ABO blood grouping of bloodstains by sandwich ELISA using monoclonal antibody specific for human red cell band 3

Identification of body fluids is a common task in medico-legal practice, but specific markers for sweat have not been identified to date. To develop a method for identification of sweat, we identified a sweat-specific protein and produced monoclonal antibodies by immunizing mice with sweat proteins fractionated by anion-exchange chromatography. Among many sweat-reactive monoclonal antibodies obtained, one monoclonal antibody (G-81) was selected because of its unique specificity. G-81 reacted to sweat but not to other body fluids (e.g. serum, saliva, semen, milk, urine and tears) in ELISA. G-81 specifically stained the eccrine sweat gland and did not stain any other tissue including the apocrine sweat gland. In western blotting, G-81 reacted strongly to a 7 kDa band and faintly to 20, 27 and 33 kDa bands of sweat protein. The N-terminal amino acid sequence (18 amino acids) of G-81-reactive peptides was determined, and an identical sequence was found in an antibiotic peptide dermcidin (110 amino acids) reported recently, suggesting that G-81 recognized a fragment of dermcidin. The G-81-reactive peptide could be detected in 8,192-fold dilutions of sweat by ELISA and could be detected in 200-fold diluted sweat samples (n=26) independent of the protein concentration. The G-81-reactive peptide was very stable and was able to detect sweat stains left for at least 11 weeks at room temperature without substantial loss of reactivity. These facts suggest that G-81 is a very useful tool for sweat identification in medico-legal practice.

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Production and characterization of a monoclonal antibody for sweat-specific protein and its application for sweat identification

Sagawa

Kimura

Saito

et al. 2003

Int J Legal Med

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Blood stains of the Turin Shroud 2015: beyond personal hopes and limitations of techniques

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In the early '80s, evidence was provided that, rather than a dye (red okra), hemoglobin was indeed responsible for the alleged blood stains of the Turin Shroud. Such stains were shown to belong to an MNS positive individual of the AB group, and the halos surrounding the blood stains were compatible with serum containing trace amounts of bilirubin, albumin and immunoglobulins. However, being only based on indirect and circumstantial evidence, most of these data were challenged. In the late '90s, together with the evidence of the gene coding β-globin, contamination between male and female DNA was documented on the Turin Shroud. Although the presence of male was more noticeable than female DNA, these data were considered null and void. These days, to establish that blood indisputably belongs to an MNS positive individual of the AB group, and to exclude DNA contamination, high-specificity techniques with monoclonal antibodies and molecular studies on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA are needed. Indeed, consistent with DNA contamination on the Turin Shroud, sequences from multiple subjects of different ethnic origins have been recently detected on the human mitochondrial genome extracted from dust particles of the linen. Innovative concepts are likely to come up using modern research approaches to evaluate the issue of blood stains of the Turin Shroud. Nor can we rule out the possibility that religious implications of the new findings on the Turin Shroud might be envisaged. Conceivably enough, the ongoing debate will be fierce and passionate, especially in the media.

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ABO blood grouping of bloodstains by sandwich ELISA using monoclonal antibody specific for human red cell band 3

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Production and characterization of a monoclonal antibody for sweat-specific protein and its application for sweat identification

Production and characterization of a monoclonal antibody for sweat-specific protein and its application for sweat identification

The applicability of ELISA detection of gastric mucosa-expressing proteins for the identification of vomit

Blood stains of the Turin Shroud 2015: beyond personal hopes and limitations of techniques

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