Insights into the Incidence of Watermelon chlorotic stunt virus Causing Yellowing Disease of Watermelon in Western and Southwestern Regions of Saudi Arabia

Ahmad, Mohammad; Shakeel, Muhammad Taimoor; Al-Shahwan, I. M.; Al-Saleh, M. A.; Amer, M. A.

doi:10.5423/ppj.oa.04.2018.0059

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“…Diagnostic studies rely on sandwich ELISA as a key assay in many fields. It is used in the detection of bacterial [ 5 ], parasitic [ 6 ], fungal [ 7 ], and viral infections in both human and animals [ 8 ] as well as in botany research to detect plant viral disease [ 9 ]. In addition, it is also used in biomarker profiling [ 10 , 11 ] and biomarker-based diagnostic assays for cancer diagnosis [ 12 ], diagnosis of autoimmune diseases [ 13 ], and Alzheimer’s [ 14 ].…”

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Cross-reaction between mouse and rat immunoglobulin G: does it matter in sandwich ELISA?

Nadeem¹,

Barakat

Bahgat³

2021

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

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Background Sandwich ELISA is an ideal antigen detection and quantification assay. Recently, it was used as the basic concept for high technology diagnostics. The specificity of the assay depends on the exclusion of detection cross-reactivity which arises from using two antibodies developed in different species. Since mice and rats are the common laboratory animals used to develop antigen specific antibodies. Therefore, the questions we addressed here were (1) can one use antigen-specific antibodies raised in mice and rats in the same assay to specifically detect/quantify antigens? and (2) which antibodies of the two rodents should be placed for capturing and for detection in the antigen-detection sandwich? Results Direct ELISA assay was used to assess for the specific reaction of the HRP-conjugated antibody to the target serum. First reaction was to compare between either conjugate anti-rat IgG (homologous) or anti-mouse IgG (heterologous) for the detection of rat sera IgG. Following the dilution factor optimization, the O.D. were 0.744±0.051 and 0.604±0.05, respectively (p= .004). The difference in mean O.D. of 0.14 reflected an unaccepted non-specific reaction. The second reaction was to compare between either conjugate anti-mouse IgG (homologous) and anti-rat IgG (heterologous) for the detection of mouse sera IgG. The recorded O.D. were 0.9414±0.14 and 0.317 ±0.141, respectively (p= .0002). The improved difference in mean O.D. of 0.624 reflecting a minimized cross-reaction. Conclusions Our results suggest that it is possible to use both Swiss albino mice and albino rats in a single sandwich ELISA, given that the captured antibody species to be from the Swiss albino mice and the detection antibody to be from the albino rat. The described working details are limited to the source of the antibodies used in the study. However, the approach stresses on the importance of such optimization steps before making any interpretations based on the antigen detection. To our knowledge, this study is the first to cover the optimal order of the capturing and the detection antibodies in a sandwich ELISA assay. In addition to addressing the possible interfering cross-reactivity that result from using mouse and rat serum antibodies in a single assay. Graphical abstract

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