title: A high-throughput antibody-based microarray typing platform.
abstract: Many rapid methods have been developed for screening foods for the presence of pathogenic microorganisms. Rapid methods that have the additional ability to identify microorganisms via multiplexed immunological recognition have the potential for classification or typing of microbial contaminants thus facilitating epidemiological investigations that aim to identify outbreaks and trace back the contamination to its source. This manuscript introduces a novel, high throughput typing platform that employs microarrayed multiwell plate substrates and laser-induced fluorescence of the nucleic acid intercalating dye/stain SYBR Gold for detection of antibody-captured bacteria. The aim of this study was to use this platform for comparison of different sets of antibodies raised against the same pathogens as well as demonstrate its potential effectiveness for serotyping. To that end, two sets of antibodies raised against each of the "Big Six" non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) as well as E. coli O157:H7 were array-printed into microtiter plates, and serial dilutions of the bacteria were added and subsequently detected. Though antibody specificity was not sufficient for the development of an STEC serotyping method, the STEC antibody sets performed reasonably well exhibiting that specificity increased at lower capture antibody concentrations or, conversely, at lower bacterial target concentrations. The favorable results indicated that with sufficiently selective and ideally concentrated sets of biorecognition elements (e.g., antibodies or aptamers), this high-throughput platform can be used to rapidly type microbial isolates derived from food samples within ca. 80 min of total assay time. It can also potentially be used to detect the pathogens from food enrichments and at least serve as a platform for testing antibodies.
authors: Molecular Characterization of Foodborne Pathogens Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-North Atlantic Area-Agricultural Research Service-Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA. andrew.gehring@ars.usda.gov
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Gehring
authors: Charles
authors: C
authors: Barnett
authors: Ted
authors: T
authors: Chu
authors: Chitrita
authors: C
authors: DebRoy
authors: Doris
authors: D
authors: D'Souza
authors: Shannon
authors: S
authors: Eaker
authors: Pina
authors: P
authors: Fratamico
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Gillespie
authors: Narasimha
authors: N
authors: Hegde
authors: Kevin
authors: K
authors: Jones
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Lin
authors: Stephen
authors: S
authors: Oliver
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Paoli
authors: Ashan
authors: A
authors: Perera
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Uknalis
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*; D005453:Fluorescence; D057166:High-Throughput Screening Assays / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D046228:Microarray Analysis / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
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