title: Monoclonal antibody-based sandwich ELISA for the detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin A.
abstract: A sensitive and specific monoclonal antibody-based sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was established and validated for the detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA). After routine fusion and selection, 10 monoclonal antibodies showed high affinity for SEA. An optimal pair for sandwich ELISA was selected by pairwise interaction analysis. After optimization, the limit of detection (LOD) and linear dynamic range of the method were established, and were found to be 0.0282 ng/mL and 0.06-2 ng/mL, respectively. The recovery in pure milk ranged from 82.67% to 111.95% and the intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation ranged from 3.16% to 6.05% and from 5.16% to 10.79%, respectively. Cross-reactivity with staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB), staphylococcal enterotoxin C (SEC), staphylococcal enterotoxin D (SED), and staphylococcal enterotoxin E (SEE) in this method were insignificant. These results indicate that the sandwich ELISA method developed in our study is effective for routine identification of SEA in food samples.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Food Science & Technology, School of Food Science & Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China. khecho@163.com
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: Wenbing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Liguang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Liqiang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Libing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chuanlai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004768:Enterotoxins; C026066:enterotoxin A, Staphylococcal