scholarly journals SYNTHETIC CONJUGATED ANALOGUES OF CAPSULE POLYSACCHARIDES OF PNEUMOCOCCUS - AN INSTRUMENT FOR DETECTION OF POST-VACCINATION ANTIBODIES

2016 ◽  
pp. 54-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Kurbatova ◽  
E. A. Akhmatova ◽  
N. K. Akhmatova ◽  
N. B. Egorova ◽  
N. E. Yastrebova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Streptococcus Pneumoniae ◽  
Bovine Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Bovine Serum ◽  
High Ability ◽  
Post Vaccination ◽  
Protein Carrier ◽  
Synthetic Oligosaccharides

Aim. Evaluation of the ability of capsule polysaccharides (CP) of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 and 14 and their synthetic structure analogues, conjugated with bovine serum albumin (BSA), to detect antibodies in post-vaccination sera of mice. Materials and methods. Oligosaccharides corresponding to one, one and a half and two repeating links of serotype 3 and 14 S. pneumoniae CP were synthesized, their conjugates with BSA were produced by squarate method as well. Ligand content per BSA molecule was controlled by MALDI-TOF spectrometry. Immune sera were obtained after 2 intraperi-toneal administrations to mice of glucoconjugates adsorbed on aluminum hydroxide or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine. Determination of levels of post-vaccination class G antibodies and their sub-isotypes was carried out in EIA. Results. Immunization of mice with neoglucoconjugates resulted in formation of predominantly IgGl recognizing serotype 3 and 14 S. pneumoniae CP. IgGl in mice immunized with a 13-valent conjugated vaccine recognized serotype 3 S. pneumoniae CP, but detected serotype 14 S. pneumoniae CP weakly. All the conjugated synthetic oligosaccharides were characterized by a high ability to bind antibodies in blood of mice immunized with the polysaccharide conjugated vaccine. BSA-tetrasaccharide of serotype 3 S. pneumoniae and BSA-tetrasaccharide of serotype 14 S. pneumoniae were characterized by the highest ability to detect IgG 1 against CP. Conclusion. Synthetic oligosaccharides, conjugated with BSA protein-carrier, may be used to develop diagnostic test-systems for determination of antibodies in post-vaccination sera.

scholarly journals Electrochemical characterization and determination of carbamazepine as pharmaceutical standard and tablet content on gold electrode

2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nemanja Trisovic ◽  
Bojan Bozic ◽  
Slobodan Petrovic ◽  
Svetlana Tadic ◽  
Milka Avramov-Ivic
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Voltammetry ◽  
Bovine Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Phosphate Buffer ◽  
Bovine Serum ◽  
Gold Electrode ◽  
Anticonvulsant Drug ◽  
Voltammetric Techniques ◽  
Anodic Behaviour

The anodic behaviour of carbamazepine (CBZ), an anticonvulsant drug, has been studied on gold electrode in 0.1 mol dm-3 phosphate buffer of pH 7.0 by using cyclic voltammetry. It has been found that the value of the oxidative current of pure CBZ at +0.90 V is a linear function of the concentration in a range from 1.0?10-7 to 1.0?10?4 mol dm?3. The detection of CBZ in the concentration of 1.0?10-8 mol dm-3 is among the lowest that have been reported for this drug using voltammetric techniques. CBZ as a content of tablet Galepsine? has been quantitatively determined. It has also been demonstrated that the modification of gold electrode with bovine serum albumin (BSA) results in a decrease of the oxidative peak current due to the binding of the drug to BSA.

A solid-phase enzymeimmunoassay for the determination of progesterone in bovine, porcine and ovine plasma

1995 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Del Vecchio ◽  
W. D. Sutherland ◽  
M. L. Connor
Keyword(s):  
Bovine Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Petroleum Ether ◽  
Bovine Serum ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Plasma Samples ◽  
Assay Sensitivity ◽  
Coefficients Of Variation ◽  
Rabbit Igg

The purpose of this project was to develop a valid quantitative enzymeimmunoassay (EIA) for progesterone in blood plasma of cattle, pigs and sheep. Rabbit anti-progesterone, mouse monoclonal anti-rabbit IgG, authentic progesterone, and acetylcholine esterase bound covalently to progesterone were the principal reagents used to develop the EIA. Ninety-six well microliter plates were coated with mouse monoclonal anti-rabbit IgG and saturated with bovine serum albumin before use. Rabbit anti-progesterone was diluted to a working dilution of 1:2.0 × 106. Standard curves were linear and ranged from 1.56 to 400 pg of progesterone per well which allowed for the measurement of 0.03125 to 8.0 ng mL−1. Assay sensitivity averaged 1.56 pg well−1. Progesterone was extracted from plasma samples with petroleum ether. Plasma samples (n = 3 or 4 from each species) with unknown amounts of progesterone that were extracted and serially diluted with EIA buffer did not deviate from parallelism with progesterone standard curves in buffer. The correlation between EIA and radioimmunoassay (RIA) measurements of progesterone in the same plasma samples was high (P < 0.0001) for all three species (r = 0.96 for bovine; r = 0.96 for porcine; r = 0.94 for ovine). The regression of EIA data on RIA data produced the following equations:[Formula: see text]The intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation were 5.4 and 10.6% for bovine, 5.8 and 11.0% for porcine and, 6.1 and 12.3% for ovine, respectively. These data show that this EIA is a valid and reliable memod for quantitating progesterone in extracts of bovine, porcine and ovine plasma. Key words: Enzymeimmunoassay, progesterone, plasma, bovine, porcine, ovine

scholarly journals Higher Cytokine and Opsonizing Antibody Production Induced by Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA)-Conjugated Tetrasaccharide Related to Streptococcus pneumoniae Type 3 Capsular Polysaccharide

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina A. Kurbatova ◽  
Nelli K. Akhmatova ◽  
Anton E. Zaytsev ◽  
Elina A. Akhmatova ◽  
Nadezhda B. Egorova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bovine Serum Albumin ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Bovine Serum ◽  
Capsular Polysaccharide ◽  
Binding Capacity ◽  
Immunological Study ◽  
Gm Csf ◽  
Test Systems ◽  
Type 3

A number of studies have demonstrated the limited efficacy of S. pneumoniae type 3 capsular polysaccharide (CP) in the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against serotype 3 invasive pneumococcal diseases and carriage. Synthetic oligosaccharides (OSs) may provide an alternative to CPs for development of novel conjugated pneumococcal vaccines and diagnostic test systems. A comparative immunological study of di–, tri–, and tetra–bovine serum albumin (BSA) conjugates was performed. All oligosaccharides conjugated with biotin and immobilized on streptavidin-coated plates stimulated production of IL-1α, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, IFNγ, IL-17A, and TNFα, but not IL-6 and GM-CSF in monocultured mice splenocytes. The tetrasaccharide–biotin conjugate stimulated the highest levels of IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, and IFNγ, which regulate expression of specific immunoglobulin isotypes. The tetra–BSA conjugate adjuvanted with aluminum hydroxide elicited high levels of IgM, IgG1, IgG2a, and IgG2b antibodies (Abs). Anti-CP-induced Abs could only be measured using the biotinylated tetrasaccharide. The tetrasaccharide ligand possessed the highest binding capacity for anti-OS and antibacterial IgG Abs in immune sera. Sera to the tetra–BSA conjugate promoted greater phagocytosis of bacteria by neutrophils and monocytes than the CRM197-CP-antisera. Sera of mice immunized with the tetra–BSA conjugate exhibited the highest titer of anti-CP IgG1 Abs compared with sera of mice inoculated with the same doses of di– and tri–BSA conjugates. Upon intraperitoneal challenge with lethal doses of S. pneumoniae type 3, the tri– and tetra–BSA conjugates protected mice more significantly than the di–BSA conjugate. Therefore, it may be concluded that the tetrasaccharide ligand is an optimal candidate for development of a semi-synthetic vaccine against S. pneumoniae type 3 and diagnostic test systems.

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