Development of sandwich dot-ELISA for specific detection of Ochratoxin A and its application on to contaminated cereal grains originating from India

In the present study, generation and characterization of a highly specific monoclonal antibody (mAb) against Ochratoxin A (OTA) was undertaken. The generated mAb was further used to develop a simple, fast and sensitive sandwich dot-ELISA (s-dot ELISA) method for detection of OTA from contaminated fo...

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Main Authors: M. eVenkataramana, R. eRashmi, Siva Ramakrishna Uppalapati, Chandra eNayak, K. eBalakrishna, M. eRadhika, Vijai Kumar Gupta, H. V. eBatra
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00511/full
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author M. eVenkataramana
R. eRashmi
Siva Ramakrishna Uppalapati
Chandra eNayak
K. eBalakrishna
M. eRadhika
Vijai Kumar Gupta
H. V. eBatra
author_facet M. eVenkataramana
R. eRashmi
Siva Ramakrishna Uppalapati
Chandra eNayak
K. eBalakrishna
M. eRadhika
Vijai Kumar Gupta
H. V. eBatra
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description In the present study, generation and characterization of a highly specific monoclonal antibody (mAb) against Ochratoxin A (OTA) was undertaken. The generated mAb was further used to develop a simple, fast and sensitive sandwich dot-ELISA (s-dot ELISA) method for detection of OTA from contaminated food grain samples. The LOD (limit of detetion) of the developed ELISA method was determined as 5.0 ng/mL of OTA. Developed method was more specific towards OTA and no cross reactivity was observed with the other tested mycotoxins such as deoxynivalenol, fumonisin B1 or aflatoxin B1. To assess the utility and reliability of the developed method, several field samples of maize, wheat and rice (n=195) collected from different geographical regions of southern Karnataka region of India were evaluated for the OTA occurrence. Seventy two out of 195 samples (19 maize, 38 wheat and 15 rice) were found to be contaminated by OTA by s-dot ELISA. The assay results were further co-evaluated with conventional analytical HPLC method. Results of the s-dot ELISA are in concordance with HPLC except for 3 samples that were negative for OTA presence by s-dot ELISA but found positive by HPLC. Although positive by HPLC, the amount of OTA in the three samples was found to be lesser than the accepted levels (>5 µg/kg) of OTA presence in cereals. Therefore, in conclusion, the developed s-dot ELISA is a better alternative for routine cereal based food and feed analysis in diagnostic labs to check the presence of OTA over existing conventional culture based, tedious analytical methods.
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spelling doaj.art-e34767b394a7416c8596f6469f66ecf52022-12-22T01:09:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2015-05-01610.3389/fmicb.2015.00511138761Development of sandwich dot-ELISA for specific detection of Ochratoxin A and its application on to contaminated cereal grains originating from IndiaM. eVenkataramana0R. eRashmi1Siva Ramakrishna Uppalapati2Chandra eNayak3K. eBalakrishna4M. eRadhika5Vijai Kumar Gupta6H. V. eBatra7Bharathiar UniversityDefence Food Research LaboratoryDefence Food Research LaboratoryMysore UniversityDefence Food Research LaboratoryDefence Food Research LaboratoryNational University of Ireland GalwayDefence Food Research LaboratoryIn the present study, generation and characterization of a highly specific monoclonal antibody (mAb) against Ochratoxin A (OTA) was undertaken. The generated mAb was further used to develop a simple, fast and sensitive sandwich dot-ELISA (s-dot ELISA) method for detection of OTA from contaminated food grain samples. The LOD (limit of detetion) of the developed ELISA method was determined as 5.0 ng/mL of OTA. Developed method was more specific towards OTA and no cross reactivity was observed with the other tested mycotoxins such as deoxynivalenol, fumonisin B1 or aflatoxin B1. To assess the utility and reliability of the developed method, several field samples of maize, wheat and rice (n=195) collected from different geographical regions of southern Karnataka region of India were evaluated for the OTA occurrence. Seventy two out of 195 samples (19 maize, 38 wheat and 15 rice) were found to be contaminated by OTA by s-dot ELISA. The assay results were further co-evaluated with conventional analytical HPLC method. Results of the s-dot ELISA are in concordance with HPLC except for 3 samples that were negative for OTA presence by s-dot ELISA but found positive by HPLC. Although positive by HPLC, the amount of OTA in the three samples was found to be lesser than the accepted levels (>5 µg/kg) of OTA presence in cereals. Therefore, in conclusion, the developed s-dot ELISA is a better alternative for routine cereal based food and feed analysis in diagnostic labs to check the presence of OTA over existing conventional culture based, tedious analytical methods.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00511/fullHPLCmonoclonal antibodiesELISAOchratoxin ACereal grains
spellingShingle M. eVenkataramana
R. eRashmi
Siva Ramakrishna Uppalapati
Chandra eNayak
K. eBalakrishna
M. eRadhika
Vijai Kumar Gupta
H. V. eBatra
Development of sandwich dot-ELISA for specific detection of Ochratoxin A and its application on to contaminated cereal grains originating from India
Frontiers in Microbiology
HPLC
monoclonal antibodies
ELISA
Ochratoxin A
Cereal grains
title Development of sandwich dot-ELISA for specific detection of Ochratoxin A and its application on to contaminated cereal grains originating from India
title_full Development of sandwich dot-ELISA for specific detection of Ochratoxin A and its application on to contaminated cereal grains originating from India
title_fullStr Development of sandwich dot-ELISA for specific detection of Ochratoxin A and its application on to contaminated cereal grains originating from India
title_full_unstemmed Development of sandwich dot-ELISA for specific detection of Ochratoxin A and its application on to contaminated cereal grains originating from India
title_short Development of sandwich dot-ELISA for specific detection of Ochratoxin A and its application on to contaminated cereal grains originating from India
title_sort development of sandwich dot elisa for specific detection of ochratoxin a and its application on to contaminated cereal grains originating from india
topic HPLC
monoclonal antibodies
ELISA
Ochratoxin A
Cereal grains
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00511/full
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