Abstract
The detection of gluten in foodstuffs has become a growing concern in food allergen management as a result of the high ratio of population sensitive to the main gluten-containing cereals. In this study, a promising single-domain antibody previously isolated by phage display (dAb8E) was produced in Pichia pastoris resulting in high levels of the antibody fragment expression (330 mg/L). The purified dAb8E was proved to specifically bind to gluten proteins from wheat, barley and rye, exhibiting no cross reaction to other heterologous species. The dynamic range of the sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) covered 0.1 to 10 µg/mL of gliadin, reaching a limit of detection of 0.12 µg/mL. When experimental binary mixtures of the target cereals were analyzed, the limit of detection was 0.13 mg/g, which would theoretically correspond to gluten concentrations of approximately 13 mg/kg. Finally, thirty commercially available food products were analyzed by means of the developed assay to further confirm the applicability of the dAb8E for gluten determination. The proposed methodology enabled the generation of a new gluten-specific nanobody which could be used to guarantee the appropriate labelling of gluten-free foods.
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