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Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay of Human Lactoferrin in Milk Using Small Single-Domain Antibodies

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BIOCHEMISTRY-MOSCOW
Volume 87, Issue 12-13, Pages 1679-1688

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MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1134/S0006297922120227

Keywords

single-domain antibody; nanobody; lactoferrin; fluorescence polarization; immunoassay

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Due to its unique structure and properties, human breast milk lactoferrin (hLF) has many nutritional and health-promoting functions in infants. Noncompetitive polarization fluorescence immunoassay (FPIA) is a promising method for hLF quantification in milk and dairy products, which does not require the separation of the bound and free protein and allows to avoid time-consuming sample preparation.
Due to its unique structure and properties, human breast milk lactoferrin (hLF) has many nutritional and health-promoting functions in infants, including protection against inflammation and bacterial infections. The lack of LF in breastmilk or formula can result in the weakening of the infant's immune system. Noncompetitive polarization fluorescence immunoassay (FPIA) is a promising method for hLF quantification in milk and dairy products, which does not require the separation of the bound and free protein and allows to avoid time-consuming sample preparation. The use of fluorescently labeled single-domain camelid antibodies (nanobodies) for protein recognition in FPIA makes it possible to quantify relatively large antigens, in particular, hLF. In this work, we used previously obtained fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated anti-hLF5 and anti-hLF16 nanobodies, which selectively recognized two different human lactoferrin epitopes, but did not bind to goat lactoferrin. The kinetics of hLF interaction with the FITC-labeled nanobodies was studied. The dissociation constant (K-D) for the anti-LF5 and anti-LF16 nanobodies was 3.2 +/- 0.3 and 4.9 +/- 0.4 nM, respectively, indicating the high-affinity binding of these nanobodies to hLF. We developed the FPIA protocol and determined the concentration of FITC-labeled anti-hLF5 and anti-hLF16 nanobodies that provided the optimal fluorescence signal and stable fluorescence polarization value. We also studied the dependence of fluorescence polarization on the hLF concentration in the noncompetitive FPIA with FITC-anti-hLF5 nanobody. The detection limit for hLF was 2.1 +/- 0.2 mu g/ml and the linear range for determining the hLF concentration was 3-10 mu g/ml. FPIA is commonly used to assay low-molecular-weight substances; however, the use of fluorescently labeled nanobodies allows quantification of high-molecular-weight proteins. Here, we demonstrated that FPIA with fluorescently labeled nanobodies can be used for hLF quantification in milk.

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