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Commercial Gluten Test Kits / Methods. Jupiter Yeung, PhD Principal Scientist Food Products Association FDA Gluten Free Meeting, Aug 19, 2005. Gliadin Detection Methods. Immunochemical ELISA Lateral Flow Device Immunoblotting PCR MS MALDI-TOF LC/MS/MS. Sandwich ELISA.
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Commercial Gluten Test Kits / Methods Jupiter Yeung, PhD Principal Scientist Food Products Association FDA Gluten Free Meeting, Aug 19, 2005
Gliadin Detection Methods • Immunochemical ELISA Lateral Flow Device Immunoblotting • PCR • MS MALDI-TOF LC/MS/MS
Sandwich ELISA Signal DetectorAntibody Capture Antibody 22
Gliadin Antibodies Specificity • Skerritt mAb – -gliadin (-gliadin) – wheat – 100% rye – 120% barley – 5% • Mendez R5 mAb – QXPFP toxic epitopes of ,,, -gliadins – Equally to wheat, rye and barley • Both Ab recognize raw and cooked prolamins
Commercial Gliadin ELISA Kits * ppm gliadin ppm gluten = ppm gliadin x 2 Converted to ppm from g/mL
Gliadin ELISA 0 5 10 20 50 ppm gliadin controls
Lateral Flow Device (Dipstick) • Positive can mean less than LOD
Issues with Gluten Test Kits • Ab has different specificities to different prolamins, e.g. Skerritt Ab • Various results from different extraction media: 40-60% EtOH, cocktails • Different standards used from different kits • False positives and negatives require a confirmatory test • Limited availability of confirmatory test to most food lab • No sampling plan
Extraction Media • Aq. Alcohol (40-60% EtOH) • Cocktail (reducing agent + others) - interaction of Ab and Ag
Matrix Effect • Cocktail (reducing agent + others) - interference with complex food matrices, e.g. milk - interaction of Ab and Ag • Samples with high polyphenols, tannins and syrups require fish gelatin to improve recovery
Effects of Extraction Media Hasselberg et al. Proceeding of the 18th Meeting, WPGAT, 2004
Effect of Partial Hydrolysis Ferre et al. Proceeding of the 18th Meeting, WPGAT, 2004
Reference Materials • IRMM-480 Wheat Gliadin • NIST SRM 1567a Wheat Flour RM 8418 Wheat Gluten RM 8436, 8437, 8438, 8441a • Others
Confirmation Methods • Ab-Western blot • PCR – qualitative, quantitative • MS – MALDI-TOF, LC/MS/MS