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Mikaelyan MV, Poghosyan GG, Hendrickson OD, Dzantiev BB, Gasparyan VK. Wheat germ agglutinin and Lens culinaris agglutinin sensitized anisotropic silver nanoparticles in detection of bacteria: A simple photometric assay. Anal Chim Acta 2017; 981:80-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Revised: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Hovhannisyan VA, Bazukyan IL, Gasparyan VK. Application of silver nanoparticles and CdSe quantum dots sensitized with of C-like lectin for detection of St. aureus. Comparison of various approaches. Talanta 2017; 175:366-369. [PMID: 28842004 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.07.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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C-type lectin from hen egg shell as a recognition ligand for detection of St. aureus was applied. Three approaches for detection of bacteria were used and the sensitivities of the assays were compared. Two of them included spherical and anisotropic silver nanoparticles sensitized by lectin. In these cases the optical changes as a result of interaction of sensitized nanoparticles with bacteria were measured. In the third approach hybrid system of CdSe quantum dots-anisotropic silver nanoparticles sensitized by lectin was applied. Here fluorescent changes as a result of resonance energy transfer between nanoparticles as consequence of their interaction with bacteria were measured. The data demonstrate that assays with spherical silver nanoparticles permit to detect St. aureus in the range of 6 × 104/mL-2 × 107/mL, anisotropic silver nanoparticles in the range of 2 × 105/mL-1 × 108/mL, CdSe-Ag hybrid system in the range of 6 × 103/mL-2 × 107/mL. The data demonstrate that hybrid system CdSe-Ag with resonance energy transfer provides the best sensitivity.
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- Varduhi A Hovhannisyan
- Laboratory of Medical Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan 0014, Armenia
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- Laboratory of Medical Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan 0014, Armenia.
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Unny SK, Lewis JT, Brayton BH, White DW, Bonomelli SL. Comparison of the Immunogenicity of Four Group A Streptococcal Serotypes. J Histotechnol 2013. [DOI: 10.1179/his.1988.11.4.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Gasparyan VK, Bazukyan IL. Lectin sensitized anisotropic silver nanoparticles for detection of some bacteria. Anal Chim Acta 2013; 766:83-7. [PMID: 23427804 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2012] [Revised: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A method of bacteria detection by sensitized anisotropic silver nanoparticles is presented. Anisotropic silver nanoparticles with two bands of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) are prepared and sensitized with potato lectin. These nanoparticles are able to detect three bacterial species: Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus. The interaction of these bacteria with such nanoparticles induces drastic changes in optical spectra of nanoparticles that are correlated with bacteria titer. The maximal sensitivity is observed for S. aureus (up to 1.5×10(4) mL(-1)).
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Dalkowski A, Fimmel S, Beutler C, Zouboulis CC. Cryotherapy modifies synthetic activity and differentiation of keloidal fibroblastsin vitro. Exp Dermatol 2003; 12:673-81. [PMID: 14705809 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0625.2003.00015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In order to obtain a persuasive explanation for the beneficial clinical effect of cryotherapy on keloids, we developed a reproducible model to apply freezing temperatures on cell cultures, and investigated their influence on proliferation, viability, synthetic activity and differentiation of dermal fibroblasts in vitro. Cell cultures were established from 13 untreated keloids and 10 healthy skin specimens matched for age and skin localization to the donors. No significant influence of cell freezing on the proliferation rates of both keloidal and normal fibroblasts was documented, but mechanical cell destruction with a wide variation in lethality rates (29% average lethal effect on keloidal fibroblasts and 41% on normal ones) was observed. When comparing specimens of keloidal and normal tissue derived from the same four donors, the keloidal fibroblasts were similar regarding their synthetic activity but presented enhanced tenascin-C expression compared with the normal fibroblasts. After cryotherapy, delayed collagen III increase was detected in both cell types (P = 0.03). The collagen II/collagen I ratio increased from 1.6 to 2.8 in the keloidal and only from 1.9 to 2.2 in the normal fibroblasts after subcultivation. Normal fibroblasts exhibited a significantly lasting increase in fibronectin synthesis after freezing (P = 0.03). The intensity of staining against tenascin-C was decreased in five of nine keloidal fibroblast cultures after cryotherapy (P < 0.05) but increased in four of five normal fibroblast cultures (P = 0.016), so that the intensity of tenascin-C staining after freezing became identical in both cell types. Immunoblot studies in four patients and two controls confirmed a temporary decrease of tenascin-C in keloidal but not in normal fibroblasts immediately after freezing. Significantly decreased staining with two markers of myogenic differentiation, myosin in keloidal fibroblasts (P = 0.002) and desmin (P = 0.007) in normal fibroblasts, could also be detected after treatment. In summary, with the help of a model for controlled cell freezing in vitro, cryotherapy was found to modify collagen synthesis and differentiation of keloidal fibroblasts.
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- A Dalkowski
- Department Dermatology, University Medical Center Benjamin Franklin, The Free University of Berlin, Fabeckstrasse 60-62, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Quill TA, Hedrick JL. Oviductal Localization of the Cortical Granule Lectin Ligand Involved in the Block to Polyspermy of Xenopus Laevis. (CGL/polyspermy/fertilization/Xenopus/oviduct). Dev Growth Differ 1994. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1994.00615.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sanders GM, Verschoor JA, van Wyngaard S, Korsten L, Kotzé JM. Production of monoclonal antibodies against Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae and their use to investigate differences in virulence. THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY 1994; 77:509-18. [PMID: 7528196 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1994.tb04395.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Four Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae isolates from mango black spot lesions were grouped according to differences in virulence and used to raise monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Two immunization approaches were followed. In the first, four groups of mice were immunized, each with a different isolate and the spleens from each group homogenized together for cell fusion. The second approach entailed immunization of a single group of mice with bacteria pooled from all four isolates. The resultant mAbs were characterized with regard to the antigen binding specificity and antibody class. A relationship between mAb binding specificity and virulence of the bacteria was shown by Western blot analysis.
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- G M Sanders
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, South Africa
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Steinmetz I, Albrecht F, Häussler S, Brenneke B. Monoclonal IgA class-switch variants against bacterial surface antigens: molecular forms and transport into murine respiratory secretions. Eur J Immunol 1994; 24:2855-62. [PMID: 7957576 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830241141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The present study describes a new model for passive immunization of the respiratory tract with IgA in comparison to other isotypes. Monoclonal IgA-isotype-switch variants were isolated from different IgG-producing hybridoma clones specific for surface epitopes of bacterial respiratory tract pathogens. Analysis of the molecular form of the IgA variants revealed the simultaneous production of monomeric, dimeric and higher polymeric IgA by a single-cell line with predominance of the polymeric forms. The specificities of the IgA variants were identical to the parent IgG antibodies as demonstrated by inhibition experiments. The IgA variant antibodies were separated into monomers and polymers by gel filtration. Intravenous injection of the different molecular forms of IgA and of IgG into mice were used to investigate the transport characteristics of IgA into murine upper and lower respiratory tract secretions by the physiological route in comparison to IgG. Polymeric IgA variant, monomeric IgA variant and IgG were detected in immunologically active form in both nasal secretion and bronchoalveolar fluid as evidenced by binding to their antigens in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The relative contribution of the specific exogenous monoclonal IgA and monoclonal IgG to total IgA and IgG, respectively, was determined in secretions. Comparison of the secretion to serum transport ratios clearly indicates selective transport of polymeric IgA variant into nasal secretions relative to IgG parent antibody. Molecular and functional characteristics of the IgA variants make them ideal for passive mucosal immunization experiments and identification of protective epitopes in mucosal immunity.
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- I Steinmetz
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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Green J, Norcott JP, Lewis D, Arnold C, Brown DW. Norwalk-like viruses: demonstration of genomic diversity by polymerase chain reaction. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31:3007-12. [PMID: 8263187 PMCID: PMC266189 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.31.11.3007-3012.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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A reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) amplification procedure was developed for the detection of Norwalk-like viruses in fecal specimens. Ninety-nine fecal specimens collected in the United Kingdom and containing small round-structured virus particles as determined by electron microscopy were tested. They came from 50 outbreaks and 16 sporadic cases of viral gastroenteritis. RT-PCR products of the appropriate size for Norwalk virus RNA were detected in 15 specimens from three outbreaks, suggesting that viruses closely related to Norwalk virus have not been circulating widely in the United Kingdom in recent years. From four isolates, the RT-PCR amplification products of two genomic regions were sequenced and the degree of genomic variation was compared. DNA sequencing of the PCR products revealed strong similarities among strains from the United Kingdom (approximately 97% for both regions amplified) but significant differences from Norwalk virus (67 to 78%). All of the viruses detected by RT-PCR were classified as serotype UK2 by solid-phase immune electron microscopy or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. These findings provide evidence of a genomic relationship between Norwalk virus and serotype UK2 small round-structured viruses.
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- J Green
- Virus Reference Division, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, United Kingdom
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Gutierrez CB, Rodriguez-Barbosa JI, Suarez J, Tascon RI, Rodriguez-Ferri EF. Evaluation of an immunoperoxidase technique using an only biotin-labeled antibody for the demonstration of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in tissue sections. ZENTRALBLATT FUR VETERINARMEDIZIN. REIHE B. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. SERIES B 1993; 40:81-8. [PMID: 8322547 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1993.tb00113.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In this report an immunoperoxidase technique (IPB) using an only biotin-labeled antibody is compared to culture isolation method (CIM) for the demonstration of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1 in tissues of mice inoculated intravenously. The organism was isolated in 86.7% of mice and detected by IPB in 100% of cases. A. pleuropneumoniae antigen was mainly demonstrated in the liver, spleen and lungs, but also in the kidney and brain, being especially located in the cytoplasm of macrophages. Significant differences were observed between the results obtained by both tests (P < 0.001). Cross-reactions occurred by IPB when a rabbit anti-A. pleuropneumoniae serotype 11 serum was tested but never when an anti-serotype 9 serum was used. The immunoperoxidase test here described yielded much better results than CIM and it could be useful in routine diagnosis of A. pleuropneumoniae infections.
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- C B Gutierrez
- Department of Animal Pathology (Animal Health), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, León, Spain
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Hübner I, Steinmetz I, Obst U, Giebel D, Bitter-Suermann D. Rapid determination of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae in drinking water by an immunological assay using a monoclonal antibody against enterobacterial common antigen. Appl Environ Microbiol 1992; 58:3187-91. [PMID: 1444435 PMCID: PMC183071 DOI: 10.1128/aem.58.9.3187-3191.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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An immunological method for the detection of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae in drinking water was developed. The method was based on a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with monoclonal antibody immunoglobulin G2a 898 against enterobacterial common antigen. The enterobacterial common antigen sandwich ELISA combined with selective preenrichment culture could be performed in only 24 h. Six hundred sixty-eight water samples from a variety of German public water supplies were screened to verify the effectiveness of the new method. Ninety-eight percent of the results obtained by the immunological method could be confirmed by conventional microbiological methods. The immunological method proved to be considerably faster and more specific and sensitive than the standard method specified by the German drinking water regulations.
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- I Hübner
- WFM Wasserforschung Mainz GmbH, Germany
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Ishizuka T, Kawagoe M, Suzuki K, Hara M, Harigai M, Kawakami M, Kawaguchi Y, Hidaka T, Matsuki Y, Tanaka N. An ultrasensitive system to detect IL-4: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) combined with an avidin-biotin and enzyme amplification system. J Immunol Methods 1992; 153:213-22. [PMID: 1517592 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(92)90324-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We established an ultrasensitive interleukin-4 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay by combining ELISA with an avidin-biotin and enzyme amplification system. The resultant system (AB-EA ELISA) was 250 times more sensitive than conventional ELISA and 2.5 times more sensitive than enhanced ELISA using an enzyme amplification system alone. The ultrasensitive assay was specific to IL-4 alone; there was no cross reaction with other cytokines. Using the ultrasensitive assay, we measured IL-4 synthesis in vitro by unstimulated and stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with allergic rhinitis. PBMC from patients spontaneously produced measurable amounts of IL-4, whereas IL-4 production from PBMC of normal controls, if any, was below detectable levels. Stimulation of the cultures with LPS significantly increased IL-4 production in two of six patient PBMC cultures but in none of the control cultures; stimulation with Con A markedly increased IL-4 production in all patient PBMC cultures but in only two of seven control cultures. These results suggest that the AB-EA ELISA is a useful method to study the mechanism of IL-4 synthesis in type-I allergic diseases.
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- T Ishizuka
- Internal Medicine I, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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Kay G, Bailie JR, Halliday IM, Nelson J, Walker B. The synthesis, kinetic characterization and application of biotinylated aminoacylchloromethanes for the detection of chymotrypsin and trypsin-like serine proteinases. Biochem J 1992; 283 ( Pt 2):455-9. [PMID: 1575691 PMCID: PMC1131056 DOI: 10.1042/bj2830455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The synthesis of two biotinylated affinity labels for chymotrypsin and trypsin-like serine proteinases is described, along with their kinetic characterization and application to the detection of these proteinases after PAGE and Western blotting. Thus the chloromethane analogues biotinylphenylalanylchloromethane (Bio-Phe-CH2Cl; reagent 1) and biotinylarginylchloromethane (Bio-Arg-CH2Cl, reagent 2), have been shown to be potent active-site-directed inactivators of chymotrypsin and trypsin respectively. The apparent overall second-order rate constants (kobs./[I]) for the inactivation of chymotrypsin and trypsin by reagent 1 (approximately 4.9 x 10(3) M-1.min-1) and reagent 2 (approximately 1.0 x 10(5) M-1.min-1) respectively are comparable with those obtained by other workers with simple urethane-protected analogues and demonstrates that the presence of the bulky biotinyl moiety is compatible with inhibitor effectiveness. Samples of chymotrypsin and trypsin that have been inactivated by reagents 1 and 2 respectively and which have been subjected to SDS/PAGE and Western blotting can be revealed with a streptavidin/alkaline phosphatase label. We can presently detect down to 20 ng of inactivated proteinase by using this system. The utility of the arginine derivative for the detection of the plasma trypsin-like proteinases plasmin and thrombin has also been demonstrated, thus holding out the possibility that this reagent may find general application as an active-site-directed label for this class of proteinase.
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- G Kay
- Division of Biochemistry, School of Biology and Biochemistry, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K
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Saginati M, Siri A, Balza E, Ponassi M, Zardi L. A simple procedure for tenascin purification. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 205:545-9. [PMID: 1374029 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb16811.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Here we describe a two-step procedure for purification of human tenascin from conditioned medium of the SK-MEL-28 human melanoma cell line. The first step consists in passing the conditioned media through two chromatography columns connected in sequence. The first is a large capacity gelatin--Sepharose affinity chromatography column (to remove fibronectin), the second, over which the unbound material from the first column flows directly, is a hydroxyapatite chromatography column. Under these conditions, all tenascin present in the conditioned medium binds to the hydroxyapatite chromatography column from which it is then eluted by a 5-300 mM sodium phosphate gradient. With this step, we obtain a crude tenascin preparation, concentrated about 20 times with respect to the starting conditioned medium, and in which tenascin represents more than 50% of the total protein. The second step consists of two sequential precipitations with 6% and 12.8% poly(ethylene glycol). After this step, tenascin is more than 95% pure and does not show any contamination of chondroitin-sulfate-containing proteoglycans that are known to bind to it. From 21 medium we obtain about 3-4 mg tenascin which corresponds to a yield of about 40-50%. This procedure gives a higher yield, is simpler with respect to procedures previously described, avoids the exposure of the protein to denaturing agents or harsh conditions and could be used for purification of tenascin from the conditioned media of other cell lines. Thus, this procedure may represent a simple and useful tool for the preparation of tenascin to study its biological functions.
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- M Saginati
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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Steinmetz I, Rheinheimer C, Hübner I, Bitter-Suermann D. Genus-specific epitope on the 60-kilodalton Legionella heat shock protein recognized by a monoclonal antibody. J Clin Microbiol 1991; 29:346-54. [PMID: 1706730 PMCID: PMC269765 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.29.2.346-354.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A monoclonal antibody (MAb) immunoglobulin G2a (2125) was produced against a 60-kDa Legionella heat shock protein (HSP), recognizing a unique epitope common to all species of the genus Legionella. The antibody reacted in the immunoblot with 59 Legionella species and serogroups that were tested and showed no cross-reactivity with other bacteria, including Acinetobacter spp., Bordetella spp., Pseudomonas spp., Mycobacterium spp., and Escherichia coli. Two other MAbs (2122 and 2130) reacted with the 60-kDa Legionella protein as well but showed different cross-reactivities with other gram-negative bacteria in the same molecular mass range. The genus-specific MAb 2125 as well as the cross-reacting MAbs 2122 and 2130 were shown to be reactive with the expressed protein of the cloned gene of the 60-kDa HSP of Legionella micdadei and Legionella pneumophila. These antibodies demonstrate that Legionella-specific and nonspecific epitopes are present on this protein. A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in which the genus-specific MAb is used both as a capture antibody and as a biotinylated second antibody has been established. With this test it is possible to detect Legionella whole cells, sonicated cells, and cell fractions containing the 60-kDa HSP. The main part of the 60-kDa HSP is found in the cytoplasmic fraction. The sandwich ELISA can be used to demonstrate the increased expression of the 60-kDa protein in Legionella cells following heat shock as well as marked differences in the detection of the 60-kDa HSP on whole cells of different Legionella strains. The high specificity and sensitivity of the sandwich ELISA for sonicated cells might be very useful to screen on a genus level for Legionella cells or the 60-kDa antigen in environmental isolates or body fluids of patients.
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- I Steinmetz
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Hannover Medical School, Federal Republic of Germany
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Vilja P. One- and two-step non-competitive avidin-biotin immunoassays for monomeric and heterodimeric antigen. J Immunol Methods 1991; 136:77-84. [PMID: 1995714 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(91)90252-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In this study of one-step and two different two-step non-competitive avidin-biotin assays (NABAs) were developed for the measurement of a monomeric antigen (lactoferrin, LF) using polyclonal antibodies and the detection of a heterodimeric antigen (lutropin. LH) using monoclonal antibodies. The assays were based on the use of performed complexes of biotinylated antibody and avidin-peroxidase conjugate. The detection limits and intra-assay CVs of the one- and two-step NABAs were 0.1-0.5 mg/ml and 2.6-5.1% for LF, and 0.1-0.2 IU/l and 2.3-3.7% for LH, respectively. The working range was 1-100 ng/ml for the LF assay and 1-100 IU/l for the LH assay. A linear relationship with high correlation coefficients (0.979-0.992 for LF-NABAs: 0.949-0.990 for LH-NABAs) and good agreement was observed between the one- and two-step assays and the corresponding three-step NABAs used as reference methods. However, under stringent conditions the one-step assay for heterodimeric antigen was found to be sensitive to interference. The results indicate that it is possible to perform the multistep NABAs using convenient one- and two-step protocols. The one- and two-step assays also retained the advantages of the avidin-biotin system: rapidity and good sensitivity.
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- P Vilja
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland
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Tsai CC, Follis KE, Yarnall M, Deaver LE, Benveniste RE, Sager PR. In vitro screening for antiretroviral agents against simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). Antiviral Res 1990; 14:87-98. [PMID: 1703397 DOI: 10.1016/0166-3542(90)90046-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), which causes an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in macaques, is a lentivirus that is morphologically, antigenically, genetically, and biologically similar to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Because of these similarities, the SIV model represents a unique opportunity for in vitro and in vivo testing of antiretroviral agents. Since antiretroviral agents may exhibit different properties in different cells in vitro, more than one cell line may be necessary to evaluate the efficacy and modes of action of an antiretroviral agent. Initially we tested ten cell lines for their permissiveness to five SIV isolates. One B-cell line (AA-2) and one T-cell line (HuT 78) were selected to test antiretroviral agents since both were extremely permissive for SIVmac251, an isolate with a high rate of infectivity. Using this optimized in vitro testing protocol, we screened ten antiretroviral agents for their ability to inhibit SIV replication. Six of the compounds completely inhibited SIV viral antigen expression. Based on the selectivity index, 3'-azido-3'-dideoxythymidine, 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxyuridine, and 3'-fluoro-3'-deoxythymidine appear to be the most efficacious antiretroviral agents against SIVmac251. Several different assays for determining viral antigen inhibition were conducted and the results of these assays were comparable. Our results demonstrate that the SIV in vitro model is a valuable screening tool for determining the efficacy and toxicity of new antiretroviral agents.
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- C C Tsai
- Regional Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle
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Miyoshi Y, Onishi T, Sano T, Komi N. Monoclonal antibody against human enterokinase and immunohistochemical localization of the enzyme. GASTROENTEROLOGIA JAPONICA 1990; 25:320-7. [PMID: 2192931 DOI: 10.1007/bf02779445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A monoclonal antibody, hek-1, was raised against enterokinase or enteropeptidase that had previously been partially purified from human duodenal fluid. Hek-1 showed staining of two glycoprotein bands of relative molecular weights of 260,000 and 240,000 on immunoblot analysis of partially purified enterokinase and of ammonium sulfate fraction of duodenal fluid. An enzyme immunoassay for human enterokinase was developed, making use of hek-1. Sensitivity to enterokinase was 20 times higher than that of the conventional assay where BAPA was used as a substrate. The immunohistochemical study with hek-1 showed staining of the brush border membrane and some goblet cells of the duodenum and upper jejunum but no staining of the colon epithelium.
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- Y Miyoshi
- First Department of Surgery, University of Tokushima School of Medicine, Japan
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Avidin-biotin complex incorporation into enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ABELISA) for improving the detection ofAzospirillum brasilense Cd. Curr Microbiol 1990. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02092879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hara E, Fukatsu T, Ishikawa H. Characterization of symbionin with anti-symbionin antiserum. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-1790(90)90064-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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[57] Biotinylated protein A in immunoassay. Methods Enzymol 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(90)84311-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Wimalasena RL, de Alwis W, Wilson GS. Influence of screening procedures on properties of monoclonal antibodies to glucose oxidase. Anal Chim Acta 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2670(00)83268-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Harmer IJ, Samuel D. The FITC-anti-FITC system is a sensitive alternative to biotin-streptavidin in ELISA. J Immunol Methods 1989; 122:115-21. [PMID: 2503563 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(89)90341-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In a model ELISA system alkaline phosphatase (AP) absorbed onto microtitre wells was employed as the target antigen. The antigen was then reacted with a monoclonal antibody to AP either unlabelled or labelled with (a) FITC and (b) biotin. The bound anti-AP was then detected with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) conjugates of polyvalent anti-mouse IgG, and the FITC and biotin anti-AP conjugates with HRP conjugates of a monoclonal anti-FITC or streptavidin respectively. The FITC-anti-FITC system proved to be of similar sensitivity to the biotin-streptavidin system detecting 140 amol compared to 350 amol of antigen. Both these methods of antigen detection were superior to the anti-mouse IgG reagent (2100 amol). In contrast to biotinylated antibodies, FITC-labelled antibodies are highly coloured and fluorescent. These features aid the preparation, purification and characterisation of conjugates. In addition, very low non-specific binding is encountered with enzyme conjugates of anti-FITC and this may confer an advantage over enzyme conjugates of avidin/streptavidin reagents.
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- I J Harmer
- Division of Microbiological Reagents and Quality Control, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, U.K
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Lee MY, Alejandro R, Toomey NL. Immunochemical studies of DNA polymerase delta: relationships with DNA polymerase alpha. Arch Biochem Biophys 1989; 272:1-9. [PMID: 2472116 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(89)90187-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A panel of murine hybridoma cell lines which produce antibodies against polypeptides present in human placental DNA polymerase delta preparations was developed. Eight of these antibodies were characterized by virtue of their ability to inhibit DNA polymerase delta activity and immunoblot the 170-kDa catalytic polypeptide. Six of these eight antibodies inhibit DNA polymerase delta but not DNA polymerase alpha, showing that the two proteins are distinct. However, the other two monoclonal antibodies inhibited both DNA polymerase delta and alpha activities, providing the first evidence that these two proteins have a structural relationship. In addition to antibodies against the catalytic polypeptide we also identified 11 antibodies which recognize 120-, 100-, 88-, 75-, 62-, 36-, and 22-kDa polypeptides in DNA polymerase delta preparations, suggesting that these proteins might be part of a replication complex. The antibody to the 36-kDa polypeptide was shown to be directed against proliferating cell nuclear antigen/cyclin. These antibodies should prove useful for studies aimed at distinguishing between DNA polymerases alpha and delta and for the investigation of the functional roles of DNA polymerase delta polypeptides.
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- M Y Lee
- Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101
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Edwin C. Quantitative determination of staphylococcal enterotoxin A by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using a combination of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies and biotin-streptavidin interaction. J Clin Microbiol 1989; 27:1496-501. [PMID: 2768439 PMCID: PMC267602 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.27.7.1496-1501.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) was developed by using monoclonal antibodies (MAb) to SEA as primary capture antibodies. The antigen was detected with purified rabbit anti-SEA antibody as the secondary antibody. The secondary antibody was identified by direct conjugation with biotin or via biotinylated sheep F(ab')2 fragments to rabbit antibody. The biotin was then reacted with avidin-alkaline phosphatase (AP) conjugate, avidin-biotin-AP conjugated complex, or streptavidin-AP conjugate. The enzyme was identified by using p-nitrophenylphosphate. The incorporation of the avidin-biotin-AP conjugated complex or streptavidin-AP conjugate augmented the sensitivity 32-fold over that of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay without these reagents. Controls were run by substitution of the anti-SEA MAb with unrelated MAb of the same isotype. Sample values were considered positive when the A405 exceeded those of the negative controls by 3 standard deviations (greater than 99% confidence interval). The toxin could be quantitated with purified SEA standards through linear regression analysis with lower detection limits of 4 ng/ml (r = 0.99) and 0.25 ng/ml (r greater than or equal to 0.98). Concentrations of protein A up to 10 micrograms/ml did not cause interference. Analyses of crude growth extracts of SEA-secreting strains of Staphylococcus aureus were reproducible and were expressed in terms of 95% confidence intervals. Lack of cross-reactivity was seen with extracts of other toxigenic and nontoxigenic strains of S. aureus. The assay can be completed in one working day, provided that MAb-coated plates are available.
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- C Edwin
- Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Kurstak E, Marusyk R, Salmi A, Babiuk L, Kurstak C, Van Regenmortel M. Detection of viral antigens and antibodies. Enzyme immunoassays. Subcell Biochem 1989; 15:1-37. [PMID: 2678615 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1675-4_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Uchigata Y, Prabhakar BS, Notkins AL. Probing the human B-cell repertoire: isolation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed human B lymphocytes making antibodies with a common idiotope that have different antigen-binding specificities. J Clin Immunol 1988; 8:459-63. [PMID: 2851610 DOI: 10.1007/bf00916951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Human peripheral B lymphocytes were transformed with Epstein-Barr virus and probed with an antiidiotypic antibody made against a human monoclonal autoantibody. Six cell lines were isolated that produced antibodies bearing a common idiotope. Despite the presence of this common idiotope, the antibodies showed antigen-binding specificities different from that of the parental antibody to which the antiidiotypic antibody was made. By probing Epstein-Barr virus-transformed cells with well-characterized antiidiotypic antibodies, it should now be possible to isolate and determine the frequency of B cells bearing specific idiotopes in the human repertoire and to study the antigen-binding properties of these antibodies.
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- Y Uchigata
- Laboratory of Oral Medicine, National Institute of Dental Research, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Klos A, Ihrig V, Messner M, Grabbe J, Bitter-Suermann D. Detection of native human complement components C3 and C5 and their primary activation peptides C3a and C5a (anaphylatoxic peptides) by ELISAs with monoclonal antibodies. J Immunol Methods 1988; 111:241-52. [PMID: 3260926 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(88)90133-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were raised against human C3a, C3b, C5a, and C5b after immunization of BALB/c mice with the native components C3 and C5. Using different combinations of these mAbs we have developed four sensitive sandwhich-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for the detection of native C3 or C5 in samples with low concentrations of these proteins, e.g., in cell culture supernatants or synovial fluids and cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) and for the detection of the anaphylatoxic peptides (AT-peptides) C3a or C5a in human EDTA-plasma. The C3- and C5-ELISAs were found to be specific for the uncleaved complement proteins. Two different anti-C3a or anti-C5a mAbs were combined for the C3a- and C5a-ELISA. Before assaying a sample in the C3a- or C5a-ELISA a precipitation step to eliminate uncleaved C3 and C5 was necessary. The sensitivity and specificity of the four ELISAs were tested with purified antigens and EDTA-plasma or Cobra venom factor-activated EGTA-plasma samples as a source of C3a and C5a. The detection limits were 1 ng/ml for C3, 1 ng/ml for C3a, 2 ng/ml for C5, and 100 pg/ml for C5a. Plasma samples from patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery were used as a source of pathological material.
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- A Klos
- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Mainz, F.R.G
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- M Wilchek
- Department of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Musiani M, Zerbini M, Plazzi M, Gentilomi G, La Placa M. Immunocytochemical detection of antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen by a streptavidin-biotin-complex assay. J Clin Microbiol 1988; 26:1005-8. [PMID: 2838499 PMCID: PMC266505 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.26.5.1005-1008.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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An immunocytochemical staining for the detection of antibody to Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen in cell smears was developed by using a three-dimensional complex of streptavidin and biotin labeled with horseradish peroxidase as the detector system. The presence of antibody against Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen was revealed by a dark staining of the nuclei of Raji cells. A significant correlation was found between the titers obtained with our assay and titers obtained by anticomplement immunofluorescence on 110 serum samples. Our assay did not require an Epstein-Barr virus-negative serum source for fresh complement and gave a permanent record of the reaction that could easily be observed under an ordinary light microscope.
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- M Musiani
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Bologna, Italy
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Nilsson B, Larsson AC, Pålsson K, Ohgren Y, Back M, Nilsson K. An amplification technology for improving sensitivity when measuring components in biological samples. J Immunol Methods 1988; 108:237-44. [PMID: 3280686 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(88)90425-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A new technology for improving the sensitivity in measuring components in biological samples is described. The method is based on the use of spherical microbeads (detection beads) which contain a large amount of immobilized enzyme and a reagent with biospecific affinity for the component to be detected. These microbeads have been used in a 'sandwich reaction' for visualization of P-fimbriated Escherichia coli which has a known receptor structure (Gal(alpha 1-4)Gal(beta)). In the initial step the bacteria were enriched on a solid support (e.g., a plastic film or beads (greater than 150 microns)) to which the receptor structure had been covalently bound. In the next step detection beads coupled with enzyme and receptor structure were added and finally a chromogenic substrate for the enzyme was used for visualization. A sensitivity of 10(5) bacteria/ml was reached. The detection beads are of general utility and might be useful for the detection of lectins on other pathogens.
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- B Nilsson
- Research and Development, Sockerbolaget AB, Arlöv, Sweden
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Obert G, Beyer C. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using monoclonal antibodies for the detection of respiratory syncytial virus in clinical specimens. Arch Virol 1988; 100:37-49. [PMID: 2455493 DOI: 10.1007/bf01310906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed for the detection of respiratory syncytial virus in nasopharyngeal secretions. This assay employed as immunoreagents two monoclonal antibodies directed against two distinct epitopes of the viral nucleocapsid. One of them (RSV 4) was used for antigen capture and the other (NC 4) was labelled with N-hydroxy-succinimide-epsilon-caproil biotin and used for antigen detection. Streptavidin biotin-peroxidase complexes were employed as amplification mode. The immunoassay was performed in 6 hours and was able to detect as little as 1 ng/ml of purified nucleocapsid. When 87 nasopharyngeal secretions were analyzed by an indirect immunofluorescence assay using commercial reagents and by the newly developed ELISA, the sensitivity and the specificity of the two assays were found to be very similar.
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- G Obert
- Laboratoire de Virologie, Faculté de Médecine, U74 de l'Inserm, Strasbourg, France
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De Schrijver G, Wieme RJ, D'Haese F, Deen D. A radial-partition fluoroimmunoassay for the detection of Hepatitis B surface antigen with the streptavidin/biotin complex. Anal Chim Acta 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2670(00)82333-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mierau R, Robinson PJ, Sanderson AR, Genth E, Cramer M. Antigenic determinants shared between HLA-A, -B, -C antigens and H-2 class I molecules modified by bovine beta-2 microglobulin. Immunogenetics 1987; 26:351-5. [PMID: 2444534 DOI: 10.1007/bf00343703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The specificity of the mouse class I-specific antibody COB6-3 was examined in detail. It was found to react with the mouse class I molecules H-2Db, Kd, and Qa-2, and with human HLA-A, -B, -C antigens. The specificity pattern of COB6-3, despite its different origin, was similar to that of the monomorphic HLA class I-specific antibody W6/32. Cross-inhibition studies show that on human cells the antigenic determinants recognized by the two antibodies are situated close together and may be identical. On mouse cells, reactivity of both antibodies was generated upon replacement of mouse beta-2 microglobulin (B2m) with its bovine counterpart, but differences in specificity were observed using human B2m.
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- R Mierau
- Rheumaforschungsinstitut, Rheumaklinik Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Roach PD, Noël SP. Biotinylation of low density lipoproteins via free amino groups without loss of receptor binding activity. J Lipid Res 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)38583-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Da Costa Castro JM, Deschamps F, Benbachir M, Henrichsen J, Volle PJ, Guinet RM. Highly sensitive biotin-avidin sandwich ELISA for the rapid detection of pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide antigens. J Immunol Methods 1987; 104:265-70. [PMID: 3680958 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(87)90514-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The immunological detection of soluble pneumococcal polysaccharide antigens in pathological products is of importance in the direct diagnosis of meningitis or pulmonary infections. We have developed a double antibody sandwich ELISA method using a biotin-avidin system using antibodies constituted with a mixture of IgGs from pooled and/or monospecific antipneumococcal sera provided by the Danish Statens Seruminstitut. The sensitivity of this rapid ELISA method was optimized with purified capsular polysaccharides of the 24 main pneumococcal serotypes. With incubation steps of 30 min at 37 degrees C for the antigens and the conjugates, the detection limit was close to 1 ng/ml for 75% of the purified polysaccharides. A retrospective study of 46 CSF samples established the validity of the assay. This type of modified ELISA system represents a specific, sensitive and rapid procedure for the potential detection of capsular soluble antigens of all pneumococcal serotypes.
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Einhorn MS, Granoff DM, Nahm MH, Quinn A, Shackelford PG. Concentrations of antibodies in paired maternal and infant sera: relationship to IgG subclass. J Pediatr 1987; 111:783-8. [PMID: 3312554 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(87)80268-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Previous studies comparing IgG subclass concentrations in cord and maternal sera have indicated that IgG1 is transported across the placenta to a greater extent than is IgG2. The purpose of our study was to examine the relationship between the transport of IgG1 and IgG2 and the transport of specific antibodies that are relatively restricted to a particular subclass, either IgG1 or IgG2. The concentrations of total serum IgG1 and IgG2 and those of IgG-anti-tetanus toxoid (TT) and anti-group A streptococcal carbohydrate (GAC) were measured in 30 paired maternal and cord sera. Previous studies have shown that anti-TT in adults is predominantly IgG1, whereas anti-GAC is predominantly IgG2. The mean cord/maternal concentration ratios of IgG1 and anti-TT were similar (1.77 +/- 0.56 and 1.93 +/- 0.67, respectively), but differed significantly (P = 0.0001) from those of IgG2 and anti-GAC (0.99 +/- 0.39 and 1.01 +/- 0.45, respectively). We confirmed the difference in cord/maternal concentration ratios of IgG1 and IgG2 antibodies by measuring IgG1 and IgG2 antibodies specific for Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide; the mean cord/maternal concentration ratio of IgG1-anti-Hib PS was significantly higher than that of IgG2-anti-Hib PS (2.23 +/- 0.83 compared with 0.94 +/- 0.49, P = 0.01). These results indicate that placental transport of IgG antibodies is related to their subclass composition.
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- M S Einhorn
- Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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Greffard A, Bourgarit JJ, le Maho S, Lambré CR. Determination of the complement component C2 by ELISA in human serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluids. Immunol Lett 1987; 15:145-51. [PMID: 3623635 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2478(87)90046-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In order to measure the concentration of the human complement component C2 in various biological fluids, an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed. This assay was highly sensitive and allowed to detect as few as 400 pg of C2 in a sample volume of 150 microliters (i.e. 2.6 ng/ml). This is a 10- to 15-fold increase in sensitivity with regard to the conventional hemolytic test. As assessed by an immunoblot analysis, our anti-C2 antiserum was able to detect native C2 as well as the cleavage fragments C2a and C2b generated upon complement activation through the classical pathway. Thus, complement activation involving the classical pathway can easily be evidenced by comparing functional (hemolytic) and immunochemical (ELISA) C2 assays which respectively do not and do reveal activated C2. When C2 was assayed in either normal human serum or bronchoalveolar fluids, in both ELISA and hemolytic tests, a highly significant correlation was observed between the two assays (P less than or equal to 0.01). The specific C2 activity (i.e. functional hemolytic activity/ng C2 assayed in ELISA) was higher in serum than in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from both normal volunteers and patients with pulmonary diseases.
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Mushahwar IK. A biotin/avidin solid-phase sandwich enzyme immunoassay for the antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs). J Virol Methods 1987; 16:1-11. [PMID: 3611287 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(87)90025-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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A biotin/avidin solid-phase enzyme immunoassay for the detection and quantitation of the antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) is described. The assay utilizes hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) as a solid-phase 'capture' reagent and a mixture of biotinylated HBsAg and avidin-conjugated horseradish peroxidase as a probe 'detector' reagent. The assay was compared to a commercial radioimmune assay for anti-HBs detection. The two assays were found to measure the same molecules and to correlate well regarding anti-HBs titers.
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Brown DW, Beards GM, Flewett TH. Detection of Breda virus antigen and antibody in humans and animals by enzyme immunoassay. J Clin Microbiol 1987; 25:637-40. [PMID: 3571473 PMCID: PMC266050 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.25.4.637-640.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Enzyme immunoassays were developed for the detection of Breda virus antibody and antigen. Cattle sera collected in the United Kingdom were found to have a high prevalence of antibody (55%) to Breda virus when examined in a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. A low prevalence of antibody was found in pigs (2.2%), and no antibody was found in sheep or goat sera. No antibody to either Breda virus or Berne virus was detected in human sera collected from veterinarians and farm workers. Only 1 of 430 human fecal specimens (0.2%) contained Breda virus antigen detectable by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
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Brown DW, Beards GM, Chen GM, Flewett TH. Prevalence of antibody to group B (atypical) rotavirus in humans and animals. J Clin Microbiol 1987; 25:316-9. [PMID: 3029164 PMCID: PMC265891 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.25.2.316-319.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were developed for the detection of group B rotavirus antigen and antibody. The specificities of both assays were evaluated for antigens and serum specific for rotavirus groups A to D. Serum collected in the United Kingdom from different animal species exhibited the following high prevalence of group B rotavirus-specific antibody: pigs, 97%; cattle, 71%; sheep, 91%; and goats, 91%. In human serum, a lower prevalence of group B-specific antibody was detected; serum from blood donors showed 10% prevalence, and serum from veterinarians showed 4% prevalence.
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Davidson I, Malkinson M, Strenger C, Becker Y. An improved ELISA method, using a streptavidin-biotin complex, for detecting Marek's disease virus antigens in feather-tips of infected chickens. J Virol Methods 1986; 14:237-41. [PMID: 3025239 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(86)90025-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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To improve sensitivity in the detection of Marek's disease virus (MDV) antigens in extracts of feather tips from infected chickens, we added a preformed streptavidin-biotin complex to the standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Rabbit anti-chicken IgG-alkaline phosphatase that is used in the standard ELISA as the conjugate was replaced by a biotinylated rabbit anti-chicken IgG plus the streptavidin-biotin peroxidase complex (ABC) system. The ABC-ELISA system was correlated to the standard ELISA. There was increased sensitivity in the detection of MDV antigens present at low concentrations, while at the higher concentrations detection was similar to that in the standard ELISA. Both ELISA systems had the same increased sensitivity when compared with that of the agar gel precipitation (AGP) test.
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Belmaaza A, Hamel J, Mousseau S, Montplaisir S, Brodeur BR. Rapid diagnosis of severe Haemophilus influenzae serotype b infections by monoclonal antibody enzyme immunoassay for outer membrane proteins. J Clin Microbiol 1986; 24:440-5. [PMID: 3531231 PMCID: PMC268930 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.24.3.440-445.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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A highly sensitive and specific enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for the detection of Haemophilus influenzae serotype b antigens in body fluids and broth cultures was developed, with a polyclonal antibody directed against polyribose phosphate as the solid-phase reagent and a biotinylated monoclonal antibody directed against H. influenzae type b outer membrane protein as the liquid-phase reagent. H. influenzae type b antigens could be detected in broth cultures containing as little as 50 organisms per ml. The sensitivity and specificity of this system were compared with those of two commercial kits and counterimmunoelectrophoresis. The overall detection of H. influenzae type b antigens in clinical specimens collected from children infected with H. influenzae type b was as follows: with Phadebact, 86 and 86% in cerebrospinal fluid and urine specimens, respectively; with Bactigen, 86, 80, and 92%, with counterimmunoelectrophoresis, 78, 73, and 75%, and with biotin-avidin EIA, 100, 100, and 100% for cerebrospinal fluid, serum, and urine specimens, respectively. In the biotin-avidin EIA, no positive reactions were noted in specimens collected from patients infected with other bacteria or from patients without evidence of bacterial infection, whereas false-positive reactions were found by counterimmunoelectrophoresis and the commercial kits. These results suggest that this monoclonal antibody reacting with the outer membrane protein is more specific and sensitive than the conventional methods using polyclonal antisera for the detection of H. influenzae type b antigens during severe infections in children.
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Zrein M, Obert G, van Regenmortel MH. Use of egg-yolk antibody for detection of respiratory syncytial virus in nasal secretions by ELISA. Arch Virol 1986; 90:197-206. [PMID: 3524512 DOI: 10.1007/bf01317370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Egg-yolk immunoglobulins extracted from the eggs of hens immunized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have been used as a reagent in double sandwich ELISA for detecting RSV in nasal secretions. The sensitivity of virus detection was the same in indirect ELISA, using rabbit anti chicken globulin conjugate, as when biotinylated yolk globulin and labeled avidin were used for detection. The specificity of ELISA for detecting RSV using yolk antibody was similar to that achieved by indirect immunofluorescence using commercial reagents of mammalian origin. Purified immunoglobulin was easily extracted from egg yolk; the amount of globulin present in a single preparation obtained from a batch of ten eggs was sufficient to carry out 10(6) ELISA tests for RSV detection.
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Harigai M, Kawagoe M, Hirose W, Hara M, Kitani A, Hirose T, Norioka K, Suzuki K, Nakamura H. Measurement of spontaneous and stimulated anti-microsomal antibody synthesis in vitro by avidin-biotin enzyme immunoassay. J Immunol Methods 1986; 91:129-38. [PMID: 3522745 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(86)90111-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The spontaneous and stimulated anti-microsomal (anti-Mic) antibody synthesis in vitro by peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) was studied by a highly sensitive and thyroid microsome-specific enzyme immunoassay using an avidin-biotin system (A-B EIA). Since the amount of the synthesized anti-Mic antibody by PBL in vitro is very small, it is difficult to study its kinetics and response to mitogens or the specific antigen by conventional assay systems. We applied the avidin-biotin system to conventional indirect EIA and established an assay system which was about four times as sensitive as indirect EIA. PBL from patients with HT synthesized significant amount of IgG anti-Mic antibody spontaneously but those from normal individuals and patients with rheumatoid arthritis did not. IgG anti-Mic antibody synthesis with pokeweed mitogen stimulation was increased in all HT patients and that with thyroid microsome stimulation was increased in three out of five patients. These results indicate that A-B EIA is a useful system to study the mechanism of anti-Mic antibody synthesis in vitro.
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Mercurio FM, Houghten RA, Lagarias JC. Site-directed antisera to the chromophore binding site of phytochrome: characterization and cross-reactivity. Arch Biochem Biophys 1986; 248:35-42. [PMID: 3089166 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(86)90398-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The preparation and characterization of antisera to a synthetic undecapeptide which encompasses the chromophore binding site on oat phytochrome are described. By direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, this antiserum recognizes bilin-linked peptides in proteolytic digestion mixtures of phytochrome from several plant species including the monocot species, oat and maize, and the dicot species, pea. Competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays have been used to establish the specificity of the site-directed antisera for those peptides homologous with the synthetic undecapeptide which are present in complex mixtures. These results show that the local environment of the phytochromobilin prosthetic group is structurally conserved.
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Zrein M, Burckard J, Van Regenmortel MH. Use of the biotin-avidin system for detecting a broad range of serologically related plant viruses by ELISA. J Virol Methods 1986; 13:121-8. [PMID: 3734012 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(86)90079-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The biotin-avidin detection system was used in direct and indirect ELISA for detecting a broad range of serologically related tobamoviruses. When compared to standard ELISA procedures that use antibodies labelled with alkaline phosphatase, the biotin-avidin system increased the assay sensitivity and allowed a wider range of related viral serotypes to be detected.
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