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Effect of Different Aβ Aggregates as Antigen on the Measure of Naturally Occurring Autoantibodies against Amyloid-β40/42 in IVIG

[ Vol. 16 , Issue. 14 ]

Author(s):

Haijun Cao, Xi Du, Renyong Zeng, Zhaoji Lv, Shengliang Ye, Peng Jiang, Zongkui Wang, Li Ma, Yun Huang*, Changqing Li*, Rong Zhang and Fengjuan Liu   Pages 1290 - 1299 ( 10 )

Abstract:


Background: The specific Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is developing, which contains a high level of naturally occurring autoantibodies against amyloid-β (nAbs-Aβ), and the measure of nAbs-Aβ content is greatly essential. Though Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) has been widely used in detecting the nAbs-Aβ content, the impact of Aβ aggregates species chosen as antigen in ELISA on this measure has not been evaluated.

Objective: To clarify the influence of different Aβ40/42 aggregates as antigen during ELISA on the content of nAbs-Aβ40/42 measured in IVIG.

Method: Preparation of various Aβ40/42 aggregates was performed by different aggregation solutions and various lengths of time, and analyzed by western blot. Different Aβ40/42 aggregates as antigen were adopted to measure the nAbs-Aβ40/42 content in IVIG by ELISA, and the control was carried out to reduce interference of nonspecific binding. The Bonferroni and Dunnett’s T3 were used for statistical analysis.

Results: The duration for the formation of Aβ40/42 aggregates had more effect on detecting nAbs-Aβ40/42 content in IVIG than the aggregation solution. Higher content of nAbs-Aβ40/42 in the same IVIG was displayed when measured with Aβ40/42 aggregates at day 3, instead of at day 0.5 and day 7.0. The nAbs- Aβ40/42 contents in the same IVIG measured with Aβ40/42 aggregates prepared in different solutions were obviously different, but there was no significant regularity among them.

Conclusion: The nAbs-Aβ40/42 content in the same IVIG is significantly different when measured with Aβ40/42 aggregated under different conditions. The nAbs-Aβ40/42 content in IVIG by antigen-dependent measures, like ELISA, is uncertain.

Keywords:

Naturally occurring autoantibodies against amyloid-β, intravenous immunoglobulin, Alzheimer's disease, measure, amyloid β-protein, aggregate.

Affiliation:

Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Chengdu, Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Chengdu, Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Chengdu, Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Chengdu, Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Chengdu, Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Chengdu, Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Chengdu, Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Chengdu, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Chengdu, Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Chengdu, Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Chengdu



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