title: An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using a chaotropic agent (sodium thiocyanate) for serotype specific reaction between crude dengue viral antigen and anti-dengue mouse antibody.
abstract: An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed to detect serotype specific reaction between crude dengue viral antigen and anti-dengue mouse hyperimmunized antibody under the stringent condition in the presence of a Chaotropic agent, sodium thiocyanate (NaSCN), in the reaction mixture of antigen and antibody. Rapidly sedimenting hemagglutinin (RHA) derived from type 2 dengue virus-infected mosquito cell culture fluid reacted to the antibody for both type 2 and type 3 dengue viruses in the ELISA. In contrast, its reactivity was reduced after the addition of NaSCN in the ELISA. Soluble complement-fixing antigen (SCF) derived from type 2 dengue virus-infected mosquito cell culture fluid reacted serotype specifically to anti-dengue type 2 antibody, and was relatively stable for the NaSCN treatment in the ELISA. Anti-type 2 RHA mouse antibody reacted to both type 1 and type 2 dengue viral antigens and its reactivity was reduced after the addition of NaSCN in the ELISA. Anti-type 2 SCF antibody reacted serotype specifically to type 2 dengue viral antigen with and without NaSCN in the ELISA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D003429:Cross Reactions; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D051379:Mice; D012703:Serotyping; D013861:Thiocyanates
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D013861:Thiocyanates; C024553:sodium thiocyanate