A highly specific competitive direct enzyme immunoassay for sterigmatocystin as a tool for rapid immunochemotaxonomic differentiation of mycotoxigenic Aspergillus species

Wegner, S.; Bauer, J. I.; Dietrich, R.; Märtlbauer, E.; Usleber, E.; Gottschalk, C. and Gross, M. (2017): A highly specific competitive direct enzyme immunoassay for sterigmatocystin as a tool for rapid immunochemotaxonomic differentiation of mycotoxigenic Aspergillus species. In: Letters in Applied Microbiology, Vol. 64, No. 2: pp. 124-130

Abstract

A simplified method to produce specific polyclonal rabbit antibodies against sterigmatocystin (STC) was established, using a STC-glycolic acid-ether derivative (STC-GE) conjugated to keyhole limpet haemocyanin (immunogen). The competitive direct enzyme immunoassay (EIA) established for STC had a detection limit (20% binding inhibition) of 130 pg ml(-1). The test was highly specific for STC, with minor cross-reactivity with O-methylsterigmatocystin (OMSTC, 0.87%) and negligible reactivity with aflatoxins (< 0.02%). STC-EIA was used in combination with a previously developed specific EIA for aflatoxins (< 0.1% cross-reactivity with STC and OMSTC), to study the STC/aflatoxin production profiles of reference strains of Aspergillus species. This immunochemotaxonomic procedure was found to be a convenient tool to identify STC- or aflatoxin-producing strains.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Veterinary Medicine
• Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health
• ISSN: 0266-8254
• Language: English