Click-conjugated photon-upconversion nanoparticles in an
immunoassay for honeybee pathogen Melissococcus plutonius

J 2019

Click-conjugated photon-upconversion nanoparticles in an immunoassay for honeybee pathogen Melissococcus plutonius

POLÁCHOVÁ, Veronika, Matěj PASTUCHA, Zuzana MIKUŠOVÁ, Matthias Jürgen MICKERT, Antonín HLAVÁČEK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Click-conjugated photon-upconversion nanoparticles in an immunoassay for honeybee pathogen Melissococcus plutonius

Authors

POLÁCHOVÁ, Veronika (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Matěj PASTUCHA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zuzana MIKUŠOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Matthias Jürgen MICKERT (276 Germany), Antonín HLAVÁČEK (203 Czech Republic), Hans-Heiner GORRIS (276 Germany), Petr SKLÁDAL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Zdeněk FARKA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Nanoscale, Cambridge, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019, 2040-3364

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10406 Analytical chemistry

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 6.895

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14740/19:00108343

Organization unit

Central European Institute of Technology

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9NR01246J

UT WoS

000466774500026

Keywords in English

Bacteria detection; European foulbrood diagnosis; Upconversion-linked immunosorbent assay; ULISA; Antibody development; Apis mellifera

Abstract

V originále

European foulbrood (EFB) is an infectious disease affecting honeybee larvae caused by the bacterium Melissococcus plutonius. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is the gold standard for antibody-based bacteria detection, however, its sensitivity is not high enough to reveal early-stage EFB infection. Photon-upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are lanthanide-doped nanomaterials that emit light of shorter wavelength under near-infrared (NIR) excitation and thus avoid optical background interference. After conjugation with specific biorecognition molecules, UCNPs can be used as ultrasensitive labels in immunoassays. Here, we introduce a method for conjugation of UCNPs with streptavidin based on copper-free click chemistry, which involves surface modification of UCNPs with alkyne-modified bovine serum albumin (BSA) that prevents the non-specific binding and provides reactive groups for conjugation with streptavidin-azide. To develop a sandwich upconversion-linked immunosorbent assay (ULISA) for M. plutonius detection, we have prepared a rabbit polyclonal anti-Melissococcus antibody. The specific capture of the bacteria was followed by binding of biotinylated antibody and UCNP–BSA–streptavidin conjugate for a highly sensitive upconversion readout. The assay yielded an LOD of 340 CFU mL-1 with a wide working range up to 10^9 CFU mL-1, which is 400 times better than the LOD of the conventional ELISA. The practical applicability of the ULISA was successfully demonstrated by detecting M. plutonius in spiked real samples of bees, larvae and bottom hive debris. These results show a great potential of the assay for early diagnosis of EFB, which can prevent uncontrolled spreading of the infection and losses of honeybee colonies.

Links

LQ1601, research and development project

Name: CEITEC 2020 (Acronym: CEITEC2020)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

MUNI/A/1575/2018, interní kód MU

Name: Podpora biochemického výzkumu v roce 2019

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

TJ01000386, research and development project

Name: Imunostanovení pro diagnostiku hniloby včelího plodu

Investor: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

90043, large research infrastructures

Name: CIISB

Citovat

POLÁCHOVÁ, Veronika, Matěj PASTUCHA, Zuzana MIKUŠOVÁ, Matthias Jürgen MICKERT, Antonín HLAVÁČEK, Hans-Heiner GORRIS, Petr SKLÁDAL and Zdeněk FARKA. Click-conjugated photon-upconversion nanoparticles in an immunoassay for honeybee pathogen Melissococcus plutonius. Nanoscale. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019, vol. 11, No 17, p. 8343-8351. ISSN 2040-3364. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9NR01246J.

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POLÁCHOVÁ, Veronika, Matěj PASTUCHA, Zuzana MIKUŠOVÁ, Matthias Jürgen MICKERT, Antonín HLAVÁČEK, Hans-Heiner GORRIS, Petr SKLÁDAL and Zdeněk FARKA. Click-conjugated photon-upconversion nanoparticles in an immunoassay for honeybee pathogen Melissococcus plutonius. \textit{Nanoscale}. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019, vol.~11, No~17, p.~8343-8351. ISSN~2040-3364. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9NR01246J.

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