Preparation of polyclonal antibody against a universal bacterial antigen OmpA deduced by bioinformatic analysis and preliminary evaluation of concentration effects on foodborne pathogens
Lei Wang,
Yuehua Ke,
Ye Li,
Yixuan Li,
Yanfeng Yan,
Yajun Song,
Ruifu Yang,
Bo Gao,
Yanping Han
Affiliations
Lei Wang
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China; No 32277 Military of PLA, Hami, Xinjiang, 839108, China
Yuehua Ke
Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 10071, China
Ye Li
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China
Yixuan Li
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China
Yanfeng Yan
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China
Yajun Song
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China
Ruifu Yang
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China
Bo Gao
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China
Yanping Han
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China; Corresponding author.
Rapid and ultrasensitive microbial detection in actual samples have challenges because of target pathogen diversity and low abundance. In this study, we attempted to capture and concentrate multiple pathogens by combining magnetic beads with polyclonal antibodies against a universal antigen of ompA, LAMOA-1, before further detection. A protein sequence consisting of 241 amino acids with spatial conformation similar to E. coli ompA was identified and expressed as a recombinant protein in prokaryotes according to the results of sequence alignment among 432 sequences of ompA belonging to intestinal bacteria from gram-negative bacteria. Purified from immunized rabbits, the anti-LAMOA-1 antibody was shown to effectively recognize 12 foodborne bacterial species. Antibody-conjugated beads were used to concentrate the bacteria when the bacterial concentration in artificially contaminated samples is between 10 and 100 CFU/mL, which shortens detection duration by 8–24 h. The enrichment strategy is potentially beneficial for detection of foodborne pathogens.
