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Abstract
A complement-mediated liposome immune lysis assay using entrapped calcein was developed for a plant toxin gelonin. Gelonin was covalently coupled to DPPE, and then adsorbed on to the surface of liposomes. Such antigen-bearing liposomes when incubated with anti-gelonin antibody in the presence of guinea pig complement undergo lysis. The detection range is from 3 ng to 60 ng. The method was used to monitor isolation of gelonin by affinity chromatography. It was observed that a minor peak in addition to the major one comes with gelonin, shared common epitopes/epitope with gelonin immunological reaction. This was further confirmed by SDS-gel electrophoresis indicating the former being an isoform of gelonin. A comparative study of the immunocross-reactivity of ricin and A chain with anti-gelonin antibody was carried out. It was found that while ricin A chain cross-reacted extensively with gelonin antibody and intact ricin elicited little or no cross-reactivity. It is suggested that the present LILA may be employed for the detection and quantitation of ricin A chain by this LILA method.
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