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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2012, Vol. 11 Issue (2): 263-268    DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(00)8543
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Monoclonal Antibodies Against the Whitefly-Transmitted Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus and Their Application in Virus Detection
 WU Jian-xiang, SHANG Hai-li, XIE Yan, SHEN Qing-tang , ZHOU Xue-ping
1.Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P.R.China
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摘要  Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is a species of the family Geminiviridae, causing serious yield losses in tomato production. The coat protein (CP) gene of TYLCV isolate SH2 was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) using pET- 32a as the expression vector. The recombinant protein was purified through Ni+-NTA affinity column and used to immunize BALB/c mice. Three hybridoma cell lines (2B2, 2E3 and 3E10) secreting monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against TYLCV CP were obtained by fusing mouse myeloma cells (Sp 2/0) with spleen cells from the immunized BALB/c mouse. The titers of ascitic fluids of three MAbs ranged from 10-6 to 10-7 in indirect-ELISA. Isotypes and subclasses of all the MAbs belonged to IgG1, κ light chain. Triple antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (TAS-ELISA) showed that the MAb 3E10 could react with five begomoviruses infecting tomato, while the other two (2B2 and 2E3) mainly reacted with TYLCV. TAS-ELISA was set up using the MAb 3E10, and the established method could successfully detect virus in plant sap at 1:2 560 (w/v, g mL-1). Detection of field samples showed that begomoviruses were common in tomato crops in Zhejiang Province, China.

Abstract  Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is a species of the family Geminiviridae, causing serious yield losses in tomato production. The coat protein (CP) gene of TYLCV isolate SH2 was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) using pET- 32a as the expression vector. The recombinant protein was purified through Ni+-NTA affinity column and used to immunize BALB/c mice. Three hybridoma cell lines (2B2, 2E3 and 3E10) secreting monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against TYLCV CP were obtained by fusing mouse myeloma cells (Sp 2/0) with spleen cells from the immunized BALB/c mouse. The titers of ascitic fluids of three MAbs ranged from 10-6 to 10-7 in indirect-ELISA. Isotypes and subclasses of all the MAbs belonged to IgG1, κ light chain. Triple antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (TAS-ELISA) showed that the MAb 3E10 could react with five begomoviruses infecting tomato, while the other two (2B2 and 2E3) mainly reacted with TYLCV. TAS-ELISA was set up using the MAb 3E10, and the established method could successfully detect virus in plant sap at 1:2 560 (w/v, g mL-1). Detection of field samples showed that begomoviruses were common in tomato crops in Zhejiang Province, China.
Keywords:  Tomato yellow leaf curl virus      coat protein      monoclonal antibody      TAS-ELISA  
Received: 01 March 2011   Accepted:
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This work was supported by the Special Fund for Agro- Scientific Research in the Public Interest from the Ministry of Agriculture, China (201003065).

Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence ZHOU Xue-ping, Tel: +86-571-88982680, Fax: +86-571-86971498, E-mail: zzhou@zju.edu.cn     E-mail:  zzhou@zju.edu.cn

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WU Jian-xiang, SHANG Hai-li, XIE Yan, SHEN Qing-tang , ZHOU Xue-ping. 2012. Monoclonal Antibodies Against the Whitefly-Transmitted Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus and Their Application in Virus Detection. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 11(2): 263-268.

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