title: Comparison of techniques of detecting immunoglobulin-binding protein reactivity to immunoglobulin produced by different avian and mammalian species.
abstract: The rationale of this study was to use several immunological assays to investigate the reactivity of immunoglobulin binding protein (IBP) to immunoglobulins from various avian and mammalian species. The IBP studied were Staphylococcal protein A (SpA), Streptococcal protein G (SpG), Peptostreptococcal protein L (SpL) and recombinant protein LA (SpLA). The various immunological techniques used were double immunodiffusion (Ouchterlony technique) that tested positive high protein reactivities, direct and competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) that tested moderate and low positive protein binding capacities, respectively. In addition to sandwich ELISAs, immunoblot analyses and Ig-purification by SpA-affinity chromatography, which were sensitive tests and helpful in the screening and confirmatory tests were also used. The Ouchterlony technique showed that compared to the other proteins, SpLA had the highest range of reactivity with animal sera and purified immunoglobulins while SpL was least reactive. With the direct ELISA, SpL reacted with the raccoon sera, rabbit IgG and with IgY from bantam hens and pigeons. While with the direct ELISA, SpA reacted with sera from skunk, coyote, raccoon, mule, donkey and human. The sandwich ELISA revealed high reactivity of both SpG and SpLA with mammalian sera titres ranging from 1:32 (raccoon serum) to 1:1024 (mule and donkey sera). These results suggest that IBP can be used for the detection of immunoglobulin using various immunological assays and this is important for the diagnosis of infectious diseases in animal and bird populations studied and in the purification of immunoglobulins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Para-Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Justiz-Vaillant
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Akpaka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McFarlane-Anderson
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Smikle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology; D001717:Birds; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000379:methods*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000276:immunology*; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000276:immunology*; D008322:Mammals; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000276:immunology; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D008222:Lymphokines; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C013059:immunoglobulin-binding factors