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ArticleVaccines2023

Effects of High-Biotin Sample Interference on Antibody Concentrations in Sandwich Immunoassays.

Geraldo Balieiro Neto, Jair Rodini Engracia Filho, Fabio Enrique Lemos Budino, Acyr Wanderley de Paula Freitas, Weber Vilas Boas Soares

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Article in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Geraldo Balieiro NetoAnimal Science Institute, Sao Paulo Agency for Agribusiness Technology-APTA, Department of Agriculture and Food Supply, Ribeirao Preto 14030-670, SP, Brazil.
Jair Rodini Engracia FilhoGraduate Program of Animal Science, School of Life Sciences, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana, Curitiba 80215-901, PR, Brazil.
Fabio Enrique Lemos BudinoAnimal Science Institute, Sao Paulo Agency for Agribusiness Technology-APTA, Department of Agriculture and Food Supply, Ribeirao Preto 14030-670, SP, Brazil.
Acyr Wanderley de Paula FreitasAnimal Science Institute, Sao Paulo Agency for Agribusiness Technology-APTA, Department of Agriculture and Food Supply, Ribeirao Preto 14030-670, SP, Brazil.
Weber Vilas Boas SoaresAnimal Science Institute, Sao Paulo Agency for Agribusiness Technology-APTA, Department of Agriculture and Food Supply, Ribeirao Preto 14030-670, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3617-446X
Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios · BRPontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of antimicrobial growth promoters (AGPs) is banned because of problems associated with drug residues in animal products and increased bacterial resistance. The immunization of chickens with specific antigens is a promising strategy for generating specific antibodies that can target a wide range of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and can be used as an alternative to antibiotics. Immunoglobulin Y (IgY) antibodies in a polyclonal antibody (pAb) format, when administered orally, modulate the ruminal microbiome and maintain animal health and performance; however, there are concerns pertaining to protein impurities and biotin concentrations in the samples. Signal amplification strategies involving the noncovalent interaction of biotin with streptavidin is extensively used in diagnosis and scientific research, particularly in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). However, the high concentrations of biotin in samples, especially in those derived from rich sources such as egg yolk, can pose challenges and potentially harm the accuracy of diagnostic tests and protein concentration measurements. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of biotin on the measurement of IgY in freeze-dried egg yolk samples obtained from immunized laying hens using immunoassays with biotin-avidin/streptavidin. The detection of IgY in yolk samples using ELISA with streptavidin-biotin binding could lead to misdiagnosis due to biotin interference; the level of interference varies with the specific assay conditions and the concentration of biotin in the yolk samples. An ELISA without streptavidin-biotin binding is advisable to avoid interactions between biotin and target proteins, prevent biotin interference with the results, and achieve more reliable and accurate results.

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antibody–antigen complexbiotinELISAimmunoassaysinterferencestreptavidin

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PMID38005959
PMCPMC10674817
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