Generation and selection of antibodies for a novel immunochromatographic lateral flow test to rapidly identify OXA-23-like-mediated carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

INTRODUCTION: The spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has led to a worldwide healthcare problem. Carbapenem resistance in A. baumannii is mainly mediated by the acquisition of the carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase OXA-23. The phenotypic detection of carbapenem-producing A. baumannii is challenging and time-consuming. Hence, there is an unmet medical need for reliable and rapid diagnostic tools to detect OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter isolates to enable successful patient management.

AIM: Development of an immunochromatographic lateral flow test (ICT) for the rapid and reliable detection of OXA-23-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter isolates.

METHODOLOGY: For the development of an antibody-based ICT, we generated anti-OXA-23 monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) and screened them sequentially for their ability to bind native OXA-23. Selected OXA-23-specific MoAbs were tested in different combinations for their capacity to capture and detect OXA-23His6 by sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and ICT. A well-characterized collection of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter isolates with defined carbapenem resistance mechanisms were used to evaluate the specificity of the final OXA-23 ICT prototype.

RESULTS: The antibody pairs best suited for the sandwich ELISA format did not match the best pairs in the ICT format selected during the development process of the final prototype OXA-23 ICT. This prototype was able to differentiate between OXA-23 subfamily-mediated carbapenem resistance and carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter isolates overexpressing other OXAs with 100  % specificity and a turnaround time of 20 min from culture plate to result.

CONCLUSION: With this rapid detection assay one can save 12-48 h of diagnostic time, which could help avoid inappropriate use of carbapenems and enable earlier intervention to control the transmission of OXA-23-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter isolates to other patients and healthcare workers.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

Journal of medical microbiology - 68(2019), 7 vom: 28. Juli, Seite 1021-1032

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mertins, Sonja [VerfasserIn]
Higgins, Paul G [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez, María González [VerfasserIn]
Borlon, Céline [VerfasserIn]
Gilleman, Quentin [VerfasserIn]
Mertens, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Seifert, Harald [VerfasserIn]
Krönke, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Klimka, Alexander [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acinetobacter baumannii
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Bacterial Proteins
Beta-Lactamases
Carbapenem resistance
Carbapenems
Diagnostic
EC 3.5.2.6
Immunochromatographic lateral flow test (ICT)
Journal Article
OXA-23
Oxacillinase

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Date Completed 11.07.2019

Date Revised 11.07.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1099/jmm.0.001015

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM298050684