title: [Specific detection of the thermolabile enterotoxin of Escherichia coli in human feces by competitive immunoenzyme tests in the presence of protease inhibitors].
abstract: Two simple two-step competitive enzyme-linked immunoassays for human E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin (LTh) employing microtitration plates coated with rabbit anti-LTh antibody (ELISA) or GM1 ganglioside (GM1-ELISA) are described. LTh of the test sample competed with the same toxin coupled with horse-radish peroxidase. ELISA and GM1-ELISA were able to detect, respectively, as low as 5 ng and 6.5 ng TLh/ml and up to 9 and 11 micrograms TLh/ml. Both techniques were applied to the study of 167 infant diarrhoeas; ETEC producing LTh were identified in 17 diarrhoeal stools. When the faeces were diluted in phosphate buffer, only 17.6% (3 stools) and 29% (5 stools) of LTh-positive faeces were identified in ELISA and GM1-ELISA. When the stools were diluted with phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride (PMSF), a synthetic protease inhibitor, 82% (14 stools) and 88% (15 stools) of LTh-positive stool supernatants were detected. Aprotinin, another protease inhibitor, was without effect and foetal calf serum, horse serum and bovine serum albumin enabled detection of only a low percentage of LTh-positive stools.
authors: Unité de Bactériologie expérimentale, Institut Pasteur, Nouméa.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Germani
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Guesdon
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Begaud
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Moreau
mesh_terms: D007611:Aprotinin; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000032:analysis*; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000382:microbiology*; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000276:immunology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D010664:Phenylmethylsulfonyl Fluoride; D011480:Protease Inhibitors
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D010664:Phenylmethylsulfonyl Fluoride; D007611:Aprotinin; C027538:heat-labile enterotoxin, E coli
vernacular_title: Détection spécifique de l'entérotoxine thermolabile de Escherichia coli dans les selles humaines par épreuves immunoenzymatiques compétitives en présence d'inhibiteur des protéases.