Combined Antibody Tagged HRP Gold Nanoparticle Probe for Effective PCV2 Screening in Pig Farms

Int J Nanomedicine. 2022 Jul 29:17:3361-3369. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S364795. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

Introduction: Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) causes immune repression and intercurrent infections in pigs, resulting in a huge economic loss to the pig breeding industry. Additionally, the spread of PCV2 in pig farms can pollute the living environment of the residents in the farm's vicinity, which increases the rate of infections. Therefore, rapid and sensitive detection methods are needed for disease prevention and timely environmental cleaning.

Methods: This research describes a highly sensitive sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that utilizes gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in a functional, specific antibody labeled probe for the detection of PCV2. Due to their high specific surface area and histocompatibility, AuNPs were used as carriers of HRP labeled anti-PCV2 antibodies to amplify the detection signal.

Results: Compared to conventional sandwich ELISA procedures, this method resulted in higher sensitivity (51-fold) and a shorter assay time with a limit of detection of 195 TCID50/mL. The cross-reactivity assay demonstrated that this assay was PCV2 specific.

Conclusion: The amplified Ab (HRP) labeled AuNPs probe provides a sensitive analytical approach for the determination of the traces of the PCV2 antigen in early diagnosis.

Keywords: ELISA; PCV2; amplification; detection; gold nanoparticles.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Circoviridae Infections* / diagnosis
  • Circoviridae Infections* / veterinary
  • Circovirus*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods
  • Farms
  • Gold
  • Metal Nanoparticles*
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases* / diagnosis

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Gold

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the major special project on public welfare of Henan Province (No. 201300110100), National Natural Science Foundation of China (32172862), Key Research Projects in Colleges of Henan province (No.212102110099), Henan Province Science Foundation for Youths (No. 202300410160), Leading Talents of Scientific and Technological Innovation in the Central Plains (No. 224200510024), National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2021YFD1301200), Program for Innovative Research Team (in Science and Technology) in University of Henan Province (No. 22IRTSTHN026), Outstanding Youth Foundation of He'nan Scientific Committee (222300420043).