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Synthesis of Artificial Antigen and Preparation of Polyclonal Antiserum against Metronidazole

LIU Ru-biao, HU Xiao-fei, ZHANG Gai-ping, WANG Fang-yu, DENG Rui-guang, LIU Lu, JIA Guo-chao, LIU Xi   

  1. 1. College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003, China;
    2. Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002, China;
    3. College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
  • Online:2014-10-15 Published:2014-10-17

Abstract:

Specific high-titer mouse polyclonal antisera against metronidazole were prepared by converting the hydroxyl
groups in the metronidazole molecule into carboxyl groups using succinic anhydride method and conjugating the modified
molecule (MNZ) respectively with albumin from bovine serum (BSA) and ovalbumin (OVA) using carbodiimide method
to form the immunogen MNZ-BSA and the coating antigen MNZ-OVA. UV spectroscopy and SDS-PAGE confirmed that
MNZ was coupled successfully to the carrier protein. Specific high-titer polyclonal antisera were obtained by immunizing
Balb/c mice with MNZ-BSA at a dose of 20 μg or 50 μg for each mouse for 8 weeks, respectively, and the titers were
achieved to be 1:104 and IC50 was 61.39 ng/mL.

Key words: metronidazole, artificial antigen, polyclonal antibody, rapid detection

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