1.0 ng/mL of amylase. Wheats with falling numbers (FN) of <350 sec could be discriminated from sound wheats, with decreasing FN producing increasing assay color. Using 130 wheat grain samples, ELISA absorbances for detection of both high and low pI isozymes and of high pI isozymes only were highly positively correlated with amylase enzyme activity and negatively correlated with FN. The correlations were similar for detection of both isozyme families and for detection of high pI isozymes only. Analyses of three sets of wheat samples from different environments demonstrated that the relationship between ELISA absorbance and FN had little dependence on wheat cultivar. The precision of sample analysis using the field ELISA was similar to the precision of FN test apparatus.     

Quantitative sandwich ELISA for the determination of tropomyosin from crustaceans in foods

The ubiquitous muscle protein tropomyosin has been identified as the major shrimp allergen and is suggested to be a cross-reacting allergen. Previously, only a few methods for the detection of tropomyosin in food have been published. A quantitative sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of tropomyosin from crustaceans in foods has been developed and validated. A polyclonal rabbit antitropomyosin capture antibody and the biotinylated conjugate of the same antibody for detection were the basis for the ELISA, which was specific for crustaceans. The ELISA was able to quantitate tropomyosin in various food matrixes, had a detection limit of 1 microg/g, and cross-reacted to some extent with cockroach. Recoveries ranged from 63 to 120%, and the intra and interassay coefficients of variation were <6 and <14%, respectively.     

Development of ELISA and immunochromatographic assay for the detection of gentamicin

Competitive direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and the immunochromatographic assay were developed using a monoclonal antibody to detect gentamicin in the animal plasma and milk. No cross-reactivity of the antibody was observed with other aminoglycosides based on competitive direct ELISA, indicating that the antibody is highly specific for gentamicin. On the basis of the standard curves, the detection limits were determined to be 0.9 ng/mL in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), 1.0 ng/mL in plasma, and 0.5 ng/mL in milk, respectively. Recoveries of gentamicin from spiked plasma and milk at levels of 25-100 ng/mL ranged from 85 to 112%. The concentration of intramuscularly injected gentamicin was successfully monitored in the rabbit plasma through competitive direct ELISA. The detection limits were estimated to be about 6 ng/mL of gentamicin in PBS, plasma, and milk using the colloidal gold-based immunochromatographic assay, which is suitable for the simple screening of gentamicin residues in the veterinary field. Observed positives can be confirmed using a more sensitive laboratory method such as competitive direct ELISA. Therefore, the assays developed in this study could complement each other as well as veterinary field and laboratory findings.     

Quantitative sandwich ELISA for the determination of lupine (Lupinus spp.) in foods

The use of lupine in foods has increased considerably during the past decade, reflected by a corresponding increase in reported lupine-induced allergic incidents. Lupine allergy may arise either by primary sensitization or by clinical cross-reactivity in peanut-allergic persons. Detection of lupine proteins in food has previously been based on the use of patient serum. A novel sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection and quantification of lupine in processed foods was developed, using a polyclonal rabbit antilupine capture antibody and a biotinylated conjugate of the same antibody for detection. The antibody was highly specific for lupine, apart from minor cross-reactivities to other legumes. The assay had a detection limit of 1 mug/g and was successfully used to quantify lupine protein in various food matrixes. Recoveries ranged from 60 to 116%, while the intra-and interassay coefficients of variation were <6% and <21%, respectively.     

Monoclonal antibodies specific to thermostable proteins in animal blood

Bovine plasma proteins are used as high-quality protein supplements in animal feed and as binders or colorants in food for human consumption. Religious observance, as well as recent fears of epidemic bovine spongiform encephalopathy, highlights the need for methods to detect bovine blood in processed food and animal feed for regulatory purposes, as the currently available methods are neither species-specific, blood-specific, nor valid for excessively heat-processed samples. This paper reports the development of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised against bovine thermostable plasma proteins that display a unique species specificity pattern for plasma proteins. Immunoblotting revealed several thermostable antigenic proteins (10, 25, 40, and 60 kDa) in bovine plasma sterilized at 121 degrees C for 15 min. These MAbs can be employed individually or combined in immunoassays for analytical purposes and investigations of the chemical and biological properties of the thermostable plasma proteins identified here.     

Molecular and immunochemical characteristics of monoclonal and recombinant antibodies selective for the triazine herbicide simetryn and application to environmental analysis

A monoclonal antibody (mab) selective for the thiomethyl-s-triazine herbicide simetryn was obtained and characterized in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). An IC(50) value for simetryn was 8.5 ng/mL, and the detection range extended from 1.1 to 70 ng/mL in ELISA. The cDNAs encoding variable heavy chain (VH) and variable light chain (VL) of the mab were cloned to produce various recombinant antibodies. Single-chain variable fragment (scFv) antibodies derived from the mab were characterized in ELISA and showed similar reactivities and specificities to the parent mab. A urea denaturation test revealed that the scFv antibodies bound to simetryn were more stable than those in the absence of antigen. A sandwich ELISA based on VH and VL fragments of the mab was successfully developed and showed similar sensitivity to those based on the mab and scFv antibodies in ELISA. In the recovery experiments using spiked environmental samples, the results obtained in ELISA based on the mab were favorably correlated with those by HPLC.     

检测多杀性巴氏杆菌毒素抗体的单抗竞争ELISA方法的建立

本研究以纯化的多杀性巴氏杆菌毒素基因片段的原核表达产物作为抗原免疫小鼠制备单抗,并利用表达蛋白和多杀性巴氏杆菌毒素单抗酶结合物建立了竞争ELISA方法检测多杀性巴氏杆菌毒素抗体。经过研究确定抗原包被浓度为223ng／mL,待检血清最佳稀释度为1：2,酶标单抗工作浓度为1：3200,血清抑制率大于50%为阳性。应用单抗竞争ELISA和细胞毒性中和试验同时对82份血清进行猪多杀性巴氏杆菌毒素抗体检测,竞争ELISA的检出率为40.2％,细胞毒性中和试验检出率为36.6％,两者符合率达91.5％。试验结果表明,该ELISA方法特异性强,敏感性高,稳定性和重复性好,操作简便。本方法的建立在实验室诊断的标准化、猪群萎缩性鼻炎疫苗免疫效果的评价及流行病学调查方面具有应用价值。     

磺胺甲噁唑单克隆抗体的研制及免疫金标试纸检测方法的建立

用磺胺甲噁唑人工免疫原（BSA-SMZ）免疫BALB/C小鼠（Mus muscalus）,细胞融合技术筛选抗磺胺甲噁唑单克隆抗体（SMZmAb）杂交瘤细胞,体内诱生腹水法制备SMZ mAb,并鉴定其免疫学特性;应用SMZmAb研制SMZ残留快速检测金标试纸（SMZ-strip）,并测定其性能。结果表明,筛选出3株杂交瘤细胞,其中最好的3G6株间接ELISA效价细胞培养上清为1∶8.1×102,腹水为1∶6.4×105,亲和常数（Ka）为3.07×109 L/mol,对SMZ的半数抑制浓度（IC50）为12.4 μg/L,与磺胺嘧啶的交叉反应率（CR%）为2.84%,与其它磺胺类药物无交叉反应;SMZ-strip目测检测限为6 μg/L;其敏感性与竞争ELISA试剂盒相当,符合率为100%;SMZ-strip具有快速、敏感、特异、简便等特点,适合于SMZ残留快速检测的推广应用。     

抗苯巴比妥单克隆抗体杂交瘤细胞株的筛选及ciELISA试剂盒的研制

用BSA-pAPB免疫Balb/c小鼠，用细胞融合技术制备并用间接ELISA和阻断ELISA筛选抗苯巴比妥单克隆抗体(PB mAb)杂交瘤细胞株，体内诱生腹水法生产PB mAb，应用PB mAb研制PB残留竞争ELISA(ciELISA)快速检测试剂盒(PB-Kit)，并测定其性能。结果表明，筛选出3株杂交瘤细胞，最好的3F6-C4株的PB mAb间接ELISA效价为1∶6.4×105，亲和常数(Ka)为1.96×1010 L/moL，半数抑制浓度(IC50)为5.7 μg/L，与巴比妥的交叉反应率(CR%)12.4%，与其它化合物无CR；PB-Kit的线性检测范围1.0～81 μg/L，灵敏度0.75 μg/L，检测限1 μg/L；饲料样和猪尿样的平均添加回收率85.8%和91.3%，平均批内和批间变异系数均<15%。PB-Kit具有快速、敏感、特异、简便等特点，适合PB残留快速检测的推广应用。     

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay development for the beta-adrenergic agonist zilpaterol

Zilpaterol is an beta-adrenergic agonist approved for use in cattle in South Africa and Mexico as a growth promoter. It is not currently approved for use in the EU, USA, or Asia. Here, we report the development of an ELISA for zilpaterol. Zilpaterol was reacted with ethyl 4-bromobutyrate followed by refluxing in 0.1 M potassium hydroxide. The resulting hapten was reacted with two carrier proteins, bovine serum albumin (BSA) or keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), using 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDC) as an activating agent. Immunization of goats with the zilpaterol-butyrate-KLH resulted in an antibody useful for an ELISA. We utilized zilpaterol-butyrate-BSA as a coating antigen for ELISA development. The average IC(50) derived from the developed zilpaterol immunoassay was 3.94 +/- 0.48 ng/mL (n = 25). The antibody did not cross react with N-alkyl [bamethane, clenbuterol, (-)-isoproterenol, (+)-isoproterenol, metaproterenol, or salbutamol] or N-arylalkyl (dobutamine, fenoterol, isoxsuprine, ractopamine, or salmeterol) beta-agonists. The assay was tolerant of up to 10% (v/v) of acetone, ethanol, or methanol, and 15% (v/v) of acetonitrile or DMSO. Salt concentrations ranging from 0.05 to 1.0 M minimally affected B(0) or IC(50) values. When buffer pH was <7 or >8.8, the IC(50) values increased in comparison to those measured at pH 7.4. In conclusion, a sensitive, specific zilpaterol ELISA has been developed that can serve as a rapid screening assay.     

Glomalin-related soil protein: Assessment of current detection and quantification tools

Despite the widely acknowledged importance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in soil ecology, quantifying their biomass and presence in field soils is hindered by tedious techniques. Hence biochemical markers may be useful, among which glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) could show a particular promise. Presently GRSP is operationally defined, its identification resting solely on the methods used to extract it from soil (citric acid buffer and autoclaving) and the assays (Bradford/enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with a monoclonal antibody) utilized to detect it. The current assumption is that most non-heat stable soil proteins except glomalin are destroyed during the harsh extraction procedure. However, this critical assumption has not been tested. The purpose of this research was to challenge the GRSP extraction process to determine the accuracy of the Bradford method as a measure of glomalin; and to provide some assessment of the specificity of the ELISA monoclonal antibody. In two studies we spiked soil samples either with known quantities of a glycoprotein (BSA: bovine serum albumin) or with leaf litter from specific sources. After extraction 41-84% of the added BSA was detected with the Bradford method. This suggests that the currently used extraction procedure does not eliminate all non-glomalin proteins. Also, ELISA cross-reactivity against BSA was limited, ranging from 3% to 14%. Additions of leaf litter also significantly influenced GRSP extraction and quantification suggesting that plant-derived proteins, as would occur in the field, had a similar effect as BSA. Litter additions decreased the immunoreactive protein values, suggesting interference with antibody recognition. We conclude that the use of GRSP, especially Bradford-based detection, in the assessment of AMF-derived substances within field soils is problematic, it may be inappropriate in situations of significant organic matter additions.     

Reliable enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the determination of walnut proteins in processed foods

Among food allergens of tree nuts, walnuts are a frequent cause of adverse food reactions in allergic patients. A novel sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection and quantification of walnut soluble proteins in processed foods was developed. The sandwich ELISA is highly specific for walnut soluble proteins. The recovery ranged from 83.4 to 123%, whereas the intra- and interassay coefficients of variation were less than 8.8 and 7.2%, respectively. This study showed that the proposed method is a reliable tool for detection in the presence of hidden walnut proteins in processed foods.     

Development of monoclonal antibody-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for gossypol analysis in cottonseed meals

A monoclonal antibody-based indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ic-ELISA) was developed for the analysis of gossypol in cottonseed meals. First, the checkerboard method was used to determine the optimum amount of coating antigen gossypol-BSA (bovine serum albumin) and primary anti-gossypol monoclonal antibody (Mab) needed in the ic-ELISA. Second, the effects of several physical (incubation time and temperature) and chemical (solvent types and concentrations) conditions on the performance of Mab on ic-ELISA were investigated to get a rapid robust assay with high sensitivity. Under the established optimized condition, the concentration of gossypol giving 50% reduction of the maximum ELISA signal (I50) in the competitive standard curve was 0.20 microg/mL, whereas the detection limit for gossypol was 0.024 microg/mL. This ic-ELISA method for the analysis of gossypol extracted by methanol from a variety of cottonseed meals was further compared with the official method of the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS). The amounts of gossypol determined by the ic-ELISA had a good correlation with those obtained by the AOCS method (R2 = 0.90).     

Immunoassay for wheat processing quality: utilization of a sandwich assay incorporating an immobilized single-chain fragment.

A single-chain fragment (scFv) was engineered from a monoclonal antibody to high molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS), wheat flour polypeptides that play a major role in determining the mixing- and extension strength-related properties of dough and its subsequent baking performance. The scFv was expressed in a thioredoxin mutant Escherichia coli strain that allows disulfide bond formation in the cytoplasm and incorporated into a diagnostic test for wheat quality. Although the scFv lacks the more highly conserved antibody constant regions usually involved with immobilization, it was able to be directly immobilized to a polystyrene microwell solid phase without chemical or covalent modification of the protein or solid phase and utilized as a capture antibody in a double-antibody (two-site) immunoassay. In the sandwich assay, increasing HMW-GS concentrations produced increasing assay color, and highly significant correlations were obtained between optical densities obtained in the ELISA using the scFv and the content of large glutenin polymers in flours as well as measures of dough strength as measured by resistance to dough extension in rheological testing. The assay using the scFv was able to be carried out at lower flour sample extract dilutions than that required for a similar assay utilizing a monoclonal capture antibody. This research shows that engineered antibody fragments can be utilized to provide superior assay performance in two-site ELISAs over monoclonal antibodies and is the first application of an engineered antibody to the analysis of food processing quality.     

莱克多巴胺单克隆抗体的研制及阻断ELISA检测方法的建立

用混合酸酐法将莱克多巴胺(RAC)偶联于牛血清白蛋白(BSA),合成免疫原BSA-RAC,并用紫外和凝胶电泳鉴定;用BSA-RAC免疫Balb/C小鼠,细胞融合技术建立抗RAC单克隆抗体(mAb)杂交瘤细胞株,体内诱生腹水法制备RAC mAb。应用RAC mAb研制RAC残留快速检测阻断ELISA试剂盒(RAC-Kit),并测定其性能。结果表明,BSA-RAC偶联成功,分子结合比为1∶24.5;筛选出3株杂交瘤细胞,其中最好的4D8株的亲和常数Ka为1.65×1010L/mol。RAC-Kit的标准曲线呈典型的S型,符合4参数logit曲线拟合,线性范围为1~170μg/L,灵敏度为0.52μg/L,检测限为1μg/L,饲料样、猪尿样的平均添加回收率分别为91.1%和89.2%,平均批内和批间变异系数<15%,与多巴酚丁胺的交叉反应率为22.3%,与其他化合物无交叉反应,RAC-Kit在4℃可保存180d。     

Identification of species-specific DNA in feedstuffs

Due to the menace of transmission of spongiform encephalopathies, feed components intended for ruminant nutrition must be checked for the presence of ruminant-derived materials. A sensitive method for the identification of bovine- and ovine- and also swine- and chicken-specific mitochondrial DNA sequences based on Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) has been developed. The specificity of the primers for PCR has been tested using samples of DNA of other vertebrate species, which may also be present in rendering plant products intended for feed manufacture. The method allows the detection in concentrate mixtures of 0.01% of the target species derived material. The identity of a sample containing 0.1% of bovine, ovine, swine, and chicken meat-and-bone meal has further been confirmed by sequencing.