A quartz crystal microbalance method for rapid detection and differentiation of shiga toxins by applying a monoalkyl globobioside as the toxin ligand

Biomacromolecules. 2002 May-Jun;3(3):411-4. doi: 10.1021/bm010161a.

Abstract

A simple globobiosyl (Gb2) ceramide mimic carrying a monoalkyl chain (C18) was applied for a monolayer Langmuir-Blodgett (L-B) technique to detect Shiga toxins (Stxs) by a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) method. The artificial glycolipid, synthesized from penta-O-acetyl-D-galactopyranose via a conventional glycosidation pathway, was developed at the air-water surface for the formation of the monolayer film. Then, the film was transferred onto a QCM cell surface modified with alkanethiols. Upon the addition of each of Stx-1 and Stx-2, the decrease of frequency reached saturation within 45 min at a few nanogram order per quartz cell. Binding constants (Ka) estimated for each of Stx-1 and Stx-2 showed little difference between the two toxins. On the other hand, in the presence of an artificial acrylamido Gb2 copolymer as a competitive inhibitor, the two toxins showed a large difference in the binding behavior to the L-B monolayer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Binding, Competitive
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / instrumentation
  • Escherichia coli Infections / diagnosis
  • Escherichia coli O157 / chemistry
  • Globosides* / chemical synthesis
  • Humans
  • Ligands
  • Molecular Mimicry
  • Protein Binding
  • Quartz
  • Shiga Toxin 1
  • Shiga Toxin 2
  • Shiga Toxins / analysis*
  • Surface Properties
  • Weights and Measures

Substances

  • Globosides
  • Ligands
  • Shiga Toxin 1
  • Shiga Toxin 2
  • Shiga Toxins
  • Quartz