A novel proposal is introduced with an unlabeled electrochemical immunosensor for the detection of tumor broad-spectrum biomarker vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF165) Copper-based metal organic frameworks (Cu MOFs)-carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were employed as its substrates, functionalized with methylene blue (MB) for signal enhancement. Cu-MOFs-MWCNTs nanocomposites were synthesized successfully via a solvothermal method and were then deposited on the surface of a glassy carbon electrode (GCE), with the addition of methylene blue to amplify the signal. Due to the expansive specific surface area provided by the carbon nanotubes and the amino groups facilitated by the metal-organic framework nanomaterials, the anti-VEGF165 monoclonal antibody was immobilized on the electrochemical immunosensor through covalent bonding, which could bind specifically to VEGF165, thereby causing a detectable change in the current.
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February 2025
The ability to reliably detect enrofloxacin in animal-derived food products has important health implications. In the present study, a nanobody-horseradish peroxidase fusion specific for ENR was generated to enable a sensitive and rapid competitive ELISA suitable for detecting enrofloxacin in samples of milk and animal tissue. An enrofloxacin hapten generated via the glutaraldehyde method was initially used to immunize an adult Bactrian camel as a means of constructing a phage library.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSalmonella Enteritidis is a major foodborne pathogen throughout the world and the increase in antibiotic resistance of Salmonella poses a significant threat to public safety. Natural nanobodies exhibit high affinity, thermal stability, ease of production, and notably higher diversity, making them widely applicable for the treatment of viral and bacterial infections. Recombinant expression using Lactococcus lactis leverages both acid resistance and mucosal colonization properties of these bacteria, allowing the effective expression of exogenous proteins for therapeutic effects.
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September 2023
Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is an enteropathogen that causes diarrhea in piglets and may undergo cross-species transmission. The prevention and control of PDCoV are complicated, and a sensitive, specific, and accessible method of diagnosis would be advantageous. Whereas qPCR is a standard approach for detecting PDCoV, it is not effectively sensitive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeveral viable Salmonella bacteria are capable of causing severe human diseases and huge economic losses. In this regard, viable Salmonella bacteria detection techniques that can identify small numbers of microbial cells are highly valuable. Here, we present a detection method (referred to as SPC) based on the amplification of tertiary signals using splintR ligase ligation, PCR amplification and CRISPR/Cas12a cleavage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV), a coronavirus, is a key avian pathogen that causes acute and highly infectious viral respiratory diseases. IBV is an enveloped, positive-sense RNA virus, and the host factors that restrict infection and replication of the virus remain poorly understood. Guanylate-binding protein 1 (GBP1), an interferon-gamma (IFN-γ)-inducible guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase), is a major player in host immunity and provides defense against viral replication.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntimicrobial resistance in bacteria is the most urgent global threat to public health, with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-E. coli) being one of the most documented examples. Nonetheless, the ESBL-E.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria threatens public health, and the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics often leads to unintended consequences, including disturbing the beneficial gut microbiota and resulting in secondary diseases. Therefore, developing a novel strategy that specifically kills pathogens without affecting the residential microbiota is desirable and urgently needed. Here, we report the development of a precise bactericidal system by taking advantage of CRISPR-Cas13a targeting endogenous transcripts of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium delivered through a conjugative vehicle.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAvian coronavirus-infectious bronchitis virus (AvCoV-IBV) is the causative agent of infectious bronchitis (IB) that has brought great threat and economic losses to the global poultry industry. Rapid and accurate diagnostic methods are very necessary for effective disease monitoring. At the present study, we screened a novel nanobody against IBV-N protein for development of a rapid, simple, sensitive, and specific competitive ELISA for IBV antibody detection in order to enable the assessment of inoculation effect and early warning of disease infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoronaviruses (CoVs) are RNA viruses that can infect a wide range of animals, including humans, and cause severe respiratory and gastrointestinal disease. The Gammacoronavirus avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) causes acute and contagious diseases in chickens, leading to severe economic losses. Nonstructural protein 14 (Nsp14) is a nonstructural protein encoded by the CoV genome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe CTX-M-55 type extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing is increasing in prevalence worldwide without the transmission mechanism being fully clarified, which threatens public and livestock health. Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) have been shown to mediate the gene horizontal transmission in some species. However, whether can be transmitted horizontally through OMVs in (APEC) has not been reported yet.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Salmonella Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) being one of the most prevalent foodborne pathogens worldwide poses a serious threat to public safety. Prevention of zoonotic infectious disease and controlling the risk of transmission of S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis one of the most important causes of food-borne infectious disease, and poses challenges to food safety and public health. Establishing a rapid, accurate, sensitive, and simple detection method for enables early diagnosis, early intervention, and prevention of pathogen transmission. In this study, an immunocapture magnetic bead (ICB)-enhanced loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) CRISPR/Cas12a method (ICB-LAMP-CRISPR/Cas12a) was developed for the rapid and visual detection of .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAvian infectious bronchitis (IB), caused by avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), is an acute and highly contagious disease that is extremely harmful to the poultry industry throughout the world. The cross-using of different attenuated live vaccine strains has led to the occurrence of diverse IBV serotypes. In this study, we isolated an IBV strain from a chicken farm in southwest China and designated it CK/CH/SCMY/160315.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAvian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) causes severe economic losses in the poultry industry, but its control is hampered by the continuous emergence of new genotypes and the lack of cross-protection among different IBV genotypes. We designed a new immunogen based on a spike with the consensus nucleotide sequence (S_con) that may overcome the extraordinary genetic diversity of IBV. S_con was cloned into a pVAX1 vector to form a new IBV DNA vaccine, pV-S_con.
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September 2020
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-associated protein 9 (Cas9) is a precise genome manipulating technology that can be programmed to induce double-strand break (DSB) in the genome wherever needed. After nuclease cleavage, DSBs can be repaired by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) or homology-directed repair (HDR) pathway. For producing targeted gene knock-in or other specific mutations, DSBs should be repaired by the HDR pathway.
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