Preparation of gold-labeled antibody probe and its use in immunochromatography assay for detection of aflatoxin B1

Int J Food Microbiol. 2005 Mar 15;99(2):185-94. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.07.021.

Abstract

Preparation of an antibody-colloidal gold probe (conjugate) specific to aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and its use in developing a rapid AFB1 diagnostic method was presented in this paper. Monodispersional nanogold colloid was synthesized and preparation of nanogold-labeled polyclonal antibody probe to aflatoxin B1 under friendly and optimal condition. Combination of antibody with nanogold particles was also characterized by UV-visible (UV-vis) light absorption spectra, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), fluorescence spectroscopy, titers, cross reactivity and stability measurements. Furthermore, nanogold-labeled probe was used to develop an immunochromatographic (IC) method for aflatoxin B1 analysis. With this method, analysis could be completed in less than 10 min. Detection time was reduced 6-10 times comparative with ELISA. With visual observation, lower test limit was found to be around 2.5 ng/ml aflatoxin B1 standard solution, which was increased to two times of ELISA.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Aflatoxin B1 / immunology
  • Aflatoxin B1 / isolation & purification*
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / analysis*
  • Chromatography / methods*
  • Colloids
  • Food Contamination / analysis*
  • Food Microbiology
  • Gold
  • Immunologic Tests / methods
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Colloids
  • Gold
  • Aflatoxin B1