A novel immunocomplex capture fluorescence assay (ICFA) using fluorescent beads and transfected cells for specific identification of human neutrophil antigen (HNA)-1a and -1b antibodies

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BACKGROUND: To identify specific human neutrophil antigen (HNA) antibodies, assays using neutrophils such as monoclonal antibody-specific immobilization of granulocyte antigens (MAIGA) are recommended. However, these assays are limited by labor-intensive neutrophil preparation and varying antigen expression levels.

METHODS: We evaluated a newly developed immunocomplex capture fluorescence assay (ICFA) for identifying HNA-1 antibodies and compared it to MAIGA and LABScreen Multi (LABM), which utilizes recombinant HNA-coated Luminex beads. For ICFA, HNA-1a or HNA-1b transfected cells replaced neutrophils. Cells incubated with serum were lysed, and immune complexes were captured using five CD16 monoclonal antibody-conjugated Luminex beads. Nine antisera with known specificity and 26 samples suspected of containing HNA antibodies were analyzed by ICFA and MAIGA using neutrophils or transfected cells (ICFA-N or ICFA-T, and MAIGA-N or MAIGA-T, respectively).

RESULTS: ICFA-T and MAIGA-N accurately determined the specificity of all antibodies in the nine antiserum samples. The ICFA-T detection limit was 2048-fold for anti-HNA-1a and 256-fold for anti-HNA-1b; the limits of MAIGA-T, MAIGA-N, and LABM were 32-, 4 ~ 64-, and 128-fold for anti-HNA-1a and 64-, 16 ~ 64-, and 32-fold for anti-HNA-1b, respectively. Twelve and 7 of the remaining 26 samples tested negative and positive, respectively, in both ICFA-T and MAIGA-N. Antibody specificity against HNA-1a or HNA-1b determined using ICFA-T agreed with that determined using MAIGA-N and LABM. Another seven samples tested positive in ICFA-T but negative in MAIGA-N.

CONCLUSION: The novel ICFA is highly sensitive and exhibits specificity similar to MAIGA and LABM for detecting HNA-1 antibodies.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Transfusion - (2024) vom: 26. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kamada, Hiromi [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Daisuke [VerfasserIn]
Shimizu, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Uchida, Miyuki [VerfasserIn]
Watanabe, Yoshihisa [VerfasserIn]
Nakajima, Fumiaki [VerfasserIn]
Miyata, Shigeki [VerfasserIn]
Satake, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]

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Antigen capture assay
HNA
Human neutrophil antigen
Journal Article
Luminex system
Transfected cell line

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Date Revised 26.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1111/trf.17813

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NLM370202996