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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 1998, p. 4536-4545, Vol. 64, No. 11
0099-2240/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Generation of Polyclonal Antibodies of Predetermined Specificity against Pediocin PA-1

José M. Martínez, María I. Martínez, Ana M. Suárez, Carmen Herranz, Pilar Casaus, Luis M. Cintas, Juan M. Rodríguez, and Pablo E. Hernández*

Departamento de Nutrición y Bromatología III, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Received 21 January 1998/Accepted 13 August 1998

Polyclonal antibodies of predetermined specificity for pediocin PA-1 (pedA1) have been generated by immunization of rabbits with a chemically synthesized C-terminal fragment of this bacteriocin (PH2) conjugated to the carrier protein keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH). The sensitivity and specificity of the PH2-KLH-generated antibodies were evaluated by the development of various enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs)---a noncompetitive indirect ELISA (NCI-ELISA), a competitive indirect ELISA (CI-ELISA), and a competitive direct ELISA (CD-ELISA)---and by immunodotting. All immunoassays indicated the existence of pedA1-specific antibodies with high relative affinities and adequate sensitivities in the sera of immunized animals. The limits of detection of pedA1 in MRS medium (Oxoid Ltd., Basingstoke, United Kingdom) were found to be 2.5 µg/ml by immunodotting and 1 µg/ml in the NCI-ELISA. However, the CI-ELISA enhanced the limit of detection of pedA1 to 0.025 µg/ml, while the amount of free pedA1 required for 50% binding inhibition was 10 µg/ml. Moreover, the CD-ELISA increased the affinity of the PH2-KLH-generated antibodies for pedA1; the limit of detection of pedA1 was less than 0.025 µg/ml, and the 50% binding inhibition value was reduced to 0.5 µg of pedA1/ml. All immunoassays and the slot dot assay detected the presence of pedA1 in the supernatant of the producing strain Pediococcus acidilactici 347, with no reactivity or negligible immunoreactivity with the supernatants of other lactic acid bacteria producing or not producing different bacteriocins. The approaches taken for the generation of antibodies and the development of immunoassays could prove useful for the generation and evaluation of antibodies of predetermined specificity for other bacteriocins of interest in the food industry.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Departamento de Nutrición y Bromatología III, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain. Phone: 34-91-3943752. Fax: 34-91-3943743. E-mail: ehernan{at}eucmax.sim.ucm.es.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 1998, p. 4536-4545, Vol. 64, No. 11
0099-2240/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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