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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS
Volume 412, Issue -, Pages 42-52Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2014.06.015
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Glycan-based suspension array; End-biotinylated glycopolymers; Heterobifunctional poly(ethylene glycols); Anti-glycan antibodies; Unspecific binding
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- Swiss National Science Foundation [310030-143619]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [310030_143619] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Glycan-based suspension array (SGA) is an in-house developed multi-target immunoassay, employing commercially available fluorescent microbeads as a solid support for unique chemically synthesized glycopolymers which capture naturally occurring human anti-glycan antibodies. SGA is a sensitive and reliable tool for the high-throughput screening of anti-glycan antibody alterations characteristic for a vast number of human diseases including cancer. However, unspecific background binding, for instance binding of non-target antibodies, is a common obstacle in such immunoassays. In an attempt to reduce unspecific background binding of serum (or plasma) antibodies, we prepared glycosylated microbeads modified with linear poly(ethylene glycols) (PEGs) of different lengths. We compared several kinds of PEG modifications: (a) partial side-chain substitution of glycopolymers by PEGs of different lengths, (b) end-point addition of biotin-linked PEGs to glycopolymer-coupled beads, and (c) linking of heterobifunctional PEGs to the bead surface prior to glycopolymer immobilization. Among the various modifications investigated, the direct modification of the bead surface with linear heterobifunctional PEGs, consisting of 23- and 60 PEG-units significantly reduced the background binding. The end-point addition of biotin-linked PEGs, especially in the case of PEG consisting from 50 PEG-units, helped to repel non-target binding caused by endogenous biotin. We observed unspecific binding predominantly for antibodies of IgG but of IgM class. The novel design of fluorescent microbeads allows the detection of human anti-glycan antibodies with increased specificity and opens new horizons for practical application of SGA as a diagnostic tool. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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