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. 1982 Nov;44(5):1159–1165. doi: 10.1128/aem.44.5.1159-1165.1982

Reactivity of aflatoxin B2a antibody with aflatoxin B1-modified DNA and related metabolites.

J J Pestka, Y K Li, F S Chu
PMCID: PMC242163  PMID: 6817711

Abstract

Aflatoxin B2a (AFB2a) antiserum has been previously used in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the quantitation of AFB1 and AFB2a. The present investigation examined the reactivity of the antiserum toward those adducts and metabolites of AFB1 believed to play a major role in aflatoxicosis and carcinogenesis. 2,3-Dihydro-2-(N7-guanyl)-3-hydroxyaflatoxin B1 (AFB1-N7-Gua), the putative 2,3-(N5-formyl-2-2', 5',6'-triamino-4-oxo-N5-pyrimidyl)-3-hydroxyaflatoxin B1 (AFB1-FAPyr), 2,3-dihydro-2,3-dihydroxyaflatoxin B1 (AFB1-diol), AFB1-N7-Gua-modified DNA, and AFB1-FAPyr-modified DNA were prepared by in vitro incubation or chemical methods and subjected to competitive AFB2a ELISA. The antiserum showed significant reactivity with all five compounds, indicating that it had a high degree of specificity for both the cyclopentenone and the methoxy group of the parent aflatoxin molecule. Sensitivity for AFB-N7-Gua-modified DNA, AFB1-FAPyr-modified DNA, and AFB1-diol by the ELISA method was 0.1 pmol per assay. To test the applicability of immunological detection of covalent binding of AFB1 to DNA, the ELISA was compared with a conventional radioisotopic assay in two in vitro studies. The results showed that estimates of the kinetics and substrate dependence of covalent binding to calf thymus DNA in rat microsomal incubation mixtures by both methods were comparable. The broad specificity AFB2a antibody might be of considerable value in the detection of AFB1 macromolecular adducts and related metabolites in epidemiological investigations or in the diagnosis of aflatoxicosis.

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