FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 301-305.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201704049

• Safety Detection • Previous Articles    

Preparation and Activity Determination of Colloidal Gold Probe Based on Anti-Listeria monocytogenes Single Chain Fv Antibody Fragment

LIU Aiping, YE Zixiong, MA Yu, ZHANG Zhouli, XIONG Qing, LI Wenli, SUN Haiqin, LI Cheng   

  1. College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an 625014, China
  • Online:2017-02-25 Published:2017-02-28

Abstract: In this study, an anti-Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) single chain Fv antibody fragment was expressed in Escherichia coli. After purification, the antibody fragment was used to prepare a colloidal gold probe with colloidal gold as a tracer and the preparation process was optimized. The activity of the probe was determined by using an immunofiltration assay. The results showed that the colloidal gold probe exhibited high specificity. Positive samples could be directly identified by color development using the probe. The detection limit (LOD) for Lm was approximately 107 CFU/mL and the whole process of immunofiltration assay took approximately 10 min. The method developed is simple, rapid and accurate, and it could be applied for Lm detection in food samples.

Key words: Listeria monocytogenes, single chain Fv antibody fragment, colloidal gold, immunofiltration assay

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