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Production of Monoclonal Antibody for Okadaic Acid and Its Utilization in Ultrasensitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and One-Step Immunochromatographic Strip Biing-Hui Liu, Chun-Tse Hung, Chuan-Chen Lu, Hong-Nong Chou, and Feng-Yih Yu J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/jf404827s • Publication Date (Web): 21 Jan 2014 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on January 27, 2014
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Production of Monoclonal Antibody for Okadaic Acid and Its Utilization in Ultrasensitive
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and One-Step Immunochromatographic Strip
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BIING-HUI LIU1, CHUN-TSE HUNG2,# , CHUAN-CHEN LU2, HONG-NON CHOU3,
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FENG-YIH YU,2,4,*
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Taiwan.
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Graduate Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei,
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School of Biomedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Institute of Fisheries Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Running title: Immunoassay and immunochromatographic strip of okadaic acid *Corresponding author: No.110, Sec.1, Chien Kuo N. Road, Taichung, Taiwan
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Tel : 886-4-24730022 ext 11816
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Fax: 886-4-23758184.
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ABSTRACT
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Okadaic acid (OA) is a common marine biotoxin that accumulates in bivalves and causes
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diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP). This study generated a monoclonal antibody (mAb) specific to
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OA from a hybridoma cell line, 6B1A3, which was obtained by fusion of myeloma cells
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(P3/NS1/1-AG4-1) with spleen cells isolated from a BALB/c mouse immunized with OA--globulin.
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The 6B1A3 mAb is belong to the immunoglobulin G1 ( chain) isotype. Both competitive direct and
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indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (cdELISA) were established for characterization of
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the antibody. The concentrations causing 50% inhibition of binding of OA-horseradish peroxidase to
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the antibody by OA were calculated to be 0.077 ng/mL in the cdELISA. A rapid and sensitive
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mAb-based gold nanoparticle immunochromatographic strip was also established. This proposed
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strip has a detection limit of 5 ng/mL for OA and can be finished in 10 min. Extensive analyses of 20
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seafood samples with ELISA revealed that 10 were slightly contaminated with OA, with a mean
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concentration of 0.892 ng/g. Analysis of OA in shellfish samples showed that data acquired by the
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immunochromatographic strip agreed well with those acquired by the ELISA. The mAb-based
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ELISA and immunochromatographic strip assay developed in this study have adequate sensitivity
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and accuracy for rapid screening of OA in shellfish samples.
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Key works: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; gold nanoparticle immunochromatographic strip; monoclonal antibody; okadaic acid;
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Introduction Toxic algae blooms occur regularly in many regions of the world. Okadaic acid (OA), a
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common marine biotoxin produced by Dinophysis and Prorocentrum dinoflagellates1,2, readily
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contaminates various species of bivalves, and consumption of contaminated shellfish by human
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causes gastroabdominal disturbances and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) in the first few hours.
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However, OA has no harmful effect on bivalves after ingestion2-5. The DSP toxins, including okadaic
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acid, dinophysistoxin-1 (DTX-1), and DTX-2, are the most prevalent toxin groups in shellfish
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worldwide2-5. Okadaic acid have also induced carcinogenic, mutagenic and immunotoxic effects in
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animal studies6. The contaminated bivalves is an economic impact on the global seafood industry.
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Therefore, the European Union has limited permissible OA levels to 160 ng/g in mussels (EC No.
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2074/2005 17)7. Mouse bioassay used to be the standard reference method for OA determination [8].
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This method was been prohibited from January, 2011 due to its weak selectivity, its poor accuracy,
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and ethical concerns. Therefore, the European Union now uses alternative techniques, such as liquid
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chromatography coupled to fluorescence (LC–FLD), liquid chromatography combined with mass
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spectrometry (LC–MS)9-12. However, LC-FLD and LC-MS methods need highly qualified personnel,
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enormous sample cleanup and costly equipments.
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Many sensitive immunochemical methods have been developed for rapidly monitoring and
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quantifying OA in contaminated shellfish. In addition to proposed immunochemical techniques for
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detecting OA, an alternative enzymatic biosensor method of inhibiting protein phosphatase 2A
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(PP2A) by OA has also been established 13-25. However, most of the LC-FLD, LC-MS, enzymatic
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biosensor and even immunochemical measures are impractical for on-site detection due to their long
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incubation times, complex washing procedures, and complicated instrumentation. Therefore, rapid,
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reliable and affordable on-site detection methods are needed.
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Currently, gold nanoparticles have been applied in various biosensors and immunochromatographic strips to detect small molecular toxins15, 25. One emerging immunoassay for 3 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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mycotoxins and phycotoxins is a immunochromatographic strip that uses conjugate antibody-colored
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gold nanoparticle as a signal reagent17, 26-27. The principle of immunochromatographic strip depends
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on the migration of test samples and gold nanoparticle-antibody conjugates along membrane strips on
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which the binding interactions occur. Because the results of the strip can be inspected visually, the
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strip provides simple and fast on-site detection in less than 10 min without proficient personnel or
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other equipments 17, 26-27. Since various levels of OA contamination have been reported in shellfish
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samples collected from different regions28-30, an effective method for on-site detecting OA in
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shellfishes is required. Therefore, this study produced a mAb against OA and successfully applied it
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to ultrasensitive ELISA and gold nanoparticle immunochromatographic strip for detecting OA in
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shellfish samples.
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Materials and Methods
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Materials Okadaic acid (OA) and dinophysistoxin-1 (Fig. 1) were obtained from Taiwan Algal
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Science Co. (Taiwan). An analytical standard solution of OA at 20 g/mL was a product from
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Calbiochem (San Diego, CA). Bovine serum albumin (BSA), -globulin, gelatin, ovalbumin (OVA),
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ammonium biocarbonate, Tween 20, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), 1,1-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI),
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1-ethyl-3- [3-dimethylaminopropyl]- carbodimide (EDC), and N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) were
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purchased from Sigma (MO, USA). Keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) and anti-mouse-peroxidase
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conjugate from goat were purchased from Pierce (IL, USA). Horseradish peroxidase (HRP), BM
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Condimed H1 Hybridoma Cloning Supplement (BMH1) and the mouse mAb isotyping kit were from
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Roche (Mannheim, Germany). TMB (3, 3', 5, 5'-tetramethylbenzidine ) is a substrate solution of
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HRP from Neogen Corp ( KY, USA). Acetonitrile (HPLC grade), methanol (HPLC grade),
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ammonium sulfate and absolute ethanol were obtained from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany).
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Polyethylene glycol (PEG 1500), hypoxanthine (H), aminopterin (A), and thymidine (T) were
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purchased from Boehringer Mannheim Biochemicals (IN, USA). Microtiter plates and strips with 4 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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various protein binding abilities were obtained from Nunc (Roskilde, Demark). The fetal calf serum
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and penicillin–streptomycin were obtained from GIBCO Laboratories (Grand Island, NY). Gold
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nanoparticles with diameters of 20 nm and 40 nm were obtained from BB International (Cardiff,
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United Kingdom). The murine myeloma cell line P3/NS–1/1–AG4–1 (NS–1) was obtained from
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Bioresources Collection and Research Center in Taiwan and virus-free BALB/c mice ( 9 to
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10-week-old, female) were ordered from National Animal Research Center (Taipei, Taiwan).
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Preparation of Different OA Conjugates.
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Conjugation of OA to -globulin. OA was conjugated to -globulin in the presence of EDC31. The
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EDC and NHS solutions (1.0 mg EDC and 1.0 mg NHS in 0.04 mL DMSO) were freshly prepared
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and then mixed with an OA solution containing 1.0 mg OA in 0.2 mL DMSO. The mixture (0.24 mL)
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was added slowly into 0.4 mL of -globulin solution (2.0 mg in 0.1 M carbonate buffer, pH 9.6), and
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then the reaction was conducted at room temperature for 2 h. Continuously, the mixture was dialyzed
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against 0.01 M phosphate buffer containing 0.15M NaCl (PBS, pH 7.5) for 3 constitutive days with
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two exchanges of PBS. Final products were lyophilized for storage at –20 oC.
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OA-KLH/OVA conjugation.
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conjugated to KLH or OVA by EDC and NHS method31. Generally, 0.5 mg of OA in 0.1 mL
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DMSO was added with 0.5 mL mg of KLH or OVA (2.5 mg in 0.1 M carbonate buffer, pH 9.6) first,
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and then EDC and NHS solutions (1.0 mg EDC and 0.75 mg NHS in 0.04 mL DMSO) were added to
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the mixed solution at room temperature with a constant stirring for 2 hours. The final product was
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dialyzed against PBS for three days and then lyophilized for storage.
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Preparation of OA-Peroxidase.
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method 26, 31. Briefly, 0.2 mg of OA in 0.1 mL of DMSO was mixed with 0.6 mg of EDC and 0.4
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mg of NHS, and then a HRP solution (0.8 mg of HRP in 0.3 mL of 0.1 M carbonate buffer, pH 9.6)
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was added. After being stirred at room temperature for 2 h, the mixture was dialyzed against PBS for
As a solid-phase antigen for indirect competitive ELISA, OA was
Conjugation of OA to HRP was achieved by the EDC and NHS
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72 h and then lyophilized.
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Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) Production.
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Immunization.
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Female BALB/c mice (9–10 weeks of age) were intraperitoneally (ip) injected with 40 g of
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OA--globulin in 0.1 mL of PBS solution, which had been emulsified with 0.1 mL of Freund’s
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complete adjuvant. Four weeks after the first injection, sequential boosters were conducted weekly
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with 40 g of immunogen in 0.1 mL of PBS without adjuvant. After each booster, blood samples
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were collected from the tail vein of each mouse and serum was isolated by centrifugation. The
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antibody specificity was determined by a competitive indirect ELISA (ciELISA) as described below
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Fusion and cloning.
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The mouse showing the highest antibody specificity, 9 weeks after the initial immunization, was
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chosen for further fusion reaction. The selected mouse was primed with a total of 50 g OA--
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globulin four days before fusion, and then the mouse was euthanized on the fusion day. The entire
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spleen was removed aseptically, mashed with a glass pestle, and then passed through a sieve-tissue
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grinder kit equipped with mesh 80 (CD-1, Sigma). Spleen cell suspension at a single-cell stage was
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mixed with 1 x 107 of myeloma cells. The cells were centrifuged, suspended in 0.2 mL of HT
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medium, and then 1 mL of PEG 1500 was dropped into the cell pellet within one minute. To dilute
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the PEG1500, 15 mL of HT medium was added gradually within 10 min. After centrifugation at 300
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g for 5 min, the pelleted cells were resuspended in the HAT medium containing hypoxanthine,
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aminopterin, thymidine plus BMH1 (final concentration 10%) and plated into 96-well tissue culture
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plates. The plates were fed with freshly prepared HAT medium every five days. When the cell
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colonies reached at least half-confluence in the well, ciELISA was applied to screen hybridomas
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secreting specific antibodies against OA. Finally, hybridoma cells from three wells were found to be
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Ascites fluid generation Female BALB/c mice, 10 weeks old, were injected with pristine (0.5 mL, ip); seven days later, 2
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x 106 hybridoma cells suspended in DMEM were injected (ip). Three weeks after the injection,
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ascites were collected every other day and centrifuged at room temperature for 5 min. IgG antibodies
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in the supernatant fluid were precipitated with 50% of ammonium sulfate solution twice. Purified
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antibodies were stored at –70°C for future usage.
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Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies
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Determination of mAb isotype. Identification of specific immunoglobulin was carried out by a mouse mAb isotyping kit (Roche,
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Germany) according to the manufacturer’s protocol.
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Competitive Indirect ELISA (ciELISA)
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The process of ciELISA was conducted primarily according to Yu et al.31 with a slight
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modification. OA-OVA (0.1 mL) was coated on each well of a microtiter plate which then was
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kept at 4 oC overnight. After the plate had been washed four times with Tween-PBS, 0.17 mL of
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gelatin-PBS (0.17 mL per well; 0.1% gelatin in PBS) was poured into the wells and incubated at 37
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0.01 to 100 ng/mL in PBS or extracted sample solutions were added to each well, and then the
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anti-OA mAb (25 ng/mL in PBS, 0.05 mL per well) was added to all wells and incubated at 37 °C
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for 50 min. The plate was washed again and 0.1 mL of goat anti-mouse IgG-HRP conjugate (1:20000
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dilution) was added and incubated at 37°C for 45 min. The plate was washed and 0.1 mL of TMB
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substrate solution
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hydrochloric acid (0.1 mL, 1 N) was added to stop the reaction. Vmax ELISA reader (Molecular
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Devices Co. ; Menlo Park, CA) was used to determine the absorbance value at 450 nm
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cdELISA.
(Neogen Corp) was added and waited the color development for 10 min, then
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The process of cdELISA was conducted primarily according to Liu et al. 26 with a slight
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modification. The anti-OA mAb from ascites in PBS (1:10000 dilution; 1 g/mL) was used to coat
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the plate (0.1 mL/well). After a series of washing and blocking steps, OA standards (concentrations
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from 0.01 to 100 ng/mL) or samples together with the OA-HRP conjugate (10 ng/mL in PBSl) were
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added and incubated at 37oC for 50 min. The plate was washed with PBS-Tween and incubated with
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TMB solution (Neogen Corp) at room temperature in the dark for 10 min. The absorbance at 450 nm
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was determined in the Vmax automatic ELISA reader
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cdELISA of Shellfish Samples Contaminated with OA. Twenty shellfish samples, including clam, scallop, mussel and oyster, were obtained from local
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stores for OA level determination. Briefly, five gram of each sample (whole body) was homogenized
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with 20 mL of extraction solvent (methanol/water, 80/20, v/v) for 5 min24,33 and then centrifugaed at
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14000 g for 10 min. One mL of supernatant fluid was mixed with 1 mL of hexane by vortex for 1
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min, and then 3 mL of chloroform was added. After centrifugation for 5 min, the lower chloroform
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layer was aspirated and dried under rotary vacuum evaporator. The dried sample was reconstituted
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with 1 mL of PBS buffer for cdELISA analysis or for the immunostrip assay.
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Preparation of Antibody-Gold Nanoparticle Probe For conjugation, OA mAbs were dialyzed in boric acid-borax buffer (pH 8) for 24 h at 4 oC and
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the gold nanoparticle solution was adjusted to pH 9.0 with 0.1 M K2CO3 (pH 11.5)27, 28. 5 L of
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anti-OA mAb ( 1 g/L) was added dropwise to 2 mL of gold nanoparticle solution with gentle
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stirring. After 1 h reaction at room temperature, 10% (w/v) filtered BSA was added to block the
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reaction for 30 min and then centrifuged at 19000 g for 30 min at 4oC. The pellets containing OA
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mAb-gold nanoparticle conjugate were resuspended in 450 L of 20 mM Tris-buffered saline (pH
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Preparation of Immunochromatographic Strip An Easypack Developer's Kit is composed of three pads (sample, conjugate release and
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absorbent pads), glass fiber, cover tape and nitrocellulose (NC) membrane plates (pore sizes of 5 and
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15 M) are purchased from Advanced Microdevices P. Ltd. (Ambala Cantt, India). With the aid of
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Double Axes Programmable Control Printer (model P-602 from Troy Technology, Taiwan), the test
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and control zones of NC membrane were drawn with 0.5 L of OA-KLH (0.8 mg/mL) conjugate and
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0.5 L of rabbit-anti-mouse IgG antibody (1 mg /mL), respectively, and then dried for 10 min at
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room temperature. Subsequently, the OA mAb-gold nanoparticle conjugate (5 L/strip) was added to
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the conjugate release pad and dried at 37 oC for 5-10 min. The release pad was first pasted on the
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plate by over-crossing 4 mm with the NC membrane. Then, the sample pad was further pasted on the
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plate by over-crossing 6 mm with the release pad. Finally, the top of the membrane sheet was pasted
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on absorbent pad. The whole assembled sheet was cut lengthways with an automatic cutter and
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divided into strips (5 mm × 75 mm)27, 28.
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Assay of OA in Shellfish Samples with Immunochromatographic Strip Three hundred microliters of sample extract solutions as mentioned above or various
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concentrations of OA analytical standard (0-50 ng/mL) were poured into the wells of microtiter plate.
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Subsequently, one immunochromatographic strip was dipped into per well vertically. The extracted
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samples or OA standard solution migrated upward the membrane by capillary action. Ten minutes
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later after color development, test results on the strip were determined visually.
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Results
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mouse with serum that had the highest affinity for OA was sacrificed for a hybridoma screening.
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Following the NS-1/spleen cell fusion and growing, the ciELISA with OA-OVA as a coated reagent
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was used for screening the hybridoma cells, which secreted mAbs specific to OA. In the about 500
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examined wells, three clones displayed strong positive color results in the ciELISA; of these, the
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clone 6B1 had the highest affinity for OA. Therefore, the clone 6B1 culture was aspirated from the
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fusion well and subjected to limiting dilution for a single hybridoma selection. After limiting dilution
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and ciELISA screening, clone 6B1A3, which showed the highest affinity for OA, was used to
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generate culture supernatant and ascites fluid.
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Antibody Characterization.
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Isotype Determination. The isotype of the mAb, secreted from hybridoma cell line 6B1A3, was
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identified as immunoglobulin G1, -light chain.
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Competitive direct and indirect ELISA. The specificity of 6B1A3 mAb was measured by both
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cdELISA and ciELISA. As shown in Fig. 2A, the concentrations causing 50% inhibition (IC50) of
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binding of OA-HRP to the mAb by OA and DTX-1, were calculated to be 0.077 and 1.870 ng/mL,
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respectively in cdELISA. The ciELISA revealed similar results for OA-OVA coated onto the
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microplate wells to serve as solid-phase antigen. The IC50 values for mAb binding to OA-OVA by
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free OA and DTX-1 were 0.58, and 2.0 ng/mL, respectively (Fig. 2B). However, other phycotoxins
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such as domoic acid and saxitoxin, even at concentrations as high as 10 g/mL, did not inhibit the
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mAb binding to the OA-enzyme/protein conjugates (OA-HRP or OA-OVA) in either ELISA system,
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Assay of OA in Shellfishes with mAb-based cdELISA. Twenty shellfish samples were purchased from local supermarket and subjected to cdELISA to measure OA contamination; Table 1 presents the measurement results. The proposed detection 10 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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system revealed that ten of the twenty examined samples were OA-positive. Sample 7 showed the
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highest OA levels (0.517 ng/mL; 2.068 ng/g). The OA levels of sample 9 and 13 are also higher than
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1.0 ng/g. The OA levels in the other seven positive samples were lower than 1.0 ng/g. However, all
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the oyster samples are free of OA contamination.
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Assmbly of Immunochromatographic Strip The mAb-gold nanoparticle conjugates were used to fabricate an immunochromatographic strip,
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in which OA in the sample solution competes with the OA-KLH conjugate on the membrane for the
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antibody-gold nanoparticle label. Figure 3 is a schematic description of the immunochromatographic
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strip test format. A sufficient OA levels in the sample solution occupied all the antibody binding sites
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of the antibody-gold nanoparticle conjugates, which prevented the limited antibody-gold nanoparticle
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conjugates from binding with the OA-KLH conjugate in the test zone. The absence of the red line in
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the test zone indicated a positive result (Fig. 3). In contrast, When OA is absent in sample solution,
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the antibody-gold nanoparticle conjugate trapped and bound by the OA-KLH conjugate to form a red
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line in the test zone indicated a negative result (Fig. 3). The control zone was designed with
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rabbit-anti-mouse secondary antibody to confirm that the assay had been performed properly;
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regardless of the presence of OA, the control zone on the membrane will show one red line (Fig. 3).
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Characterizaion of Immunochromatographic Strip for OA. Different concentrations of OA analytical standard solution (0-50 ng/mL) were subjected to
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immunochromatographic strip test. This assay required no more than 10 min, and the detection limit
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of strip test for OA approached 5 ng/mL (Fig. 4). At least 5 measurements were examined by the
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strip detection system to define the cutoff level for each selected concentration. When an OA levels
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are higher than 5 ng/mL, all antibody-gold nanoparticle conjugates were bound by free OA, which
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membrane. Finally, rabbit anti-mouse secondary antibody captured antibody-gold nanoparticle
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conjugates in the control zone which resulted in only one red line on the membrane.
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Analysis of OA in Shellfish Samples by Immunochromatographic Strip Assay The strip was further applied to examine OA contamination shellfishes. Table 1 shows the
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analytical results. Ten contaminated shellfish samples with OA levels ranging from 0.051 ng/mL to
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0.517 ng/mL, according to cdELISA results, (Table 1) had two red lines on the immunostrip
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membranes, which indicated a negative outcome (Fig 5). However, in one spiked sample (S)
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containing 5.0 ng/mL of OA in shellfish extract, one red line disappeared in the test zone, which
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indicated that the sample was OA-positive (Fig 5).
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Discussion Since OA is a nonimmunogenic phycotoxin with low molecular weight, conjugating OA to a
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protein carrier is needed to contribute its immunogenicity. Our laboratory has been successfully
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produced a polyclonal antibody for OA using OA--globulin conjugate as an antigen, and established
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a sensitive ELISA for detecting OA. Since this study obtained a hybridoma clone secreting mAb
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specific to OA, the supply of mAb for OA is theoretically unlimited. Both mAbs produced from
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culture supernatant and mouse ascites could be adopted in the cdELISA. However, rabbit-anti-mouse
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Fc secondary antibody must be coated onto the microplate before adding the supernatant. In contrast,
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cdELISA can be run by directly coating the microplate with mAb purified from ascites.
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The mAb obtained from 6B1A3 showed a better affinity (IC50 value) for OA compared to
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DTX-1 in both cd- and ciELISA systems. The IC50 value of the mAb-based cdELISA for OA was
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0.077 ng /mL, and the detection limit of OA in PBS solution in the cdELISA approximated 0.004
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ng/mL based on 90% confidence interval at 10% of inhibition of binding of OA-HRP conjugate.
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Therefore, the proposed ELISA method is about 2 orders of magnitude higher than that of the
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respectively) and that of Kreuzer et al.14 with an IC50 of 100 ng/mL.
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After using a combination of water/methanol (20:80, v/v) to extract OA from shellfishes, 1 mL
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of clear supernatant solution was diluted with 9 mL of before cdELISA analysis. The analytical
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results showed that all examined samples were slightly OA positive because the matrix components
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caused interference in the cdELISA. Therefore, a clean-up procedure was incorporated into the
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sample preparation procedure. Washing the methanolic sample extracts with hexane effectively
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eliminated the lipid in the extract solution to avoid the matrix interference24. The cdELISA analysis
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of shellfishes demonstrated that ten of the twenty shellfish samples had a low-level contamination
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with OA (Table 1). In all samples, OA was lower than 2.068 ng/g, which was approximately 80-fold
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below the regulatory limit of EU which is 160 ng/g of OA in shellfish samples.7 This concentration is
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consistent with a previous report by Lee et al.29 that gastropod samples collected in Korea had OA
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concentrations up to 21.5 ng/g but is lower that reported by Ciminiello, et al.28 with OA
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concentrations of 100-200 ng/g.
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To establish an assay that could be broadly used for field detection of OA contaminated
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shellfish sample, this study further developed a mAb-based rapid immunochromatographic strip for
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faster and simpler screening compared to cdELISA. The mAb-based immunochromatographic strip
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established in this study for on-site OA determination had a limit of detection about 5.0 ng/mL. In Lu
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et al.17, a lateral flow assay developed for OA analysis had a detection limit of 30~50 ng/mL, which
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may not be sensitive enough for practical sample test. Several factors also correlated with the
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effectiveness of an immunochromatographic strip include the size of the gold nanoparticles, the
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membrane pore size, and the test line of OA-protein conjugates. Therefore, both 20 nm and 40 nm
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gold particles were adopted to prepare of mAb-gold particle conjugates. On the nitrocellulose
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membrane, the 40 nm particles provided better visibility compared to the 20 nm gold particles,
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probably due to their optimal size and their lower steric hindrance between conjugation of 40 nm
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membrane pore size of 15 m, the red gold nanoparticles provided a more obvious visual effect and
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also a faster migration during the process. Finally, 15 m membrane pore size and 40 nm gold
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particles were selected for all immunochromatographic strips. Either OA-KLH or OA-OVA is drawn
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onto the membrane test zone to compare their effectiveness in binding OA in the sample with the
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antibody-gold nanoparticle conjugate. Compared to OA-OVA, the OA-KLH proved to be a suitable
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protein conjugate because coating OA-KLH onto the test zone of a strip obtained a stronger red color
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line in the strips and also had a lower detection limit of 5 ng/mL compared with 20 ng /mL in which
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coated with OA-OVA onto the test line. (data not shown).
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Results of sample analysis acquired by the immunochromatographic strip were in good
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agreement with those acquired by ELISA (Table 1). The test strip can be directly immersed into 300
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L of sample extraction solution and the test can be performed in 10 min. Therefore, the strip test is
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effective for on-site OA detection not only in terms of accuracy and sensitivity, but also in terms of
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labor and speed. This study obtained a novel hybridoma cell line for secreting mAb against OA and
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successfully applied it to an ultrasensitive ELISA and gold nanoparticle immunostrip for detecting
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OA in shellfish. The IC50 value of ELISA was 0.077 ng/mL, and the gold nanoparticle immunostrip
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had a visual detection limit of 5.0 ng/mL. The OA immunostrip is a semiquantitative, rapid and
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visual assay that uses gold nanoparticles as a color tracer to provide visual indication to examine OA
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in shellfish samples within 10 min. This strip will be conceivably applicable for on-site detection of
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OA in seafood industry.
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Abbreviation used
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A, aminopterin; BMH1, BM Condimed H1 Hybridoma Cloning Supplement (BMH1); BSA, bovine
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serum albumin; CDI, 1,1-carbonyldiimidazole; Dulbeco Modified Eagle’s Medium, DMEM; DMSO,
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dimethyl sulfoxide; EDC, 1-ethyl-3 [3-dimethylaminopropyl] carbodimide; ELISA, enzyme-linked
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H, hypoxanthine; iELISA, indirect ELISA; HRP, horseradish peroxidase; KLH, keyhole limpet
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hemocyanin; mAb, momoclonal antibody; MES, 2-N-morpholinoethane-sulfonic acid; NHS,
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N-hydroxysuccinimide; NS-1, P3/NS–1/1–AG4–1; PBS, Phosphate buffer containing 0.15M NaCl;
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PEG 1500, Polyethylene glycol; OVA, ovalbumin; T, thymidine; TMB, 3, 3', 5,
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5'-tetramethylbenzidine.
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Acknowledgments This work was supported by grants NSC 100-2923-B-040-001-MY2 and 101-2313-B-040-005
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from the National Science Council of the Taiwan. Ted Knoy is appreciated for his editorial
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assistance.
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FIGURE CAPTIONS Figure 1. Structures of OA and DTX-1.
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Figure 2. A. Cross-reactivity of anti-OA antibodies with OA () and DTX-1 () in a cdELISA.
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B. Cross-reactivity of anti-OTA antibodies with OA () and DTX-1 () as determined by a
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ciELISA. All data were obtained based on the average of three sets of experiments. The absorbance
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of the control, A0, with no toxin present, was 2.0.
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Figure 3. The schematic illustration of immunochromatographic strip. C, control zone (rabbit
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anti-mouse IgG); T, test zone (OA-KLH).
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Figure 4. Detection limit of OA with immunochromatographic strip. Different concentrationof OA
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analytical standard (0-50 ng /mL) was dissolved in PBS. A concentration higher than 5 ng/mL of
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OA caused a disappearance of a red line at the test zone.
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Figure 5. Detection of OA with immunochromatographic strip in control (C), spiked (S) and 10
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shellfish samples. A spiked strip containing 5 ng/mL of OA in shellfish extract indicates that a red
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line disappeared in the test zone, verifying that it is OA positive. All samples containing OA lower
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than 5 ng/mL showed two red lines on the membrane indicating that they are OA negative.
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Table 1. ELISA and Immunochroatographic Strip Analysis of OA in Shellfish Samples
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ELISA a
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(ng/mL SD)
Immunochromatographic stripa
(ng/g SD) b
498 499
No.
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1.
clam
0.051 0.008
0.204 0.032
―
501
2.
clam
0.143 0.005
0.5720.020
―
502
3.
mussel
0.106 0.004
0.424 0.016
―
503
4
clam
ND
ND
504
5
oyster
ND
ND
505
6
scallop
0.196 0.018
0.784 0.072
―
506
7.
clam
0.517 0.004
2.068 0.016
―
507
8.
clam
0.195 0.012
0.780 0.048
―
508
9.
clam
0.307 0.012
1.228 0.048
―
509
10. oyster
ND
ND
510
11 scallop
ND
ND
511
12 scallop
ND
ND
512
13. clam
513
14 . mussel
ND
ND
514
15. clam
ND
ND
515
16. scallop
516
17. crab
517
18.
518
19. oyster
ND
ND
20. oyster
ND
ND
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clam
0.388 0.005
0.216 0.026 ND
1.552 0.020
0.864 0.104
―
―
ND
0.112 0.023
0.448 0.092
―
a
Each sample was extracted twice and each extract was analyzed in triplicate.
b
One mL extract solution contains 0.25 g of shellfish samples.
c
ND, not detectable
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R1
R2
R3
R4
OA
CH3
H
H
H
DTX-1
CH3 CH3
H
H
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Figure 1. Structures of Okadaic acid (OA) and dinophysistoxin-1(DTX-1)
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(A)
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% of Binding
100
OA DTX-1
80
546
60
547
40
548
20 549
0 550
0.001
0.01
0.1
1
10
100
Toxin concentration, ng/mL 551
(B) 100
% of Binding
552
557
OA DTX-1
80
553
60
554
40
555
20
556
0
0.001
0.01
0.1
1
10
100
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Toxin concentration, ng/mL 559 560 561
Figure 2. A. Cross-reactivity of anti-OA antibodies with OA () and DTX-1 () in a cdELISA. B.
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Cross-reactivity of anti-OTA antibodies with OA () and DTX-1 () as determined by a ciELISA.
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All data were obtained based on the average of three sets of experiments. The absorbance of the
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control, A0, with no toxin present, was 2.0.
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Figure 3. Schematic illustration of immunochromatographic strip for OA. C, control zone (Rabbit
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anti-mouse IgG); T, test zone (OA-KLH).
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0 0.1
595
1
5 10 20
50 ng/mL
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C
599
T
600 601
-
-
-
+
+
+
+
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Figure 4. Detection limit of OA with immunochromatographic strip. A series of dilution (0-50 ng
606
/mL) of certificated standard OA was dissolved in PBS. A concentration higher than 5 ng/mL of
607
OA caused a disappearance of a red line at the test zone.
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C T
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Figure 5. Detection of OA with immunochromatographic strip in control (C), spiked (S) and 10
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shellfish samples. A spiked strip containing 5 ng/mL of OA in shellfish extract indicates that a red
636
line disappeared in the test zone, verifying that it is OA positive. All samples containing OA lower
637
than 5 ng/mL showed two red lines on the membrane indicating that they are OA negative.
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