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  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Pharmacology

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  • Synthetic opioids, particularly fentanyl derivatives, pose a significant public health risk.
  • Existing commercial assays struggle to detect many fentanyl structural variants, limiting their effectiveness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop novel antibody reagents for detecting a wide range of fentanyl structural variants.
  • To demonstrate the utility of hapten conjugate vaccines in generating specific antibodies against small molecules.

Main Methods:

  • Created hapten conjugate vaccines using virus-like particles and eight fentanyl derivatives.
  • Immunized mice to elicit antihapten humoral responses.
  • Screened hybridomas to select 13 monoclonal IgG antibodies with varying recognition patterns.

Main Results:

  • Selected monoclonal antibodies effectively captured parent fentanyl compounds in competition ELISA.
  • Antibodies demonstrated diverse recognition patterns for different fentanyl structural variations.
  • Successful generation of antibody reagents for assay development.

Conclusions:

  • The developed antibodies are valuable reagents for creating improved assays to detect fentanyl and its analogues.
  • The immune system can be harnessed to generate antibodies with both broad and specific recognition capabilities for small-molecule targets.