Detection of Spongospora subterranea using monoclonal antibodies in ELISA

Five hybridoma cell lines secreting antibodies (MAbs) recognizing zoospores of S. subterranea were raised from splenocytes of mice. One MAb also weakly recognized plasmodia/zoosporangia and cystosori of S. subterranea , and another recognized only plasmodia/zoosporangia in plate-trapped antigen ELISA. Polymyxa graminis was recognized most strongly out of 26 micro-organisms other than S. subterranea against which the MAbs were tested. Most were recognized only weakly or not at all. The MAb that recognized zoospores of S. subterranea most strongly detected as few as three zoospores per microtitre plate well when 12 replicate wells per treatment were arranged randomly on plates and absorbance values subjected to analysis of variance. The sensitivity of detection was not improved by mixing antibodies, using a biotin-streptavidin amplification system, or by using a double antibody sandwich system. Zoospores of S. subterranea flushed from soil were detected only after unrealistically large numbers of cystosori had been added. They were not detected in samples of naturally infested soil removed from a field shortly after a severely scabbed potato crop had been harvested.     

Detection of plum pox potyvirus using monoclonal antibodies to structural and non-structural proteins1

Eleven monoclonal antibodies specific to plum pox potyvirus (PPV) coat protein were obtained by hybridoma technology from Spanish PPV isolates. In addition, two monoclonal antibodies specific for PPV cylindrical inclusions (CIP non-structural proteins) were obtained. The monoclonal antibodies specific for PPV coat protein were assayed by DASI ELISA against 81 PPV isolates. At least nine different epitopes were found and 21 distinct serological patterns of reaction (serogroups) were established using nine selected monoclonal antibodies against the collection of PPV isolates, indicating the high variability of coat protein among PPV isolates. Changes in epitope composition were observed after aphid and mechanical transmission, indicating the occurrence of mixtures of isolates in field trees. Monoclonal antibody 5B reacted with all PPV isolates assayed, with very high affinity, using DASI ELISA. This method was compared with immunocapture-PCR on field samples in spring, and showed very good coincidence of results. The efficiency of PPV detection can be slightly increased using monoclonal antibodies specific to cylindrical inclusions mixed with monoclonal antibodies against structural proteins, and using mixtures of monoclonal antibodies against different epitopes of coat protein. ELISA-I and immunoprinting-ELISA were able to detect CIP and PPV in extracts and tissue section, respectively, of woody plants. Two monoclonal antibodies offer the possibility of distinguishing between Marcus and Dideron PPV types (M or D). These D-specific monoclonal antibodies can be used in routine tests with high affinity.     

Improved detection of citrus psorosis virus using polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies

Citrus psorosis is a serious and widespread disease associated with citrus psorosis virus (CPsV), a novel filamentous negative-stranded virus in the genus Ophiovirus . Laborious and costly indexing on test plants has been the only routine diagnostic method available, but recently an antiserum usable in double antibody sandwich (DAS) ELISA has been prepared. Here, major improvements to the DAS-ELISA protocol, a new purification method, and production of two monoclonal antibodies (mabs) to CPsV, an IgG and an IgM are reported. A highly sensitive triple antibody sandwich (TAS) ELISA making use of the mabs is described. In glasshouse citrus the homologous virus was still detectable at a tissue dilution of 1/6250 in DAS and at 1/31250 in TAS-ELISA. Both the DAS and IgG mab-TAS formats detected all CPsV isolates so far tested (from Argentina, Italy, Lebanon, Spain and the USA). A few isolates were not detected by the IgM mab.     

Immunodetection of elicitins from Phytophthora spp. using monoclonal antibodies

Ten monoclonal antibodies were selected from mice immunized with a highly purified elicitin secreted by Phytophthora cryptogea , termed cryptogein. These antibodies could be classified into five groups according to their cross-reactivity to heterologous elicitins from other Phytophthora species, from strict specificity (reacting solely with cryptogein) to broad reactivity (reacting with all four elicitins under study). When examined on BIA core (a real-time biospecific interaction analyser), these monoclonal antibodies were found to recognize at least three different epitopes on the cryptogein molecule. Their use in elicitin detection and quantification was optimized in several ELISA protocols. A mixed monoclonal-polyclonal antibody, indirect DAS-ELISA procedure detected as little as 20 pg of purified elicitin per well (100 μl). The four elicitins could be detected with the aid of one of couple of polyvalent reagents, whilst each one could be detected separately using appropriate monoclonal antibodies. These protocols have been used to detect elicitins secreted by Phytophthora spp. into culture medium as well as in planta following plant inoculation.     

Quantification of within-field spread of soybean mosaic virus in soybean using strain-specific monoclonal antibodies

ABSTRACT Strain-specific monoclonal antibodies were used to follow the temporal increase and spatial spread of soybean mosaic virus (SMV) strain G-5 released from a point source. The use of strain-specific monoclonal antibodies allowed discrimination of within-field temporal and spatial spread of SMV strain G-5 from non-G-5 SMV isolates that originated from exogenous field sources. SMV isolates originating from exogenous sources have potential to alter the temporal and spatial pattern of within-field virus spread, which could potentially affect the choice of models used to quantify within-field pathogen spread. Analysis of SMV epidemics in field-plot experiments indicated that the logistic model was the most appropriate model to describe and compare the temporal spread of SMV among years. On the basis of ordinary runs analyses, within-field spread of SMV strain G-5 was random in 1991 and 1994, but was mostly aggregated in 1992 and 1993. Non-G-5 SMV isolates arising from exogenous sources displayed a random spatial pattern over time. This is the first study in which pathogen incidence (detection of SMV using strain-specific monoclonal antibodies) as opposed to disease incidence (based on symptoms) was employed to monitor and model SMV spread in time and space.     

Tracking fungi in soil with monoclonal antibodies

Species of the genus Trichoderma are ubiquitous soil-borne fungi that exhibit antagonism towards a number of economically important plant-pathogenic fungi and oomycetes. This review discusses recent developments in the use of monoclonal antibodies to detect these fungi in their natural soil environments and to quantify their population dynamics during antagonistic interactions with saprotrophic competitors in soil-based systems. Immunological approaches to detection and quantification are examined in relation to conventional plate enrichment techniques and to nucleic acid-based procedures. An example of recent research using a mAb-based assay to quantify the effects of saprotrophic competition on the growth of Trichoderma isolates in mixed species, soil-based, microcosms is presented. Future technological developments in immunoassays for tracking Trichoderma populations in soil are discussed and results presented showing the accurate detection and visualization of a plant growth-promoting isolate of T. hamatum in the rhizosphere of lettuce using mAb-based immunodiagnostic assays.     

TLC-生物自显影检测26种植物中的抗细菌和抗氧化活性物质

我国华南地区植物资源丰富,为快速筛选和检测具有抗菌和抗氧化活性的植物资源,本研究采用甲醇冷浸提取法制备植物提取物,并采用TLC-生物自显影法快速检测其抗细菌和抗氧化活性。活性测定的结果表明,豺皮樟和桂木的抗细菌活性最强,对所有供试细菌均表现出抑制活性,且抑菌斑的最大直径均大于10 mm。红果仔、锡叶藤和山油柑也对所有供试细菌表现出抑制活性,但其活性弱于豺皮樟和桂木。粪箕笃、海金沙和小蜡未表现出任何抗细菌活性,其他供试植物对部分供试细菌表现出抑制活性。白花酸藤子、海南杜英、黄牛木、山油柑和基及树表现出较好的抗氧化活性,抗氧化斑的R_f值范围为0.0～1.0,说明具有较多的活性化合物。TLC-生物自显影法能够快速、有效地筛选和检测具有抗细菌和抗氧化活性的植物提取物,本研究结果为植物资源的开发和利用提供重要的理论依据。     

Detection and identification of the maize bushy stunt phytoplasma in corn plants in Brazil using PCR and RFLP

Plants of corn (Zea mays L.) exhibiting symptoms of stunting and leaf reddening were assayed for the presence of phytoplasma gene sequences through the use of phytoplasma rRNA and ribosomal protein gene and maize bushy stunt (MBS) phytoplasma-specific oligonucleotide primers in polymerase chain reactions (PCR). Polymorphisms in 16S rDNA amplified from diseased plants were those characteristic of phytoplasmas classified in the16S rRNA gene group 16SrI, subgroup IB, of which MBS phytoplasma is a member. Amplification of ribosomal protein (rp) gene sequences in PCR primed by phytoplasma-specific primers confirmed presence of a phytoplasma in the diseased plants. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns of the amplified phytoplasma rp gene sequences were similar or identical to those observed for a known strain of MBS phytoplasma. In separate PCR, an MBS-specific oligonucleotide pair primed amplification of a MBS-characteristic DNA from templates derived from the diseased corn. Our data provide the first firm evidence for the presence of maize bushy stunt phytoplasma in corn in Brazil.     

Detection of beet cryptic viruses 1 and 2 in a wide range of beet plants using cDNA probes

The patterns of dsRNA bands separated by gel electrophoresis were used to analyse cryptic viruses in a wide range of beet plants, but uncertainties about the identities of some bands made the method unreliable. Four cDNA clones, each specific to one of the dsRNA genomic components of the beet cryptic viruses (BCVs) in sugar beet cv. Sharpes Klein E, were used in the analysis of Northern blots of a wide range of beet plants for the presence of BCV1 and BCV2. The presence of both viruses was demonstrated in sugar beetcvs Regina, Amethyst, Salohill and Bravo, red beet cv. Boltardy, leaf beet cv. Perpetual Spinach and fodder beet cv. Monofix, but only BCV1 or a closely related virus was found in Beta maritima. Beet temperate virus (BTV) from Japanese leaf beet was shown to have nucleic acid sequences in common with BCV1 from sugar beet cv. Sharpes Klein E.     

Application of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies for the detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris in crucifer seeds using immunofluorescence microscopy

Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies (PCAs and MCAs) were tested for the detection ofXanthomonas campestris pv.campestris (Xcc) in cabbage seeds using immunofluorescence microscopy (IF). It was concluded that PCA 94, MCAs 20H6, 2F4, 18G12 and a mixture of MCAs 20H6, 18G12, 2F4 and 16B5 could be used to detect Xcc in seed extracts when 5 min and 2.5 h shaking of seeds are used as extraction methods. The reliability of confirming suspect colonies with MCAs and PCA 94 in IF depended in part on the seed lot tested and the antibody used. Some virulent Xcc strains derived from seed lots, did not react with MCAs 10C5, 2F4, 18G12, 17C12 and 16B5. On the other hand, saprophytic isolates obtained from one seed lot cross-reacted with MCA 17C12 and to a lesser extent with MCAs 2F4, 18G12 and PCA 94. No relationship was found between IF-reactions of Xcc strains using MCAs and reactions of Xcc strains in pathogenicity testing. Xcc andX. c. pv.amoraciae (Xca) could in general not be distinguished on the basis of reactions with MCAs and PCAs. Also in pathogenicity tests Xcc and Xca were hard to distinguish.     

Complete nucleotide sequence and latency of a novel blueberry-infecting closterovirus

A novel latent closterovirus was detected from highbush blueberry in Japan and provisionally named blueberry virus A (BVA). The BVA genome (17,798 nucleotides) contains 10 open reading frames, but no minor coat protein could be identified in the virus genome. The BVA RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), heat shock protein 70 homolog (HSP70h), and major coat protein (CP) shared the highest amino acid sequence identities with those of viruses in the genus Closterovirus (61.2, 27.6, and 20.9 %, respectively). In a phylogenetic analysis of the RdRp, HSP70h, and CP, BVA did not cluster with any genus in the family Closteroviridae.     

水稻条纹病毒单克隆抗体的制备及检测应用

 用水稻条纹病毒(RSV)免疫的BALB/c小鼠脾细胞与SP2/0鼠骨髓瘤细胞融合,经筛选克隆,获得4株能稳定传代且分泌抗RSV单克隆抗体的杂交瘤细胞。各株单抗腹水的ELISA效价均在1:80000~1:5120000之间。Westernblot分析表明,4株单抗均与RSV的35kDa的外壳蛋白亚基有特异反应。建立了间接ELISA测定RSV的方法,4株单抗检测病汁液的稀释度能达到2560倍以上,与其它病毒无交叉反应。对江苏省部分县市的大田灰飞虱带毒率进行检测,结果显示灰飞虱的带毒率为12.5%~41.5%     

Detection and recovery of Rhizoctonia solani in naturally infested glasshouse soils using a combined baiting, double monoclonal antibody ELISA

A combined baiting, double monoclonal antibody immunoassay was developed that allows specific and sensitive detection of the economically important soil-borne plant pathogen Rhizoctonia solani in naturally infested soils. The assay is quick, taking only three days to complete from receipt of soil samples and the immunoassay format allows recovery of Rhizoctonia isolates from colonized baits for determination of anastomosis group (AG) affiliation and pathogenicity. The assay was tested on naturally infested soils from commercial glasshouses used to grow lettuce. Using the immunoassay, conventional anastomosis tests against known AG isolates, and pathogenicity tests, it was shown that R. solani isolates recovered from soil samples were pathogenic towards lettuce and belonged to AG4. Furthermore, those isolates that exhibited strong pathogenicity towards lettuce were recovered from sites that had experienced severe Rhizoctonia damage in previous lettuce crops. The possibility of developing a preplanting test to predict damage to specific crop plants due to the presence of particular AGs in the soil is discussed.     

马铃薯Y病毒属三种病毒通用型单克隆抗体的鉴定

构建了马铃薯Y病毒属的大豆花叶病毒(Soybean mosaic virus,SMV)、马铃薯Y病毒(Potato virus Y,PVY)、三叶草黄脉病毒(Clover yellow vein virus,CLYVV)的原核表达载体pET28-SMV CP、pET28-PVY CP和pET28-CLYVV CP,经IPTG诱导、表达和纯化,获得SMV、PVY和CLYVV的CP蛋白。采用ELISA方法,用9株实验室制备的单克隆抗体对含SMV、PVY、CLYVV的病毒汁液和纯化的重组CP蛋白进行检测分析。结果表明,9株单克隆抗体均识别SMV病毒,2D3、4F9、4G12和6E7单克隆抗体能够识别PVY病毒,4F9和4G12能够识别CLYVV病毒,但PVY、CLYVV病毒与抗体的亲和力低于SMV病毒;对于重组表达的衣壳蛋白:SMV、CLYVV与抗体2D3、4F9、4G12和6E7反应强烈,PVY与4F9和4G12抗体反应稍强。综上,本研究鉴定出能识别SMV、PVY、CLYVV的通用单克隆抗体4F9和4G12。     

番茄溃疡病菌单克隆抗体的制备与鉴定

为制备并鉴定番茄溃疡病菌(Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.michiganensis,Cmm)的单克隆抗体(McAbs),用全菌皮下免疫BALB/C小鼠,采用B细胞杂交瘤技术,经免疫、融合、间接ELISA筛选和克隆等,获得稳定分泌抗体的阳性杂交瘤细胞株,得到了抗番茄溃疡病菌的单克隆抗体。经免疫后获得3株单抗分别为1A4、1C3和1B7,经亚类鉴定分别是IgM、IgG1、IgG1;纯化腹水间接ELISA效价分别为1:3.2×106、1:8.1×105、1:3.2×106;与其他同属不同亚种无交叉反应。结果表明:3株单克隆抗体均具有较高特异性和敏感性,可作为番茄溃疡病菌的检测抗体,其中,1A4的效果最好。番茄溃疡病菌单克隆抗体的获得为进一步研发番茄溃疡病检测试剂盒奠定了基础。     

香石竹斑驳病毒单克隆抗体的制备及检测应用

 用香石竹斑驳病毒(CarMV)免疫的BALB/c鼠脾细胞与Sp2/0鼠骨髓瘤细胞融合,经筛选克隆,获得5株能稳定传代且分泌抗CarMV单克隆抗体(MAb)的杂交瘤细胞,并分别制备它们的单克隆抗体腹水。5株单克隆抗体腹水间接ELISA效价达10^-6,其中3G1、1B9、2A9和2F8的抗体类型及亚类均为IgG1,而2F₂为IgG3。Western-blot分析表明,5株单克隆抗体均与CarMV 38 kD的外壳蛋白亚基有特异性反应。利用2A9单抗建立的抗原包被的间接ELISA (ACP-ELISA)检测CarMV方法,病叶1:800倍稀释、提纯CarMV病毒浓度为1 ng/mL (绝对检测量为0.1 ng)时仍能检测到病毒。利用ACP-ELISA对田间香石竹样品的检测表明,CarMV在香石竹上发病很普遍。