Monoclonal Antibody-Based Enzyme Immunoassay for Detection of Ricin
- 1 February 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Hybridoma and Hybridomics
- Vol. 21 (1), 69-73
- https://doi.org/10.1089/15368590252917665
Abstract
A sensitive and specific enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay (ELISA) was developed to detect ricin in biological fluids. The assay is based on the sandwich format using monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) of two distinct specificities. An affinity-purified anti-ricin B chain MAb (1G7) is utilized to adsorb ricin from solution and the second anti-ricin A chain MAb (5E11) conjugated with peroxidase is then used to form a sandwich, and peroxidase allows color development and measurement of optical density at 450 nm. Standard curves were linear over the range of 2.5–100 ng/mL ricin. The limit of detection was below 5 ng/mL in assay buffer as well as in a 1:10 dilution of urine or 1:50 dilution of human serum spiked with ricin.Keywords
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