Biotin interferences : Have we neglected the impact on serological markers?

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BACKGROUND: Biotin has been reported to be a leading cause of interference on several immunoassay platforms using the streptavidin-biotin immobilization system. While biotin interferences have now been well characterized for several assays, only few data are available on their impact on serological markers of infectious viral diseases.

METHODS: Overall, 10 healthy volunteers (HVs) received a single 100 mg dose of biotin to evaluate its effect on hepatitis B serological markers. Blood samples were taken several times before and after biotin intake. In addition, spiking experiments were applied to investigate biotin's impact on anti-HIV/p24 Ag and anti-HCV antibody levels. Several procedures designed to overcome this interference were evaluated.

RESULTS: Biotin intake resulted in a false-negative anti-HBs immunological status (<10 mIU/mL) in 40.0% of cases. According to our anti-HBc and anti-HBe results, biotin intake was associated with 90.0% and 80.0% of false positive results, respectively. At the theoretical biotin peak concentration following a 100 mg intake, 50.0% and 66.6% of anti-HIV and anti-HCV results were false negatives, respectively. All the procedures evaluated to overcome the interference were proven effective.

CONCLUSION: HBV, HCV, and HIV serological markers are likely to be highly sensitive to biotin. Our data confirm that the scope of biotin interference is broader than commonly described.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:503

Enthalten in:

Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 503(2020) vom: 02. Apr., Seite 107-112

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bayart, Jean-Louis [VerfasserIn]
Favresse, Julien [VerfasserIn]
Stoefs, Anke [VerfasserIn]
Closset, Mélanie [VerfasserIn]
Roy, Tatiana [VerfasserIn]
Fillée, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Villalobos, Hector [VerfasserIn]
Kabamba-Mukadi, Benoît [VerfasserIn]
Gruson, Damien [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

6SO6U10H04
AIDS
Antibodies, Viral
Biomarkers
Biotin
Hepatitis
Interference
Journal Article
Serology
Virology

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Date Completed 23.09.2020

Date Revised 23.09.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cca.2020.01.012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM305751042