Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for quantitating the humoral immune response to the colonization factor antigen of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

Infection and Immunity
S CleggD G Evans

Abstract

The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique was used to quantitate, in milligrams per milliliter, anti-colonization factor antigen/I (CFA/I) immunoglobulin G (IgG) in acute- and convalescent-phase sera of individuals who experienced diarrhea associated with CFA/I-positive enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. Purified CFA/I was used as antigen to coat polystyrene Microtiter plate wells for the determination of anti-CFA/I antibody. A reference anti-CFA/I IgG preparation was obtained by affinity chromatography of a high-titered serum with a CFA/I-Sepharose 4B column; IgG was the only class of immunoglobulin detectable in this serum as anti-CFA/I. Goat anti-human IgG conjugated to alkaline phosphatase was used in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Quantitation of IgG in the reference anti-CFA/I serum was achieved by comparison with a known sample of pure human IgG. Anti-CFA/I in test sera was quantitated by titration with CFA/I-coated Microtiter plate wells in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, using a standard curve obtained with the reference anti-CFA/I serum. Anti-CFA/I IgG in paired sera was determined as percentage of total IgG by using the radial immunodiffusion technique to quantitate total IgG for each test serum. ...Continue Reading

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Jan 1, 1977·Scandinavian Journal of Immunology·A S AkerlundB Carlsson
Oct 1, 1978·Infection and Immunity·S A Horowitz, G H Cassell

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Jan 1, 1983·Critical Reviews in Microbiology·G W Jones, R E Isaacson

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