Abstract
An inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for the specific quantitation of rough (R) mutant E. coli K12 lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Since R-LPS binds poorly to polystyrene microplates, an LPS-BSA covalent complex was prepared following glutaraldehyde activation and used as a coating surface antigen. A 100-fold higher signal was observed using the LPS-BSA complex as solid-phase antigen instead of free LPS. The LPS detection limit obtained was 0.5 ng/ml. This test was applied to hGH extracts produced by genetically engineered E. coli K12 and a good correlation was found with the LAL test. This new LPS titration technique will be useful for detecting LPS in complex mixtures and the antigen-antibody reaction will ensure the specificity of the detection.
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