Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2014, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (4): 685-692.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2014.04.008

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Charericterization of a Phage-Displayed Nanobody Imitating Aflatoxin Antigen

 WANG  Yan-Ru-1, 2 , 4 , LI  Pei-Wu-1, 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , ZHANG  Qi-1, 3 , 4 , DING  Xiao-Xia-1, 4 , 5 , ZHANG  Wen-1, 2 , 5   

  1. 1、Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062;
    2、Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430062;
    3、Key Laboratory of Detection for Mycotoxins, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430062;
    4、Laboratory of Risk Assessment for Oliseeds Products (Wuhan), Ministry of Agriculture,Wuhan 430062; 5Quality Inspection and Test Center for Oilseeds Products, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan 430062
  • Received:2013-07-17 Online:2014-02-15 Published:2013-11-01

Abstract: 【Objective】A phage-displayed aflatoxin mimotope was obtained from a home-made phage-displayed nanobody library, and used to develop enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) towards aflatoxins. In this research, the performance of the selected mimotope was characterized. 【Method】In previous work of author’s laboratory, an alpaca had been immunized with anti-aflatoxin MAb 1C11 mixed with Freund’s incomplete adjuvant. Total RNA was extracted from alpaca’s blood and used to synthesize first strand cDNA. The phage displayed VHH library was constructed by ligating amplified VHH genes with plasmid pComb3X. In this work, anti-aflatoxin monoclonal antibody 1C11 was coated on a 96-well microplate, phage-displayed nanobody solution was mixed with aflatoxin standard or sample extracts and added into the wells to compete binding to the antibody. The assay’s sensitivity towards aflatoxin B1, cross-reactivity towards aflatoxin B2, G1, G2 and M1 was determined. The assay buffer’s pH value, ironic strength and methanol concentration were also optimized. In order to apply this assay to agro-products, peanut, rice and corn were selected to test its matrix effects.【Result】Determined by checkerboard procedure, the optimized concentration of the coating antibody was 1.25 mg·mL-1 and phage was 5´1011 pfu/mL. Under this condition, the assay had an IC50 value of 0.054 ng·mL-1 towards aflatoxin B1. Its cross-reactivity towards aflatoxin B2, G1, G2 and M1 was 38.6%, 70.1%, 14.5% and 14.6%, respectively. Methanol concentration could be as high as 20% without interference to the assay. The assay had the highest sensitivity under pH value of 7.0. Increasing or decreasing the pH value of the assay buffer reduced its sensitivity. Ionic strength influenced ELISA performance. And the selected optimum concentration was 0.01 mol·L-1, which led to the lowest IC50 value. As a result, the optimized assay buffer was 0.01 mol·L-1 phosphate buffered saline (PBS) with a pH value of 7.0. There was no significant matrix effect when the sample extract was diluted by 4 times or higher. 【Conclusion】 The immunoassay based on phage 2-5 has a high sensitivity, high tolerance to methanol and sample matrix. Phage-displayed nanobody 2-5 can be used in immunoassays towards aflatoxins in agro-products as aflatoxin mimotope.

Key words: aflatoxin , mimotope , phage-displayed nanobody

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