Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 413, Issue 2, Pages 345-354Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-03001-z
Keywords
Endopep-MS; Botulism; Botulinum neurotoxin; BoNT; Liver; Protease inhibitor
Funding
- Uppsala University
- ANIHWA-ERA NET (Swedish funder, the Swedish Research Council FORMAS) [221-2015-1886]
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The Endopep-MS method has been successfully modified and validated for analyzing cattle, horse, and avian liver samples, with the introduction of a combination of a salt washing step and a protease inhibitor cocktail. These modifications resulted in a substantial decrease in interfering signals and an increase in BoNT-specific signals, leading to a substantial improvement in sensitivity, especially for BoNT-C and C/D which are among the most prominent serotypes for animal botulism. Botulism was diagnosed with the new method in liver samples from dead cattle and birds from outbreaks in Sweden.
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are the most potent toxins known and they cause the paralytic disease botulism in humans and animals. In order to diagnose botulism, active BoNT must be detected in biological material. Endopep-MS is a sensitive and selective method for serum samples, based on antibody capture, enzymatic cleavage of target peptides, and detection of cleavage products using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). In many cases of animal botulism, serum samples are not available or they do not contain detectable amounts of BoNT and liver sampling is an alternative for postmortem examinations. However, the Endopep-MS method is impaired by the inherent protease activity of liver samples. In the presented study, the Endopep-MS method has been successfully modified and validated for analysis of cattle, horse, and avian liver samples, introducing a combination of a salt washing step and a protease inhibitor cocktail. These modifications resulted in a substantial decrease in interfering signals and increase in BoNT-specific signals. This led to a substantial improvement in sensitivity for especially BoNT-C and C/D which are among the most prominent serotypes for animal botulism. Botulism was diagnosed with the new method in liver samples from dead cattle and birds from outbreaks in Sweden. Graphical
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