title: Development of monoclonal antibody-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for gossypol analysis in cottonseed meals.
abstract: A monoclonal antibody-based indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ic-ELISA) was developed for the analysis of gossypol in cottonseed meals. First, the checkerboard method was used to determine the optimum amount of coating antigen gossypol-BSA (bovine serum albumin) and primary anti-gossypol monoclonal antibody (Mab) needed in the ic-ELISA. Second, the effects of several physical (incubation time and temperature) and chemical (solvent types and concentrations) conditions on the performance of Mab on ic-ELISA were investigated to get a rapid robust assay with high sensitivity. Under the established optimized condition, the concentration of gossypol giving 50% reduction of the maximum ELISA signal (I50) in the competitive standard curve was 0.20 microg/mL, whereas the detection limit for gossypol was 0.024 microg/mL. This ic-ELISA method for the analysis of gossypol extracted by methanol from a variety of cottonseed meals was further compared with the official method of the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS). The amounts of gossypol determined by the ic-ELISA had a good correlation with those obtained by the AOCS method (R2 = 0.90).
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetic, Biochemistry & Life Science Studies, Greenville Hospital System-Clemson University, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA. xiw@clemson.edu
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Guohui
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003369:Cottonseed Oil / Q000737:chemistry*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D006072:Gossypol / Q000032:analysis*; D012997:Solvents
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003369:Cottonseed Oil; D012997:Solvents; D006072:Gossypol