Immunoassays with chemically modified bacteriophage

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dc.contributor.authorDu Plessis, Dion Henrien_ZA
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dc.date.issued1977en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 163-176.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe immunospecific inactivation of bacteriophage is one of the most sensitive methods available for the detection of very low concentrations of antibody. By chemically modifying the phage coat-protein, this sensitivity can be extended to antibodies against a wide variety of haptens and proteins. Phage particles that have been modified by attaching some molecule onto their surface are sensitive to antibodies directed against the coupled chemical moiety. Furthermore, the inactivation of the modified phage by antibody can be inhibited by free antigen, and this provides a sensitive assay for small quantities of antigen. Antibody and antigens have been detected at the nanogram level by this technique. The modified phage technique can also be used to distinguish antibodies of different specificities and to discriminate between closely related antigens. This technique has not yet been applied to the immunochemical study of viral components and the present work represents such an attempt. Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) was chosen as a model system since it permits the study of numerous inununological phenomena (Rappaport, 1965; van Regenmortel, 1966). A series of preliminary experiments were performed to obtain experience in the methodology of the technique. These included the inactivation of native T4 phage by phage antiserum and anti phage IgG, the chemical modification of phage with DNP and the attachment of lysozyme to phage under a variety of conditions. The success of the covalent binding of protein to phage particles depends on finding conditions under which a proportion of the phage remains viable and, at the same time, can still be neutralized by anti-protein sera. To this end, different proportions of reactants and three different bifunctional reagents were tested. To prevent aggregation of tobacco mosaic virus protein (TMVP) at the high concentration used, the protein was treated with N-bromosuccinimide. TMVP-phage conjugates which were sensitive to antiserum were prepared using bis-diazobenzidine as the bifunctional reagent.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDu Plessis, D. H. (1977). <i>Immunoassays with chemically modified bacteriophage</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17878en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDu Plessis, Dion Henri. <i>"Immunoassays with chemically modified bacteriophage."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 1977. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17878en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDu Plessis, D. 1977. Immunoassays with chemically modified bacteriophage. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Du Plessis, Dion Henri AB - The immunospecific inactivation of bacteriophage is one of the most sensitive methods available for the detection of very low concentrations of antibody. By chemically modifying the phage coat-protein, this sensitivity can be extended to antibodies against a wide variety of haptens and proteins. Phage particles that have been modified by attaching some molecule onto their surface are sensitive to antibodies directed against the coupled chemical moiety. Furthermore, the inactivation of the modified phage by antibody can be inhibited by free antigen, and this provides a sensitive assay for small quantities of antigen. Antibody and antigens have been detected at the nanogram level by this technique. The modified phage technique can also be used to distinguish antibodies of different specificities and to discriminate between closely related antigens. This technique has not yet been applied to the immunochemical study of viral components and the present work represents such an attempt. Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) was chosen as a model system since it permits the study of numerous inununological phenomena (Rappaport, 1965; van Regenmortel, 1966). A series of preliminary experiments were performed to obtain experience in the methodology of the technique. These included the inactivation of native T4 phage by phage antiserum and anti phage IgG, the chemical modification of phage with DNP and the attachment of lysozyme to phage under a variety of conditions. The success of the covalent binding of protein to phage particles depends on finding conditions under which a proportion of the phage remains viable and, at the same time, can still be neutralized by anti-protein sera. To this end, different proportions of reactants and three different bifunctional reagents were tested. To prevent aggregation of tobacco mosaic virus protein (TMVP) at the high concentration used, the protein was treated with N-bromosuccinimide. TMVP-phage conjugates which were sensitive to antiserum were prepared using bis-diazobenzidine as the bifunctional reagent. DA - 1977 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1977 T1 - Immunoassays with chemically modified bacteriophage TI - Immunoassays with chemically modified bacteriophage UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17878 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17878
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDu Plessis DH. Immunoassays with chemically modified bacteriophage. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 1977 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17878en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherMicrobiologyen_ZA
dc.titleImmunoassays with chemically modified bacteriophageen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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