Development of gold nanoparticles based immunosensor dipstick for the detection of cholera toxin

Living in poverty stricken and poor sanitation countries often linked to water-borne diarrheal disease like cholera. The cholera toxin produced by toxigenic Vibrio cholerae strains are the etiology that results in profuse secretion of rice watery stool, leads to severe dehydration and shock. In th...

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Main Author: Rahman, Engku Nur Syafirah Engku Abd
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2012
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/59593/1/ENGKU%20NURSYAFIRAH%20BINTI%20ENGKU%20ABD%20RAHMAN%20-%20e.pdf
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description Living in poverty stricken and poor sanitation countries often linked to water-borne diarrheal disease like cholera. The cholera toxin produced by toxigenic Vibrio cholerae strains are the etiology that results in profuse secretion of rice watery stool, leads to severe dehydration and shock. In this study, attempts were made to develop a dipstick assay for cholera toxin detection. Optimization of pH and amount of coating antibody for colloidal gold-anti-cholera toxin conjugation was done using particle flocculation assay. The control and test line concentrations were optimized and various blocking agents were tested to prevent the non-specific bindings on detection membrane. The stability of the dried gold conjugate was determined by optimizing the concentration of colloidal gold and sucrose. The culture for cholera toxin production was optimized by testing with different types of media, culture conditions, media volume, incubation time and temperature. A serially diluted pure cholera toxin was used for sensitivity test while specificity of dipstick was evaluated using others bacterial strains. Study showed that 0.20 mg/ml of goat antimouse and 5 pg/ml of GM, were found to be the optimum concentrations for control and test lines, respectively. Three percent BSA was found to be the optimal blocking reagent. The optimum consistency in colloidal gold release was showed by colloidal gold added with 3% BSA and 10% sucrose in 2 mM PBS, respectively. The 10 ml volume of YEP broth culture using AKI-SW method for 20 hours at 37°C were found to be the best method for cholera toxin production. The detection limit of dipstick sensitivity was found to be 10 ng/ml while specificity was found to be 100% with no invalid results. Thus, the dipstick assay permits rapid differentiation between toxigenic and non-toxigenic V. cholerae strains via cholera toxin detection that helps in surveillance of cholera cases.
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spelling usm.eprints-595932023-11-14T08:01:52Z http://eprints.usm.my/59593/ Development of gold nanoparticles based immunosensor dipstick for the detection of cholera toxin Rahman, Engku Nur Syafirah Engku Abd RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases Living in poverty stricken and poor sanitation countries often linked to water-borne diarrheal disease like cholera. The cholera toxin produced by toxigenic Vibrio cholerae strains are the etiology that results in profuse secretion of rice watery stool, leads to severe dehydration and shock. In this study, attempts were made to develop a dipstick assay for cholera toxin detection. Optimization of pH and amount of coating antibody for colloidal gold-anti-cholera toxin conjugation was done using particle flocculation assay. The control and test line concentrations were optimized and various blocking agents were tested to prevent the non-specific bindings on detection membrane. The stability of the dried gold conjugate was determined by optimizing the concentration of colloidal gold and sucrose. The culture for cholera toxin production was optimized by testing with different types of media, culture conditions, media volume, incubation time and temperature. A serially diluted pure cholera toxin was used for sensitivity test while specificity of dipstick was evaluated using others bacterial strains. Study showed that 0.20 mg/ml of goat antimouse and 5 pg/ml of GM, were found to be the optimum concentrations for control and test lines, respectively. Three percent BSA was found to be the optimal blocking reagent. The optimum consistency in colloidal gold release was showed by colloidal gold added with 3% BSA and 10% sucrose in 2 mM PBS, respectively. The 10 ml volume of YEP broth culture using AKI-SW method for 20 hours at 37°C were found to be the best method for cholera toxin production. The detection limit of dipstick sensitivity was found to be 10 ng/ml while specificity was found to be 100% with no invalid results. Thus, the dipstick assay permits rapid differentiation between toxigenic and non-toxigenic V. cholerae strains via cholera toxin detection that helps in surveillance of cholera cases. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2012 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/59593/1/ENGKU%20NURSYAFIRAH%20BINTI%20ENGKU%20ABD%20RAHMAN%20-%20e.pdf Rahman, Engku Nur Syafirah Engku Abd (2012) Development of gold nanoparticles based immunosensor dipstick for the detection of cholera toxin. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted)
spellingShingle RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases
Rahman, Engku Nur Syafirah Engku Abd
Development of gold nanoparticles based immunosensor dipstick for the detection of cholera toxin
title Development of gold nanoparticles based immunosensor dipstick for the detection of cholera toxin
title_full Development of gold nanoparticles based immunosensor dipstick for the detection of cholera toxin
title_fullStr Development of gold nanoparticles based immunosensor dipstick for the detection of cholera toxin
title_full_unstemmed Development of gold nanoparticles based immunosensor dipstick for the detection of cholera toxin
title_short Development of gold nanoparticles based immunosensor dipstick for the detection of cholera toxin
title_sort development of gold nanoparticles based immunosensor dipstick for the detection of cholera toxin
topic RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases
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