Sensitive fluorescence ELISA with streptavidin scaffolded DNA tetrads for the detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7
Xudong Jing, Shan Shan, Keyu Xing, Wenkai Cao, Xiaoyue Xiao, Daofeng Liu, Weihua Lai
Abstract
Escherichia coli O157:H7 poses a threat to humans. Traditional ELISA is not a sensitive method for the detection of E. coli O157:H7. Here, an efficient method was designed for improving the load capacity of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) with streptavidin scaffolded DNA tetrad (SS-DNAt). With more ALP, more ascorbic acid 2-phosphate was catalyzed to ascorbic acid that was used to synthesize fluorescence poly adenine-thymine–templated copper nanoclusters. Based on SS-DNAt, fluorescence ELISA was successfully proposed for improving the sensitivity for detection of E. coli O157:H7 in milk samples. The method showed a linear range of 10 4 to 10 6 cfu/mL. The limit of detection of fluorescence ELISA was 3.75 × 10 3 cfu/mL and 6.16-fold better than that of traditional ELISA. The recovery of the fluorescence ELISA was 86.7 to 93.6% with the coefficient of variation of 5.6 to 10.5% in milk. This method could be used to detect hazardous material in food.