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| Title: |
Micellar electrokinetic chromatography and laser induced fluorescence detection of botulinum neurotoxin type A activity using a dual-labelled substrate |
| Author: |
Wei, Hongping Kang, Yan Zhang, Zhi-ping Cui, Zong-qiang Zhou, Yafeng Zhang, Xian-En |
| Appeared in: |
International journal of environmental analytical chemistry |
| Paging: | Volume 88 (2008) nr. 13 pages 947-956 |
| Year: |
2008-11 |
| Contents: |
The activity of Botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT A) can be measured by monitoring the toxin's endopeptidase reaction with its peptide substrate. In this report, a sensitive and simple capillary electrophoresis (CE) method for analysing BoNT A activity was developed using a peptide substrate labelled with Fluorescein isothiocynate (FITC) at the N-terminal and biotin at the C-terminal. This dual labelling enables not only highly sensitive laser induced fluorescence (LIF) detection of the reaction product, but also good analytical separation of the product from the peptide substrate by Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography (MEKC). The separation between the product peak and the substrate peak was approximately 5 min using the dual-labelled substrate, while just about 1 min using the FITC-labelled substrate without biotinylation. Using the current assay method, BoNT A with concentration as low as 0.1 ng ml-1 (3.6 U mL-1 in mouse LD50) in water was detected with a S:N ratio of 3 (RSD <19%) and a linear range of four orders of magnitude. With CE's advantages of very small sample volume needed, this method may find particular applications as in assays of BoNT A activity in water samples and kinetic analyses of toxin activity. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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