title: Monoclonal antibodies specific to thermostable proteins in animal blood.
abstract: Bovine plasma proteins are used as high-quality protein supplements in animal feed and as binders or colorants in food for human consumption. Religious observance, as well as recent fears of epidemic bovine spongiform encephalopathy, highlights the need for methods to detect bovine blood in processed food and animal feed for regulatory purposes, as the currently available methods are neither species-specific, blood-specific, nor valid for excessively heat-processed samples. This paper reports the development of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised against bovine thermostable plasma proteins that display a unique species specificity pattern for plasma proteins. Immunoblotting revealed several thermostable antigenic proteins (10, 25, 40, and 60 kDa) in bovine plasma sterilized at 121 degrees C for 15 min. These MAbs can be employed individually or combined in immunoassays for analytical purposes and investigations of the chemical and biological properties of the thermostable plasma proteins identified here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32312, USA. yhsieh@mailer.fsu.edu
authors.forename: Yun-Hwa P
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Jack A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ofori
authors.forename: Qinchun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: C Roger
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bridgeman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D002417:Cattle; D004355:Drug Stability; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007118:Immunoassay; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001798:Blood Proteins