Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2088860 | Journal of Immunological Methods | 2009 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
To simplify this procedure, IgY antibodies specific for poxviral proteins (F1L and p28) were generated by immunisation of chickens, because antibody retrieval from eggs allows the non-invasive generation of huge amounts of antibodies. The main intentions were (i) to decrease invasiveness, (ii) to immunise with native forms of proteins and (iii) to circumvent previous protein expression and purification. Therefore, chicken were immunised with DNA expression vectors coding for conserved domains of the selected proteins delivered for the first time by a gene gun. Four weeks after initial immunisation specific antibodies were found in the egg yolk as proven by immunofluorescence staining of poxvirus-infected cells. The specific IgY titre rose to 1:80,000 and was stable for more than 120Â days. With this investigation we present an universal procedure for IgY design and production that can be applied for various issues in the future.
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Authors
Peter T. Witkowski, Daniel R. Bourquain, Oliver Hohn, Rüdiger Schade, Andreas Nitsche,