PMID- 21963292 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121130 LR - 20151119 IS - 1532-2661 (Electronic) IS - 0034-5288 (Linking) VI - 93 IP - 2 DP - 2012 Oct TI - Detection and measurement of carbohydrate deficient transferrin in serum using immuno-capture mass spectrometry: diagnostic applications for annual ryegrass toxicity and corynetoxin exposure. PG - 611-7 LID - 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.08.015 [doi] AB - The neurological livestock disease annual ryegrass toxicity (ARGT) is caused by the ingestion of the naturally occurring glycolipid toxins - the corynetoxins. Corynetoxins also threaten human health as potential contaminants of the food supply. Presently, there are no routine diagnostic tests for corynetoxins-exposure in humans or livestock. Chronic ingestion of corynetoxins has been modeled in rats exposed to dietary tunicamycins for 12 months and carbohydrate deficient transferrin (CDT) has been previously identified as a candidate disease biomarker. Here, the technique of immuno-capture mass spectrometry (icMS) was used to evaluate serum levels of CDT, discriminating between control and tunicamycins-exposed rats with 85% accuracy. The icMS approach is based on the combination of specific transferrin enrichment with functionalized magnetic beads and automated matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). With no other clinically-relevant diagnostic tests available icMS could be readily adapted for high-throughput clinical assessment of corynetoxins-exposure in humans or livestock. CI - Copyright (c) 2012. Published by Elsevier India Pvt Ltd. FAU - Penno, M A S AU - Penno MA AD - Adelaide Proteomics Centre, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia. FAU - Colegate, S M AU - Colegate SM FAU - Michalski, W P AU - Michalski WP FAU - Hoffmann, P AU - Hoffmann P LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20111001 PL - England TA - Res Vet Sci JT - Research in veterinary science JID - 0401300 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Glycolipids) RN - 0 (Transferrin) RN - 0 (corynetoxins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biomarkers/blood MH - Carbohydrates/*chemistry MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Glycolipids/*chemistry MH - Lolium/*chemistry MH - Rats MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization/*methods MH - Toxicity Tests, Chronic/methods/veterinary MH - Transferrin/chemistry/*metabolism EDAT- 2011/10/04 06:00 MHDA- 2012/12/10 06:00 CRDT- 2011/10/04 06:00 PHST- 2011/01/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/08/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/08/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/10/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/10/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/12/10 06:00 [medline] AID - S0034-5288(11)00354-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.08.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Res Vet Sci. 2012 Oct;93(2):611-7. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.08.015. Epub 2011 Oct 1.