TY - JOUR A1 - Carvalho, José Joao A1 - Walter, Astrid A1 - Baermann, Yvonne A1 - Weller, Michael G. A1 - Panne, Ulrich A1 - Schenk, J.A. A1 - Schneider, Rudolf T1 - Non-invasive monitoring of immunization progress in mice via IgG from feces JF - In vivo N2 - A non-invasive method to monitor the humoral immune response in mice after immunization is described. From fecal pellets of an individual mouse, a sufficient amount of active immunoglobulins or their fragments can be extracted to perform a regular examination of the status of the immune response by immunoassay. Hapten-specific antibodies from the feces of mice from three immunization trials showed very similar characteristics to those obtained from serum at a given date. Therefore, it can be suspected that some serum IgG enters the intestinal lumen and ends up in the feces, where they appear to be considerably stable. Hapten-specific IgAs were not found in the feces. Being able to analyze antibody titers in feces could be an interesting animal welfare refinement to standard practice that does not entail repeated blood sampling. KW - Immunization monitoring KW - IgG KW - Coproantibodies KW - Feces KW - Animal welfare KW - 3R concept PY - 2012 UR - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/26/1/63.full.pdf+html SN - 0258-851x VL - 26 IS - 1 SP - 63 EP - 70 PB - In vivo CY - Athens AN - OPUS4-25283 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gärtner, Stefanie A1 - Carvalho, J.J. A1 - Emmerling, Franziska A1 - Garbe, L.-A. A1 - Schneider, Rudolf T1 - Polyclonal murine and rabbit antibodies for the bile acid isolithocholic acid JF - Journal of immunoassay and immunochemistry N2 - Bile acids are relevant markers for clinical research. This study reports the production of antibodies for isolithocholic acid, the isomer of the extensively studied lithocholic acid. The IgG titer and affinity maturation were monitored during the immunizations of three mice and two rabbits. In both animal models, polyclonal antibodies with a high selectivity and affinity were produced. The development of a direct competitive ELISA with a test midpoint of 0.69 ± 0.05 µg/L and a measurement range from 0.09–15 µg/L is reported. Additionally, the crystal structure of isolithocholic acid is described for the first time. KW - ELISA KW - Crystal structure KW - Competitive assay KW - Immunization monitoring KW - 3ß-hydroxy-5ß-cholanic acid PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/15321819.2014.924419 SN - 1532-1819 SN - 1532-4230 VL - 36 IS - 3 SP - 233 EP - 252 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - Philadelphia, Pa. AN - OPUS4-31836 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -