Barnase-barstar high affinity interaction phenomenon as the base for the heterogenous bioluminescence pseudorabies virus' immunoassay

J Biochem Biophys Methods. 2007 Jun 10;70(4):605-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jbbm.2007.01.013. Epub 2007 Feb 3.

Abstract

The effective new variant of "sandwich" bioluminescent enzyme immunoassay (BEIA) for the sensitive detection of glycoprotein B (gB) of pseudorabies virus (PrV) was presently developed. The high affinity interaction of barnase-barstar protein pair and photoprotein obelin as bioluminescent marker were for the first time successfully applied to BEIA development. Preliminary the two monoclonal antibodies, 11/5 and 34/2, were raised against gB for ELISA PrV detection. Presently we used the same immuno-"sandwich" principle for BEIA. To do this the two different bioconjugates were elaborated. Recombinant barnase was chemically conjugated with monoclonal anti-PrV's gB IgG, and also barstar was fused in frame to obelin. The characteristics of BEIA method have been compared to ELISA PrV detection. We have shown the proposed here gB-BEIA was 40-fold more sensitive as opposed to gB-ELISA test. The construction might have a broad promise in multiple potential immunological applications.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Cell Line
  • Cricetinae
  • Herpesvirus 1, Suid / genetics
  • Herpesvirus 1, Suid / growth & development
  • Herpesvirus 1, Suid / isolation & purification*
  • Immunoassay / methods
  • Luminescence
  • Luminescent Proteins / genetics
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Plasmids
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • RNA, Messenger / isolation & purification
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Viral Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Luminescent Proteins
  • RNA, Messenger
  • RNA, Viral
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Viral Proteins
  • obelin
  • barstar protein, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens