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Liu Z, Guan T, Yu X, Zhang S, Huang X, Lei H, Chen J. Visual authenticating hazardous adulterant phenolphthalein in slimming foods: Target-mimicking hapten epitope improved immunoassay. Food Chem 2024; 446:138912. [PMID: 38452509 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Screening for the hazardous adulterant phenolphthalein (PTH) in slimming foods is necessary. Herein, the linkage of the PTH target epitope with various spacer arms was proposed for hapten design, aiming to produce highly sensitive and specific antibodies targeting PTH. To understand the influence of spacer arms on epitope, comprehensive evaluations were conducted using computer-aided chemistry and animal immunization. The resulting antibody exhibited maximal half-inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 0.25 ng/mL. Then, a lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) was established with detection capability for screening (CCβ) of less than 140, 240, and 25 ng/g for PTH in tea, instant coffee, and oral liquid, respectively. Furthermore, blind sample results agreed well with LFIA and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Therefore, this work not only provides a robust tool for detecting PTH adulteration but also suggests that the careful pairing of spacer arms with hapten epitope is a key factor in advancing rational hapten design.
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- Zhiwei Liu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety/Nation-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Machining and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety/Nation-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Machining and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Sichuan Institute of Food Inspection, Chengdu 610097, China
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- National Nutrition Food Testing Center, Shenzhen Academy of Metrology and Quality Inspection, Shenzhen 518131, China
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- Tropical Medicine Institute and South China Chinese Medicine Collaborative Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety/Nation-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Machining and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety/Nation-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Machining and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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Qin L, Xiao J, Yang H, Liang J, Li L, Wu S, Peng D. Rapid immunoassays for the detection of quinoxalines and their metabolites residues in animal-derived foods: A review. Food Chem 2024; 443:138539. [PMID: 38320375 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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Quinoxalines are a class of veterinary drugs with antibacterial and growth-promoting functions. They are often widely used to treat and prevent animal diseases and are illegally used as animal growth promoters to increase economic benefits. Quinoxalines could be easily metabolized in animals to various residue markers and remain in animal-derived foods, which would pose a serious threat to human health. Consequently, it is necessary to detect the residues of quinoxalines and their metabolites. This article reviewed and evaluated immunoassays for quinoxalines and their metabolites in animal-derived foods, mainly including enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, fluorescence immunosorbent assays, immunochromatography, and surface plasmon resonance biosensors. In addition, we deeply explored the design of haptens for quinoxalines and their metabolites and analyzed the effect of haptens on antibody performance. This paper aims to provide guidance and references for their accurate and sensitive detection, thereby ensuring food safety and human public health.
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- Liangni Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MOA Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, Shenzhen 518000, China; Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518000, China; Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518000, China.
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Zhang Y, Wu W, Li Q, Zhou P, Wen K, Shen J, Wang Z. The hapten rigidity improves antibody performances in immunoassay for rifamycins: Immunovalidation and molecular mechanism. J Hazard Mater 2024; 469:133977. [PMID: 38492395 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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The immunogenicity of haptens determines the performance of the resultant antibody for small molecules. Rigidity is one of the basic physicochemical properties of haptens. However, few studies have investigated the effect of hapten rigidity on the strength of an immune response and overall antibody performance. Herein, we introduce three molecular descriptors that quantify hapten rigidity. By using of these descriptors, four rifamycin haptens with varied rigidity were designed. The structural and physicochemical feasibility of the designed haptens was then assessed by computational chemistry. Immunization demonstrated that the strength of induced immune responses, i.e., the titer and affinity of antiserum, was significantly increased with increased rigidity of haptens. Furthermore, molecular dynamic simulations demonstrated conformation constraint of rigid haptens contributed to the initial binding and activation of naïve B cells. Finally, a highly sensitive indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for detection of rifaximin, with an IC50 of 1.1 μg/L in buffer and a limit of detection of 0.2-11.3 μg/L in raw milk, river water, and soil samples. This work provides new insights into the effect of hapten rigidity on immunogenicity and offers new hapten design strategies for antibody discovery and vaccine development of small molecules.
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- Yingjie Zhang
- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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Wang Z, Wang M, Fu X, Qian J, Wang M, Tan G. Novel hapten design, highly sensitive monoclonal antibody production, and immunoassay development for rapid screening of illegally added chloramphenicol in cosmetics. J Immunol Methods 2024; 525:113604. [PMID: 38142928 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2023.113604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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Hapten design and synthesis have been regarded as the key factor to generate high-quality antibodies. In the present study, a novel hapten of chloramphenicol was synthesized, characterized and compared with two conventional haptens. The new hapten generated mAb 4B5 showed higher sensitivity and titer than the other two haptens-based mAbs. The haptens synthesized with the structure of chloramphenicol base generated more sensitive antibodies than the hapten with chloramphenicol succinate, and the spacer arm linked to the phenyl group hapten elicited the strongest antibody response. After optimization, a direct competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (dcELISA) and a lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA), both based on the mAb 4B5, were developed. The dcELISA had a half maximum inhibition concentration of 0.23 ng/mL and the LFIA showed a cutoff value of 5-10 ng/mL. The LFIA was applied to detect illegally-added chloramphenicol samples in anti-acne cosmetics, five out of 19 samples were tested chloramphenicol containing within 10 min, which result was confirmed with the dcELISA and HPLC. The LFIA has an adequate sensitivity and can be used as a point of care diagnostic device for rapidly screening chloramphenicol in cosmetics.
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- Zhaoxiang Wang
- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100089, China; College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China.
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Addante-Moya LG, Abad-Fuentes A, Agulló C, Abad-Somovilla A, Mercader JV. Sensitive and selective alternariol analysis by a newly developed monoclonal antibody-based immunoassay. Talanta 2024; 267:125263. [PMID: 37816292 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023]
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Alternariol is a toxic secondary metabolite produced by Alternaria fungi. Nowadays, this mycotoxin can be found in many products of plant origin at concerning concentrations. The aim of the present study was to develop a highly sensitive and selective immunochemical method for the analysis of alternariol. To this end, hapten synthesis was carried out from the scratch and specific high-affinity monoclonal antibodies to alternariol were generated by using, for the first time, alternariol bioconjugates with unambiguous linker tethering sites. A novel indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay that incorporated a rationally designed heterologous conjugate was developed. The optimized assay showed an outstanding half-maximal inhibition concentration for alternariol below 0.04 ng/mL, and no cross-reactivity with alternariol monomethyl ether was observed. Very good recovery values and coefficients of variation were obtained from the analysis of alternariol-fortified fruit and cereal flour samples. Finally, alternariol was quantitatively determined in pears that had been previously infected with Alternaria alternata, showing excellent correlation with liquid chromatography results.
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- Luis G Addante-Moya
- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, Burjassot, 46100, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (IATA-CSIC), Av. Agustí Escardino 7, Paterna, 46980, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, Burjassot, 46100, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, Burjassot, 46100, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (IATA-CSIC), Av. Agustí Escardino 7, Paterna, 46980, Valencia, Spain.
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Song L, Wang Y, Li Q, Wang J, Gao T, An Z, Liu Q, Mao Y, Bu T, Huang X, Ma Y, Wang Z, Zhang X. Production of monoclonal antibody against tylosin and tilmicosin with homogeneous cross-reactivity and its application in lateral flow immunoassay. Mikrochim Acta 2023; 191:42. [PMID: 38114730 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-023-06132-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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To avoid false negative results due to the low cross-reactivity rate (CR) in rapid immunoassay, a group-specific antibody with homogeneous CR toward target compounds is needed for accuracy. In this study, tylosin (TYL) and tilmicosin (TM) were selected as model molecules. Firstly, two-dimensional similarity, electrostatic potential energy, spatial conformation and charge distribution of the haptens TYL-CMO, TYL-6-ACA, TYL-4-APA, TYL-CHO and DES-CMO and target compounds of TYL and TM were obtained using Gaussian 09W and Discovery Studio. The optimal hapten was DES-CMO because it is the most similar to TYL and TM. Subsequently, the mAb 14D5 cell line was obtained with IC50 values of 1.59 and 1.72 ng/mL for TYL and TM, respectively, and a CR of 92.44%. Finally, amorphous carbon nanoparticles (ACNPs) were conjugated with mAb 14D5 to develop an accurate lateral flow immunoassay (LFA) for detection of TYL and TM by the reflectance value under natural light. The recoveries of TYL and TM ranged from 77.18 to 112.04% with coefficient of variation < 13.43%. The cut-off value in milk samples was 8 ng/mL, and the limits of detection were 11.44, 15.96, 22.29 and 25.53 μg/kg for chicken muscle, bovine muscle, porcine muscle and porcine liver samples, respectively, and the results being consistent with HPLC-UV. The results suggest that the developed LFA is accurate and potentially useful for on-site screening of TYL and TM in milk and animal tissue samples.
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- Lianjun Song
- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, China
- Henan Shuanghui Investment Development Co., Ltd., Luohe, 462005, China
- Henan Technology Innovation Center of Meat Processing and Research, Luohe, 462005, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health Security, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal Derived Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, China.
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Zhang X, Li Z, Mao Y, Dang M, Huang X, Wang Z, Yang H, Bai Y, Zhang H. Production of high-affinity monoclonal antibody and development of immunoassay for 3-methyl-quinoxaline-2-carboxylic acid detection in swine muscle and liver. Food Chem 2023; 407:135175. [PMID: 36521388 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.135175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Production of high-affinity and specific antibodies to small molecules with molecular weight (MW) lower than 200 Da is challenging. Here, we designed a novel hapten, named hapten H6, for the detection of 3-methyl-quinoxaline-2-carboxylic acid (MQCA, MW of 189 Da), a residual marker of olaquindox, one of important veterinary antibiotics. The hapten H6 maintained all structural features of MQCA, especially in mulliken atomic charge distribution. Then, a monoclonal antibody (mAb) named 8C9 was obtained with an IC50 value of 0.2 µg/L, yielding a 15.5- to 88.5-fold improvement compared to previously prepared specific antibodies against MQCA. In addition, mAb 8C9 exhibited ignorable cross-reactivity with other structural analogs. Finally, a highly sensitive and specific indirect competitive ELISA based on mAb 8C9 was developed for the detection of MQCA in swine muscle and liver samples with limit of detection values of 0.04 µg/kg and 0.09 µg/kg, respectively.
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- Xiya Zhang
- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Food Processing and Circulation Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Nongye Road, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food Safety, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, No. 56, Xinjian South Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, China.
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.
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Wang X, Lu Q, Dou L, Liu M, Li P, Yu W, Yu X, Wang Z, Wen K. Broad-specificity indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for aristolochic acids: Computer-aided hapten design and molecular mechanism of antibody recognition. Sci Total Environ 2023; 859:159941. [PMID: 36347294 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Long-term dietary exposure of aristolochic acids (AAs)-contaminated food proved to be one of the main culprits of Endemic Nephropathy, renal failure; and urothelial cancer. The antibodies utilized in immunoassays for AAs suffer from low affinity and failure of recognition to the family of AAs. This study, we prepared a broad-specificity monoclonal antibody (mAb) 5H5 with highly and uniform affinity for AAs by help of computational chemistry fully exposing the AAs common structures of methoxy and hydroxyl groups. The mAb 5H5 exhibited half inhibitory concentrations of AAA, AAB, AAC, AAD were 0.03, 0.06, 0.05, 0.03 ng/mL. To explain the broad-specificity profile of mAb 5H5, molecular docking was performed. Results shown that multiple conformations of AAs can be flexibly oriented in the spacious cavity of single-chain variable fragment antibody (scFv) 5H5 and the specific hydron bonds were formed by ASN62 and GLY64 of scFV 5H5 to the nitro group of AAs which gave an explanation of the high cross-reactivity of mAb 5H5. The ELISA based on the broad-specificity mAb 5H5with detection limits of 0.04-0.11 μg/kg and 0.02-0.06 μg/kg for four AAs in flour and soil samples, respectively. The study provided a promising method for the family of AAs in environmental and food samples.
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- Xiaonan Wang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal Derived Food Safety, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal Derived Food Safety, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal Derived Food Safety, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal Derived Food Safety, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal Derived Food Safety, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal Derived Food Safety, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal Derived Food Safety, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal Derived Food Safety, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal Derived Food Safety, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, 100193 Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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Bai Y, Liu R, Dou L, Wu W, Yu W, Wen K, Yu X, Shen J, Wang Z. The influence of hapten spacer arm length on antibody response and immunoassay development. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1239:340699. [PMID: 36628767 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.340699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Antibodies against small molecules with high titer and high affinity are always pursued in the field of vaccines for drugs of abuse, antidotes to toxins and immunoassays in medical, environmental, and food safety. The exposure degree of the target molecule to the immune system is critical to induce a strongly specific antibody response, thus, the spacer arm length between the target molecule and carrier protein plays an important role. However, the influence of spacer arm length on antibody titer, affinity, and assay performance is not yet clear and highly demanded to be addressed. In the present study, we proposed a model study to answer the question by using two typical small molecules, melamine and p-nitroaniline, which were introduced by varied spacer arms with increasing alkane linear length from 2 to 12 carbon atoms brick by brick. The spacer arm lengths of the haptens were obtained by computational chemistry. The titer and affinity of mouse antisera were analyzed and compared, showing that all haptens with spacer arms of 6-8 carbon atoms, i.e. 6.3-8.8 Å in length, induced strong antibodies represented by the highest titer and affinity without exception, while the haptens with spacer arms of 2-4 carbon atoms and 10-12 carbon atoms, i.e. 1.5-3.9 Å and 11.3-13.9 Å in length, failed to induce high-quality antibody response. Moreover, the titer and sensitivity of the subsequently developed immunoassays were significantly affected by using coating haptens with different spacer arm lengths, and coating haptens with a spacer arm of 6.3-8.8 Å in length delivered the optimum detection performance. The antibody recognition mechanism study further confirmed that the hapten spacer arm length had a critical effect on the recognition properties of the induced antibody, which should be interactive with the spacer arm each other. This study showed that the hapten with appropriate spacer arm length is important to antibody response and immunoassay development, providing a valuable and general clue for the rational design of hapten.
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Chen ZJ, Wu HL, Xiao ZL, Fu HJ, Shen YD, Luo L, Wang H, Lei HT, Hongsibsong S, Xu ZL. Rational hapten design to produce high-quality antibodies against carbamate pesticides and development of immunochromatographic assays for simultaneous pesticide screening. J Hazard Mater 2021; 412:125241. [PMID: 33550127 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Carbamate pesticides (CPs) are the most used pesticides in agricultural production and pest control. In this study, carbofuran, isoprocarb and carbaryl were employed as models, and a general hapten strategy based on carbamate moiety recognition was proposed. Molecular modeling of the three-dimensional (3D) structure and surface electrostatic potential of the CPs indicated that the amide group formed by conjugation significantly influenced recognition by antibodies. The proposed strategy was used to obtain three sensitive and specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with IC50 values of 1.4 ng/mL, 8.4 ng/mL and 13.8 ng/mL for carbofuran, isoprocarb and carbaryl, respectively. Negligible cross-reactivity (%) with analogs was observed, except for fenobucarb (84.6%) for isoprocarb. The obtained antibodies were used to develop an immunochromatographic assay (ICA) to simultaneously and quantitatively detect the three CPs. A strip reader was used to determine the limits of quantitation (LOQs) as 0.05 ng/mL (carbofuran), 31.3 ng/mL (isoprocarb) and 31.3 ng/mL (carbaryl). The recoveries of cucumber and Chinese cabbage samples ranged from 76% to 111%, with CVs from 1.3% to 10.6%, indicating good potential for the rapid simultaneous detection of multiple pesticide residues in a large batch of samples.
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- Zi-Jian Chen
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Research Institute for Health Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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Mari GM, Li H, Dong B, Yang H, Talpur A, Mi J, Guo L, Yu X, Ke Y, Han D, Wang Z. Hapten synthesis, monoclonal antibody production and immunoassay development for direct detection of 4-hydroxybenzehydrazide in chicken, the metabolite of nifuroxazide. Food Chem 2021; 355:129598. [PMID: 33765482 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Derivatization is usually employed in immunoassay for detection of metabolites of nitrofurans and avoiding derivatization could be preferable to achieve an efficient screening. In the study, we designed four haptens of 4-hydroxybenhydrazide (HBH), the nifuroxazide metabolite. The effect of hapten structures on antibody affinity were evaluated and one monoclonal antibody was produced by using the Hapten C with a linear alkalane spacer arm. After optimization, an enzyme linked-immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was established with an 50% inhibition concentration of 0.25 ng mL-1 for HBH, which could ensure the direct detection of HBH without derivatization. The limit of detection of the ELISA for HBH was 0.12 µg kg-1 with the recoveries of 90.1-96.2% and coefficient of variation (CV) values lower than 9.1%. In conclusion, we produced several high affinity antibodies to HBH with new designed hapten and developed an icELISA for the direct detection of HBH without derivatization in chicken.
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- Ghulam Mujtaba Mari
- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Genetic Toxicology, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518020, People's Republic of China
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- Technology Center of Kunming Customs, Kunming 650299, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Animal-Derived Food, Beijing Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China.
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Chen ZJ, Liu XX, Xiao ZL, Fu HJ, Huang YP, Huang SY, Shen YD, He F, Yang XX, Hammock B, Xu ZL. Production of a specific monoclonal antibody for 1-naphthol based on novel hapten strategy and development of an easy-to-use ELISA in urine samples. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2020; 196:110533. [PMID: 32247241 PMCID: PMC7200204 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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1-naphthol (1-NAP) is the main metabolite of pesticide carbaryl and naphthalene, and is also a genotoxic and carcinogenic intermediate in the synthesis of organic compound, dyes, pigment and pharmaceutical industry. In this work, two novel haptens were designed and synthesized for developing a competitive indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ciELISA) method for 1-NAP in urine samples. The assay showed a limit of detection of 2.21 ng/mL and working range from 4.02 ng/mL to 31.25 ng/mL for 1-NAP in optimized working buffer. The matrix effect of samples was eliminated via 15-fold dilution of optimized working buffer. Good average recoveries (102.4%-123.4%) with a coefficient of variation from 11.7% to 14.7% was obtained for spiked urine samples. Subsequent instrument verification test showed good correlation between the results of ciELISA and high-performance liquid chromatography. The developed ciELISA is a high-throughput tool to monitor 1-NAP in urine, which can provide technical support for the establishment of biological exposure level for the exposure to carbaryl, naphthalene and other related pollutants.
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- Zi-Jian Chen
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food (1)uality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Edible Wild Plants Conservation and Utilization, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, 435002, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food (1)uality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food (1)uality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food (1)uality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food (1)uality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food (1)uality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food (1)uality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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- Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, 518102, China.
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- Department of Entomology and UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, United States.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food (1)uality and Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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Luo L, Wei XQ, Jia BZ, Yang JY, Shen YD, Hammock B, Dong JX, Wang H, Lei HT, Xu ZL. Modulating Linker Composition of Haptens Resulted in Improved Immunoassay for Histamine. Biomolecules 2019; 9:E597. [PMID: 31614550 DOI: 10.3390/biom9100597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 10/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Histamine (HA) is an important food contaminant generated during food fermentation or spoilage. However, an immunoassay for direct (derivatization free) determination of HA has rarely been reported due to its small size to induce the desired antibodies by its current hapten-protein conjugates. In this work, despite violating the classical hapten design criteria which recommend introducing a linear aliphatic (phenyl free) linker into the immunizing hapten, a novel haptens, HA-245 designed and synthesized with a phenyl-contained linker, exhibited significantly enhanced immunological properties. Thus, a quality-improved monoclonal antibody (Mab) against HA was elicited by its hapten-carrier conjugates. Then, as the linear aliphatic linker contained haptens, Hapten B was used as linker-heterologous coating haptens to eliminate the recognition of linker antibodies. Indirect competitive ELISA (ic-ELISA) was developed with a 50% inhibition concentration (IC50) of 0.21 mg/L and a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.06 mg/L in buffer solution. The average recoveries of HA from spiked food samples for this ic-ELISA ranged from 84.1% and 108.5%, and the analysis results agreed well with those of referenced LC-MS/MS. This investigation not only realized derivatization-free immunoassay for HA, but also provided a valuable guidance for hapten design and development of immunoassay for small molecules.
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Zhao F, Liu J, Luo J. Development of a High-Quality ELISA Method for Dinotefuran Based on a Novel and Newly-Designed Antigen. Molecules 2019; 24:E2426. [PMID: 31269647 PMCID: PMC6651010 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24132426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The structure of hapten determines the performance of the antibody and the corresponding detection method. A new type of antigen was designed and synthesized to expose the spatial and characteristic structure of dinotefuran molecule, and a type of high-quality antibody was obtained. The IC50 value of the monoclonal antibody was 5.30 ng/mL and its cross-reactivity (CRs) was less than 2% when reacting with other structurally related analytes. The effects of spatial configurations of hapten on the antibody were visually analyzed while using the appropriate software according to the quality of the antibodies, which showed that the specificity of the antibody is closely related with the exposed structure of hapten. An ELISA assay with an IC50 of 5.66 ng/mL and a linear range of 1.95 to 16.29 ng/mL was developed. The results that were obtained from the ELISA and HPLC methods were equivalent. The results showed that spatial simulation is a crucial method that is used in the designing of hapten to obtain a sensitive and specific antibody. The application of this method will highlight the potential aim and improve the detection efficiency of ELISA.
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- Fangfang Zhao
- Analysis & Testing Center, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China.
- Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Tropical Products(Haikou), Ministry of Agriculture, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China.
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Quality and Safety for Tropical Fruits and Vegetables, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China.
- Quality Supervision and Inspection Center of Tropical Agro-Products, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China.
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- Institute of Environment and Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China
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- Analysis & Testing Center, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China
- Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Tropical Products(Haikou), Ministry of Agriculture, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China
- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Quality and Safety for Tropical Fruits and Vegetables, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China
- Quality Supervision and Inspection Center of Tropical Agro-Products, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China
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