Abstract
A rapid immunochromatographic assay was developed to detect botulinum neurotoxin type B (BoNT/B). The assay was based on the sandwich format using polyclonal antibody (Pab). The thiophilic gel purified anti-BoNT/B Pab was immobilized to a defined detection zone on a porous nitrocellulose membrane and conjugated to colloidal gold particles that served as a detection reagent. The BoNT/B-containing sample was added to the membrane and allowed to react with Pab-coated particles. The mixture was then passed along the porous membrane by capillary action past the Pab in the detection zone, which will bind the particles that had BoNT/B bound to their surface, giving a red colour within this detection zone with an intensity proportional to BoNT/B concentration. In the absence of BoNT/B, no immunogold was bound to the solid-phase antibody. With this method, 50 ng/ml of BoNT/B was detected in less than 10 min. The assay sensitivity can be increased by silver enhancement to 50 pg/ml. The developed BoNT/B assay also showed no cross reaction to type A neurotoxin (BoNT/A) and type E neurotoxin (BoNT/E).
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