T-2 毒素為一黴菌毒素,是由鐮刀菌真菌所產生的次級代謝物,常存在於糧食穀物或未保存良好之加工品中,人們容易誤食被污染之食物而導致腹瀉等急性症狀,有研究證明 T-2 具有細胞毒性、抑制免疫反應、DNA 和 RNA 合成等。萊克多巴胺 (Ractopamine, Rac) 是一種人工合成苯乙醇胺類的乙型受體 (β-receptor) 興奮劑,添加於飼料中,可降低動物的脂肪合成並且增加肌肉生長,亦稱瘦肉精,研究指出 Rac 導致心臟相關症狀,包括心跳過速、心律不整或心悸等。因此,本研究藉由抗體與抗原間具有專一的特性,希望分別建立一套快速且靈敏檢測 T-2 與 Rac的方法,用於檢測食品。由於 T-2 與 Rac 皆屬於小分子化合物,因此需與載體蛋白質接合進而對實驗動物進行免疫,分別產生對 T-2 與 Rac 具有專一性之抗體,並以此抗體建立免疫檢測方法。於 T-2 部分,在專一性抗體開發上,我們嘗試許多接合載體蛋白質的方法,然而進行實驗動物免疫後並無具專一性抗體的產生,利用市售的 T-2 多株抗體我們成功建立了直接與非直接競爭型酵素連結免疫吸附法,其 IC50 分別為 4.33 與 19.6 ng/mL,而在免疫層析試紙分析法的開發上,將抗體接合奈米金粒子作為探針,其顯色的效果並不佳。至於 Rac 部分,以 Rac-SH-BTG 作為免疫抗原免疫小鼠,進一步與小鼠骨髓瘤細胞融合後,篩選出可分泌抗 Rac 單株抗體之融合瘤細胞株 (6G8F4F2),建立直接競爭型酵素連結免疫吸附法,其 IC50 為 19.7 ng/mL。本研究已成功建立 T-2 與 Rac 的免疫檢測方法,但需改善 T-2 與 Rac 接合載體蛋白質,增加檢測方法的靈敏度,以更容易篩檢食品中殘留之毒素。
T-2 toxin (T-2), a mycotoxin, is a secondary metabolite produced by the Fusarium fungus. It is often found in a variety of grain and the processed food which preserved poorly. If people consumed the T-2 contaminated food, it may cause the acute toxic effects including diarrhea and skin blistering. Previous studies have shown that T-2 led to the cytotoxicity, immunosuppression, and inhibition of DNA or RNA synthesis. Ractopamine (Rac) is a synthetic beta-receptor agonist. As an animal feed additive, Rac can reduce fat synthesis and increase muscle growth. Rac has been reported to cause in heart-related symptoms like tachycardia, arrhythmia and palpitations. Therefore, to detect the residues of T-2 and Rac in the food, the development of high sensitive and rapid detection methods for T-2 and Rac are nessessary. Both T-2 and Rac, belong to small molecule weight compounds, need to conjugate with carrier proteins to render their immunogenicity. Toxin-proetin conjugates as antigens were immunized the animal to produce the antibody against T-2 and Rac, respectively. Based on these antibodies, the immunoassay methods were established. In the T-2 section, although several methods for antigen conjugation were attempted, there was no specific antibody production after immunizing animals. Based on the commercial anti-T-2 antibody, the direct and indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were successful developed with the IC50 of 4.33 and 19.6 ng/mL, respectively. However, immunochromatographic strip was still needed to improve due to the effect of the color reaction by antibody-gold nanoparticle conjugate. In the Rac section, the spleen cell of the mouse which immunized Rac-SH-BTG was fused with mouse myeloma Sp2/0-Ag14 cell. The anti-Rac monoclonal antibody was produced from a hybridoma, 6G8F4F2, and the competitive direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was successful developed with the IC50 of 19.7 ng/mL. In this study, we have successfully established the ELISA methods for detecting T-2 and Rac, respectively. It is still necessary to improve both T-2-protein and Rac-protein conjugation effectiveness and enhance the sensitivity of the methods for screening the residues of toxins in the food.