Development of a streptavidin-bridged enhanced sandwich ELISA based on self-paired nanobodies for monitoring multiplex Salmonella serogroups

Salmonella are major pathogens that cause foodborne diseases. In this work, a broad-spectrum Salmonella nanobody-01 (Nb-01) was isolated and applied in the development of a streptavidin-bridged sandwich ELISA (SAB-ELISA) for simultaneously identifying five Salmonella serovars, including Salmonella Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis), Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium), Salmonella London (S. London), Salmonella Paratyphi B (S. Paratyphi B) and Salmonella Hadar (S. Hadar). In this work, streptavidin (SA) was utilized as a scaffold to directionally immobilize biotinylated nanobody (BiNb) and Salmonella was detected by phagedisplayed nanobodies. The SAB-ELISA can be accomplished within 180 min with a limit of detection (LOD) of 6.31 x 103 colony forming units (CFU) mL(-1), 9.15 x 10(3) CFU mL(-1), 4.23 x 10(3) CFU mL(-1), 7.31 x 10(3) CFU mL(-1) and 7.25 x 10(3) CFU mL(-1) towards S. Typhimurium, S. Enteritidis, S. London, S. Paratyphi B and S. Hadar, respectively. In comparison of sandwich ELISA by passive immobilization of Nb-01 on polystyrene plate, the sensitivity was increased by around 6-fold, which confirmed the enhanced immobilization efficacy of SAB-ELISA. Furthermore, the feasibility of the assay for S. Typhimurium determination in actual samples was evaluated, showing excellent recovery, inter-day and intra-day precision. (C) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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In this study, a broad-spectrum Salmonella nanobody-01 (Nb-01) was isolated and applied in the development of a streptavidin-bridged sandwich ELISA (SAB-ELISA) for simultaneously identifying five Salmonella serovars. The SAB-ELISA showed high sensitivity and detection limits, and demonstrated excellent feasibility and precision in actual samples.