一种新型免疫层析技术在临床乳腺癌Her-2蛋白定量检测中的应用

建立一种靶点蛋白质快速定量检测方法。在原有侧向流动免疫层析技术的基础上,通过优化层析材料和纳米微球的均一性、改进检测区的检测方法,经逐点扫描技术,建立标准浓度曲线,以达到对临床靶点蛋白质的定量检测。以乳腺癌组织中的Her2表达为例,通过对已知浓度样品的检测,验证本技术方法的准确度大于96%。另外,以蛋白质免疫印迹作为组织中特定蛋白质检测金标准,分析临床肿瘤组织中Her2蛋白的含量,其准确率也达到95.5%,而免疫组织化学方法检测准确率仅为69.58%。新型免疫层析法检测结果与靶向治疗患者的愈后密切相关(P<0.01)。改进后的新型免疫层析方法能够准确地对临床靶点蛋白质进行定量检测,而且结合侧向流动技术的简单、快速和易用性,这种新型检测方法可以广泛应用于临床组织标本、血液标本和体液标本中靶点蛋白质的临场定量检测,在一定程度上可以替代免疫组化技术。     

超大表面积自驱动微流控芯片的设计与制备

目的:利用新型纳米森林材料,构建一种操作简单、检测快速、灵敏度高的用于现场检测的自驱动微流控芯片。方法:利用MEMS加工技术制备出具有优良光学性能和大表面积的石英纳米森林结构微流道,对该纳米森林结构的高度、宽度/横向尺寸、密度、表面积、光学性能、毛细驱动效果、荧光增敏效果做出评价,利用双抗体夹心的方法进行蓖麻毒素的检测。结果:纳米纤维锥底直径200～300nm,高度约1. 0μm,纳米森林的密度约为10个/μm~2,估测表面积比底面积达5∶1以上。其在波长为680nm处的透光率达89. 5%,驱动流速约5mm/s,与平面结构相比,其饱和荧光显色成倍提高。蓖麻毒素的检测限低于10pg/ml,在10～6 250pg/ml范围内具有较好线性关系。结论:基于纳米森林结构,成功构建了一种具有超大表面积和高灵敏度的毛细自驱动微流控芯片。     

蓖麻毒素诱导肝癌细胞生成一氧化氮合酶——免疫组织化学研究

应用免疫组织化学方法观察不同浓度蓖麻毒素作用于肝癌细胞不同时间后,对iNOS的诱导作用。结果显示,未受蓖麻毒素作用的肝癌细胞胞浆iNOS呈阴性反应;当受到蓖麻毒素诱导后,才能在胞浆内合成,不同浓度的蓖麻毒素对肝癌细胞诱导iNOS的产生没有明显差别,而蓖麻毒素诱导iNOS的表达有明显的时间依赖性,2h没有表达,4h才出现,随着时间的延长,到8h时仍然有明显的表达,由于iNOS的合成涉及基因转录,蛋白质合成等过程,故需诱导数小时后显示酶活性,但一经诱导生成,酶活性持续时间长,蓖麻毒素诱导iNOS的产生在抗癌应用中具有重要的价值。     

PCR相关技术在植物病毒检疫检测中的应用

PCR和建立在PCR基础上的分子生物学技术以其灵敏、快速、简便等优点广泛应用于植物病毒的检测。阐述反转录聚合酶链式反应、免疫捕捉反转录PCR、PCR-单链构型多态性、实时荧光定量PCR、差异显示PCR和巢式PCR等相关技术的原理及其在植物病毒检测中的应用现状,以期为我国植物病毒的检疫检测提供有益参考。     

用于肿瘤标志物检测的电化学免疫传感器

联合检测几种肿瘤标志物,在肿瘤早期诊断中具有重要的临床应用价值。随着纳米技术、流动注射分析技术、微流控技术以及丝网印刷术的迅猛发展,电化学免疫传感器可以在肿瘤标志物的检测中扮演越来越重要的角色。本文主要介绍了电化学免疫传感器的原理及其在肿瘤蛋白标志物检测中的应用情况,并介绍了纳米材料、流动注射分析、微流控等技术在肿瘤标志物免疫传感器中的运用,展望了电化学免疫传感器的前景。     

蓖麻毒素与其单克隆抗体相互作用动力学研究

表面等离子体激元共振(SPR)是一种可微量、实时、动态地监测生物分子相互作用的生物传感技术。蓖麻毒素为核糖体失活蛋白,具有很强的细胞毒性作用。通过SPR技术研究了两种抗蓖麻毒素的单克隆抗体C5、D12与蓖麻毒素相互作用的动力学,计算出两者的亲和常数分别为2.49×108mol-1·L和7.9×108mol-1·L,并对两种抗体的抗原表位进行了分析。     

胶体金免疫层析试纸条技术在病毒检测领域的应用研究现状北大核心CSCD

胶体金免疫层析试纸条技术是一种快速、灵敏和精准的固相标记检测技术,胶体金免疫层析试纸条具有价格低廉、操作简便、检测快捷和特异性强的优点,具有在短时间内灵敏、准确地定性检测出相关病毒的潜在能力,有效解决传统检测方法在医学、兽医、动植物病毒检测和农药残留检测等领域存在检测时间长、设备不便和专业性强的弊端。目前在检测领域,该技术在检测细菌性疾病、病毒性疾病和预防传染性疾病大面积扩散等方面都有应用,因此,该技术在检验方面具有巨大的发展空间。文中主要对胶体金免疫层析技术进行综述,并对该技术在生物病毒检测方面进行总结和展望。     

创伤弧菌溶细胞素中类蓖麻毒素功能模序的细胞毒活性研究

创伤弧菌溶细胞素(Vibrio vulnificus cytolysin,VVC)氨基酸序列的313-445位(Gi No.M34670)与蓖麻毒素B链(Ricinchain B,RTB)的一段高度同源,为类蓖麻毒素。基因克隆表达创伤弧菌溶细胞素类蓖麻毒素(rRicin B),Ni2+亲和层析法及透析复性法进行纯化、复性。用纯化的rRi-cin B免疫日本大耳兔获得多克隆抗体,兔抗rRicin B多克隆抗体经盐析法、分子筛纯化后,得到较纯的IgG分子。免疫印迹结果显示,抗rRicin B多克隆抗体与纯化抗原呈现特异性反应条带。流式细胞术结果显示,rRicin B诱导细胞凋亡呈剂量依赖关系,多抗能够阻断其细胞毒性。至此,该工作成功制备了兔抗rRicin B的多克隆抗体,并证明了创伤弧菌溶细胞素结构基因的类蓖麻毒素功能域具有细胞毒活性,能诱导Hela细胞凋亡,且其细胞毒活性能被其多抗成功阻断。     

免疫磁珠富集技术联合选择性培养基快速检测单增李斯特菌

单增李斯特菌是一种危害极大的食源性致病菌,建立快速及特异的检测方法对于食品安全监控尤为重要。文中联合免疫磁珠与选择性培养基对不同浓度(101~105CFU/mL)单增李斯特菌进行检测,并对3种李斯特菌、金黄色葡萄球菌及副溶血弧菌进行交叉试验;同时模拟食物污染,探索免疫磁珠-平板法检测样品的检测限以及该方法的最快检测时间。结果显示特异性免疫磁珠联合选择性平板法可检出浓度为103CFU/mL及以上的单增李斯特菌;牛奶样品仅需6 h增菌能被检出,检测限为0.7 CFU/mL。联合使用免疫磁珠富集技术与选择性培养基,能在30 h内完成对牛奶样品的检测,较国标法减少38 h以上,且具有同等的灵敏度。     

纳米磁性颗粒标记的免疫层析法定量检测人绒毛膜促性腺激素

目的:应用纳米磁性颗粒标记的免疫层析法研制用于早孕检测的快速定量层析试纸条。方法:应用EDC/NHS法标记纳米磁珠、Biodot喷膜仪喷点NC膜、双抗体加心法建立免疫层析试纸条、对磁信号进行检测并与ELISA实验做对比,并对结果进行评价。结果:建立了HCG纳米磁性免疫层析试纸条,检测到底线为1miu/ml的HCG抗原,检测灵敏度达到了同类产品ELISA分析法的标准;用此方法与商品化免疫胶体金试纸条对临床样本进行检测,检测符合率达99%,与ELISA法比较符合率达100%,且检测时间控制在5min以内。结论:该方法简单快速,灵敏度高,不仅可以应用于HCG的检测,同时为体内极微量抗原抗体的快速检测建立了新模式。     

Selection and characterization of peptide memitopes binding to ricin

A combinatorial random peptide display library expressed in E. coli was employed to identify short, linear peptide sequences that showed affinity for ricin and could be used as reagents for detection and identification of ricin. One peptide, P3, from a collection of four short peptides showed specific binding to ricin. The kinetic analysis of this peptide binding to the ricin showed lower equilibrium binding constants for the peptide P3 than monoclonal antibody. This is attributed due to both slower association and faster dissociation rates for the peptide P3. The random ricin peptide P3 binds to ricin with a K_D of 1 M versus the antibody's K_D of 14 nM. This particular peptide memitope P3 against ricin showed specific binding to ricin without any significant cross-reactivity against other proteins such as bovine serum albumin (BSA), lysozyme and natural bacterial toxins such as Staphylococcal enterotoxins A and B. The results provided proof-of-principal that peptide memitopes are another choice of reagents due to ease in production to be used for the detection of highly toxic bio-threat or biowarfare agents such as ricin.     

Detection of ricin and other ribosome-inactivating proteins by an immuno-polymerase chain reaction assay

Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are plant proteins with enzymatic activity, classified as type 1 (single chain) or type 2 (two chains). They are identified as rRNA N-glycosidases (EC 3.2.2.22) and cause an irreversible inhibition of protein synthesis. Among type 2 RIPs, there are potent toxins (ricin is the best known) that are considered as potential biological weapons. The development of a fast and sensitive method for the detection of biological agents is an important tool to prevent or deal with the consequences of intoxication. In this article, we describe a very sensitive immuno-polymerase chain reaction (IPCR) assay for the detection of RIPs-a type 1 RIP (dianthin) and a type 2 RIP (ricin)-that combines the specificity of immunological analysis with the exponential amplification of PCR. The limit of detection (LOD) of the technique was compared with the LODs of the conventional immunological methods enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and fluorescent immunosorbent assay (FIA). The LOD of IPCR was more than 1 million times lower than that of ELISA, allowing the detection of 10 fg/ml of dianthin and ricin. The possibility to detect ricin in human serum was also investigated, and a similar sensitivity was observed (10 fg/ml). IPCR appears to be the most sensitive method for the detection of ricin and other RIPs.     

Detection of ricin using a carbon nanofiber based biosensor

We report ricin detection using antibody and aptamer probes immobilized on a nanoelectrode array (NEA) consisting of vertically aligned carbon nanofibers (VACNFs). These biosensor chips are fabricated on a wafer scale using steps common in integrated circuit manufacturing. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy is used to characterize the detection event and the results indicate that the electron transfer resistance changes significantly after the ricin protein binds to the probe. Further confirmation is obtained from evaluation of the electrode surface by atomic force microscopy which clearly shows a change in height from the bare electrode to the surface bound by the probe-protein.     

A simple and rapid protein array based method for the simultaneous detection of biowarfare agents

A protein chip has been developed that allows the simultaneous detection of a multitude of different biowarfare agents. The chip was developed for the ArrayTube platform providing a cheap and easy to handle technology solution that combines a microtube-integrated protein chip with the classical procedure of a sandwich-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and signal amplification by streptavidin-poly-horseradish peroxidase. Specific immunoassays for Staphylococcus enterotoxin B, ricin, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus, West Nile virus, Yellow fever virus, Orthopox virus species, Francisella tularensis, Yersinia pestis, Brucella melitensis, Burkholderia mallei and Escherichia coli EHEC O157:H7 were developed and optimized. All assays could be completed within 1 to 1 1/2 h and detection levels were demonstrated to be as low as in well established ELISAs. Most interesting, as a result of careful antibody screening and testing, it is currently possible to analyse at least five of the "dirty dozen" agents on one single protein chip in parallel.     

Real-time cytotoxicity assay for rapid and sensitive detection of ricin from complex matrices

Background

In the context of a potential bioterrorist attack sensitive and fast detection of functionally active toxins such as ricin from complex matrices is necessary to be able to start timely countermeasures. One of the functional detection methods currently available for ricin is the endpoint cytotoxicity assay, which suffers from a number of technical deficits.

Methodology/Findings

This work describes a novel online cytotoxicity assay for the detection of active ricin and Ricinus communis agglutinin, that is based on a real-time cell electronic sensing system and impedance measurement. Characteristic growth parameters of Vero cells were monitored online and used as standardized viability control. Upon incubation with toxin the cell status and the cytotoxic effect were visualized using a characteristic cell index–time profile. For ricin, tested in concentrations of 0.06 ng/mL or above, a concentration-dependent decrease of cell index correlating with cytotoxicity was recorded between 3.5 h and 60 h. For ricin, sensitive detection was determined after 24 h, with an IC50 of 0.4 ng/mL (for agglutinin, an IC50 of 30 ng/mL was observed). Using functionally blocking antibodies, the specificity for ricin and agglutinin was shown. For detection from complex matrices, ricin was spiked into several food matrices, and an IC50 ranging from 5.6 to 200 ng/mL was observed. Additionally, the assay proved to be useful in detecting active ricin in environmental sample materials, as shown for organic fertilizer containing R. communis material.

Conclusions/Significance

The cell-electrode impedance measurement provides a sensitive online detection method for biologically active cytotoxins such as ricin. As the cell status is monitored online, the assay can be standardized more efficiently than previous approaches based on endpoint measurement. More importantly, the real-time cytotoxicity assay provides a fast and easy tool to detect active ricin in complex sample matrices.     

Computational approaches for identification of conserved/unique binding pockets in the A chain of ricin

MOTIVATION: Specific and sensitive ligand-based protein detection assays that employ antibodies or small molecules such as peptides, aptamers or other small molecules require that the corresponding surface region of the protein be accessible and that there be minimal cross-reactivity with non-target proteins. To reduce the time and cost of laboratory screening efforts for diagnostic reagents, we developed new methods for evaluating and selecting protein surface regions for ligand targeting. RESULTS: We devised combined structure- and sequence-based methods for identifying 3D epitopes and binding pockets on the surface of the A chain of ricin that are conserved with respect to a set of ricin A chains and unique with respect to other proteins. We (1) used structure alignment software to detect structural deviations and extracted from this analysis the residue-residue correspondence, (2) devised a method to compare corresponding residues across sets of ricin structures and structures of closely related proteins, (3) devised a sequence-based approach to determine residue infrequency in local sequence context and (4) modified a pocket-finding algorithm to identify surface crevices in close proximity to residues determined to be conserved/unique based on our structure- and sequence-based methods. In applying this combined informatics approach to ricin A, we identified a conserved/unique pocket in close proximity (but not overlapping) the active site that is suitable for bi-dentate ligand development. These methods are generally applicable to identification of surface epitopes and binding pockets for development of diagnostic reagents, therapeutics and vaccines.     

Specific Elimination of Latently HIV-1 Infected Cells Using HIV-1 Protease-Sensitive Toxin Nanocapsules

Anti-retroviral drugs suppress HIV-1 plasma viremia to undetectable levels; however, latent HIV-1 persists in reservoirs within HIV-1-infected patients. The silent provirus can be activated through the use of drugs, including protein kinase C activators and histone deacetylase inhibitors. This “shock” approach is then followed by “kill” of the producing cells either through direct HIV-1-induced cell death or natural immune mechanisms. However, these mechanisms are relatively slow and effectiveness is unclear. Here, we develop an approach to specifically target and kill cells that are activated early in the process of virus production. We utilize a novel nanocapsule technology whereby the ricin A chain is encapsulated in an inactive form within a polymer shell. Specificity for release of the ricin A toxin is conferred by peptide crosslinkers that are sensitive to cleavage by HIV-1 protease. By using well-established latent infection models, J-Lat and U1 cells, we demonstrate that only within an HIV-1-producing cell expressing functional HIV-1 protease will the nanocapsule release its ricin A cargo, shutting down viral and cellular protein synthesis, and ultimately leading to rapid death of the producer cell. Thus, we provide proof of principle for a novel technology to kill HIV-1-producing cells without effects on non-target cells.     

蓖麻毒素对肝癌细胞有丝分裂原激活蛋白激酶的影响

为进一步探讨蓖麻毒素的毒作用机理 ,采用 Western印迹和免疫组化方法研究蓖麻毒素对人肝癌细胞内磷酸化状态和有丝分裂原激活蛋白激酶 (MAPK)的影响 .其结果表明 :蓖麻毒素能够影响细胞内的磷酸化状态 ,并能激活细胞内的有丝分裂原激活蛋白激酶 ,对 MAPK的激活有时间依赖性和剂量依赖性 . MAPK信号传导途径参与了蓖麻毒素对肝癌细胞的毒作用 .     

Milk inhibits the biological activity of ricin

Ricin is a highly toxic protein produced by the castor plant Ricinus communis. The toxin is relatively easy to isolate and can be used as a biological weapon. There is great interest in identifying effective inhibitors for ricin. In this study, we demonstrated by three independent assays that a component of reconstituted powdered milk has a high binding affinity to ricin. We discovered that milk can competitively bind to and reduce the amount of toxin available to asialofetuin type II, which is used as a model to study the binding of ricin to galactose cell-surface receptors. Milk also removes ricin bound to the microtiter plate. In parallel experiments, we demonstrated by activity assay and by immuno-PCR that milk can bind competitively to 1 ng/ml ricin, reducing the amount of toxin uptake by the cells, and thus inhibit the biological activity of ricin. The inhibitory effect of milk on ricin activity in Vero cells was at the same level as by anti-ricin antibodies. We also found that (a) milk did not inhibit ricin at concentrations of 10 or 100 ng/ml; (b) autoclaving 10 and 100 ng/ml ricin in DMEM at 121 °C for 30 min completely abolished activity; and (c) milk did not affect the activity of another ribosome inactivating protein, Shiga toxin type 2 (Stx2), produced by pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7. Unlike ricin, which is internalized into the cells via a galactose-binding site, Stx2 is internalized through the cell surface receptor glycolipid globotriasylceramides Gb3 and Gb4. These observations suggest that ricin toxicity may possibly be reduced at room temperature by a widely consumed natural liquid food.