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Effect-based proteomic detection of growth promoter abuse

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Unregulated growth promoter use in food-producing animals is an issue of concern both from food safety and animal welfare perspectives. However, the monitoring of such practices is analytically challenging due to the concerted actions of users to evade detection. Techniques based on the monitoring of biological responses to exogenous administrations have been proposed as more sensitive methods to identify treated animals. This study has, for the first time, profiled plasma proteome responses in bovine animals to treatment with nortestosterone decanoate and 17β-oestradiol benzoate, followed by dexamethasone administration. Two-dimensional fluorescence differential in-gel electrophoresis analysis revealed a series of hepatic and acute-phase proteins within plasma whose levels were up- or down-regulated within phases of the treatment regime. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) immuno-assays were developed to quantify responses of identified protein markers during the experimental treatment study with a view to developing methods which can be used as screening tools for growth promoter abuse detection. SPR analysis demonstrated the potential for plasma proteins to be used as indicative measures of growth promoter administrations and concludes that the sensitivity and robustness of any detection approach based on plasma proteome analysis would benefit from examination of a range of proteins representative of diverse biological processes rather being reliant on specific individual markers.

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Abbreviations

2D-DIGE:

Two-dimensional fluorescence differential in-gel electrophoresis

NSB:

Non-specific binding

pAB:

Polyclonal antibody

SPR:

Surface plasmon resonance

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Acknowledgments

This work has been aided by project grants from the European Commission (New technologies to screen multiple chemical contaminants in foods: Contract FOOD-CT-2005-006988, project acronym BioCop) and from the Northern Ireland Department for Employment and Learning (ASsured, SafE and Traceable food: project acronym ASSET).

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  1. Institute of Agri-food and Land Use, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, David Keir Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast, BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland, UK

    Terence F. McGrath, Christopher T. Elliott & Mark H. Mooney

  2. Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.175, 3508 TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Jeroen A. van Meeuwen & Aldert A. Bergwerff

  3. Laboratory of Mass Spectometry, CART, GIGA, Institut de Chimie, Bat. B6c, University of Liège, Liege, Belgium

    Anne-Cécile Massart & Edwin de Pauw

  4. Département Santé, CER Groupe, Rue du Carmel 1, Marloie, 6900, Belgium

    Philippe Delahaut

  5. GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences, Rapsgatan 23, 75184, Uppsala, Sweden

    Jos Buijs

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McGrath, T.F., van Meeuwen, J.A., Massart, AC. et al. Effect-based proteomic detection of growth promoter abuse. Anal Bioanal Chem 405, 1171–1179 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-012-6534-1

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