Title
Immunochemical detection of sulfur mustard adducts with keratins in the stratum corneum of human skin
Author
van der Schans, G.P.
Noort, D.
Mars-Groenendijk, R.H.
Fidder, A.
Chau, L.F.
de Jong, L.P.A.
Benschop, H.P.
Prins Maurits Laboratorium TNO
Publication year
2002
Abstract
As part of a program to develop methods for diagnosis of exposure to chemical warfare agents, we developed immunochemical methods for detection of adducts of sulfur mustard to keratin in human skin. Three partial sequences of keratins containing glutamine or asparagine adducted with a 2-hydroxyethylthioethyl group at the ω-amide function were synthesized and used as antigens for raising antibodies. After immunization, monoclonal antibodies were obtained with affinity for keratin isolated from human callus exposed to 50 μM sulfur mustard. These antibodies showed binding to the stratum corneum of human skin exposed to low levels of sulfur mustard, as evidenced by immunofluorescence microscopy. This approach opens the way for development of a detection kit that can be applied directly to the skin. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of immunochemical detection of adduct formation of toxic chemicals with skin proteins. A similar approach can be followed for skin exposure to environmental pollutants.
Subject
Asparagine
Glutamine
Keratin
Monoclonal antibody
Mustard gas
Article
Chemical warfare
Controlled study
Environmental exposure
Human
Human tissue
Immunochemistry
Immunofluorescence microscopy
Pollutant
Protein binding
Quantitative assay
Skin test
Stratum corneum
Animals
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibody Specificity
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Epidermis
Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
Haptens
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Keratins
Mice
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Mustard Gas
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/tx0100136
TNO identifier
236455
ISSN
0893-228X
Source
Chemical Research in Toxicology, 15 (1), 21-25
Document type
article