Journal
INNATE IMMUNITY
Volume 24, Issue 5, Pages 316-322Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1753425918777596
Keywords
Pyrogens; lipopolysaccharide; endotoxin; pro-inflammatory cytokines; fever
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- National Major New Drug Creation Project (Research on key technologies for the evaluation and standardization of innovative biotechnology drugs) [SQ2018ZX090101]
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To overcome the lack of availability of fresh human whole blood for pyrogen detection, we explored the feasibility of utilizing cryopreserved pooled human blood to detect the responses of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and IL-1 to LPS. Whole blood was obtained from five donors and incubated with LPS. The quantities of pro-inflammatory cytokines were measured using ELISA, and the results were compared among the samples. After the blood was cryopreserved with Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) (10% v/v) and stored for 4mo at -196?, the detection limits of the IL-6/IL-1 responses to LPS were 0.2/0.4 endotoxin units (EU)/ml, respectively, and IL-6/IL-1 release increased in response to LPS in a dose-dependent manner. When these experiments were performed in three separate laboratories, the within-laboratory reproducibility of the IL-6/IL-1 responses was 100%/86.7%, 93.3%/100%, and 86.7%/80%, and the inter-laboratory reproducibility was 92.9%/85.7%, 64.3%/63.6%, and 57.1%/66.7%, respectively. The sensitivity (the probability of correctly classifying positive samples) and specificity (the probability of correctly classifying negative samples) of the IL-6/IL-1 tests were 81.7%/82.5% and 100%/100%, respectively. The results of this study suggest that cryopreserved pooled blood is a convenient and viable alternative for evaluating invitro pyrogenicity. Additionally, maintaining cryopreserved pooled blood promotes safety for the user because it is released only after pretesting for infection parameters and has lower variation than fresh donations from a variety of donors.
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