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Kamel HH, Elleboudy NAF, Hasan AN, Ali IR, Mohammad OS. Nano magnetic-based ELISA and nano magnetic-based latex agglutination test for diagnosis of experimental trichinellosis. J Parasit Dis 2023; 47:400-409. [PMID: 37193503 PMCID: PMC10182192 DOI: 10.1007/s12639-023-01583-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Human trichinellosis is a worldwide foodborne public health threat. Detecting circulating antigens of Trichinella spiralis "T. spiralis" allows for an early diagnosis before larval encystation develops in skeletal muscles. For the first time, the present study aimed to formulate an effective nanomagnetic beads based-ELISA and -latex agglutination test (NMB-ELISA and NMB-LAT) to recognize T. spiralis adult worm crude extract antigen (AWCEA) in sera of experimentally infected mice. The study included thirty-eight mice classified into 3 groups; T. spiralis-infected group (GI) which was euthanized 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 days post-infection (dpi), other parasitic infections group (GII) and healthy control group (GIII). Rabbit anti-T. spiralis polyclonal antibodies (pAbs) were utilized to detect AWCEA in serum samples by sandwich ELISA, NMB-ELISA, and NMB-LAT. Using NMB-ELISA, AWCEA was detected in sera collected at 6 and 8 dpi, with a sensitivity of 50% and 75%, respectively, and a specificity of 100%. Whereas, sandwich ELISA and NMB-LAT couldn't detect the antigen at the same time intervals. Both ELISA formats were able to detect the antigen in samples collected at 10, 12, and 14 dpi with a sensitivity of 100% for NMB-ELISA and 25%, 75%, and 100% respectively, for sandwich-ELISA. Yet, NMB-LAT couldn't detect AWCEA until 12 dpi with a sensitivity of 50% and specificity of 75%. In conclusion, NMB-ELISA is a promising sensitive tool for early and specific diagnosis of acute trichinellosis. The use of NMB-LAT could be a helpful screening procedure in field surveys.
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- Hanan Hussein Kamel
- Medical Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Medical Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Parasitology Department, Theodore Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
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- Medical Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Bryzgunova O, Konoshenko M, Zaporozhchenko I, Yakovlev A, Laktionov P. Isolation of Cell-Free miRNA from Biological Fluids: Influencing Factors and Methods. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:865. [PMID: 34064927 PMCID: PMC8151063 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11050865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
A vast wealth of recent research has seen attempts of using microRNA (miRNA) found in biological fluids in clinical research and medicine. One of the reasons behind this trend is the apparent their high stability of cell-free miRNA conferred by small size and packaging in supramolecular complexes. However, researchers in both basic and clinical settings often face the problem of selecting adequate methods to extract appropriate quality miRNA preparations for use in specific downstream analysis pipelines. This review outlines the variety of different methods of miRNA isolation from biofluids and examines the key determinants of their efficiency, including, but not limited to, the structural properties of miRNA and factors defining their stability in the extracellular environment.
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- Olga Bryzgunova
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (M.K.); (A.Y.); (P.L.)
- Meshalkin Siberian Federal Biomedical Research Center, Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation, 630055 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (M.K.); (A.Y.); (P.L.)
- Meshalkin Siberian Federal Biomedical Research Center, Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation, 630055 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark;
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (M.K.); (A.Y.); (P.L.)
- Meshalkin Siberian Federal Biomedical Research Center, Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation, 630055 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; (M.K.); (A.Y.); (P.L.)
- Meshalkin Siberian Federal Biomedical Research Center, Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation, 630055 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Ali S, Uddin SM, Ali A, Anjum F, Ali R, Shalim E, Khan M, Ahmed I, M Muhaymin S, Bukhari U, Luxmi S, Khan AS, Quraishy S. Production of hyperimmune anti-SARS-CoV-2 intravenous immunoglobulin from pooled COVID-19 convalescent plasma. Immunotherapy 2021; 13:397-407. [PMID: 33557591 PMCID: PMC7871744 DOI: 10.2217/imt-2020-0263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background: This study assesses the feasibility of producing hyperimmune anti-COVID-19 intravenously administrable immunoglobulin (C-IVIG) from pooled convalescent plasma (PCP) to provide a safe and effective passive immunization treatment option for COVID-19. Materials & methods: PCP was fractionated by modified caprylic acid precipitation followed by ultrafiltration/diafiltration to produce hyperimmune C-IVIG. Results: In C-IVIG, the mean SARS-CoV-2 antibody level was found to be threefold (104 ± 30 cut-off index) that of the PCP (36 ± 8.5 cut-off index) and mean protein concentration was found to be 46 ± 3.7 g/l, comprised of 89.5% immunoglobulins. Conclusion: The current method of producing C-IVIG is feasible as it uses locally available PCP and simpler technology and yields a high titer of SARS-CoV-2 antibody. The safety and efficacy of C-IVIG will be evaluated in a registered clinical trial (NCT04521309).
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- Shaukat Ali
- Dow College of Biotechnology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
- Dow Research Institute of Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Dow College of Biotechnology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Dow College of Biotechnology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Dow Research Institute of Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Dow College of Biotechnology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Dow College of Biotechnology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Dow College of Biotechnology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Dow College of Biotechnology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Dow College of Biotechnology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Dow University Hospital, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- National Control Laboratory for Biologicals, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Knudsen C, Ledsgaard L, Dehli RI, Ahmadi S, Sørensen CV, Laustsen AH. Engineering and design considerations for next-generation snakebite antivenoms. Toxicon 2019; 167:67-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Maboudi K, Hosseini SM, Sepahi M, Yaghoubi H, Hadadian S. Production of Erythropoietin-Specific Polyclonal Antibodies. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 2017; 15:50-57. [PMID: 28959352 PMCID: PMC5582253 DOI: 10.15171/ijb.1413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2015] [Revised: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Erythropoietin, as a principal hormone promotes red blood cell production in bone marrow. Varieties of erythropoietin biosimilar are being produced by recombinant DNA technology in cell cultures. The detection or quantifi cation of these molecules are being performed by diff erent methods which some of theme such as Western blot and enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) require specifi c antibodies. High cost, inappropriate shipping (cold chain failures), reduced sensitivity and thus poor detection performance are common pitfalls of using commercial kits for performing immunological tests. OBJECTIVES To produce in-house polyclonal antibody against active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) of recombinant human erythropoietin (rh-EPO) was the aim of this study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two healthy female albino rabbits were injected four times in 14 days interval using rh-EPO API as antigen. The produced antibody was separated from plasma via either caprylic acid or saturated ammonium sulfate precipitation and the results were compared from each purification methodologies. The antibody was further purified by ion exchange chromatography. Acceptable purity and good immunogenicity were detected respectively by SDS-PAGE and western blot analysis. The purified antibody was compared with a commercial kit to determine rh-EPO concentration in diff erent steps of production batches via ELISA. RESULTS The purity of antibodies after ion exchange chromatography, obtained from caprylic acid and ammonium sulfate precipitation were 97 and 80%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS As producing in house kits is one of the important challenges of bio- pharmaceutical manufacturers, a simple, cost- and time-effective, and easy to scale up strategy for making in-house polyclonal antibody was set up. Caprylic acid precipitation resulted higher purity than ammonium sulfate and fi nally purified antibody (97% purity) used as a capture antibody in sandwich ELISA test was able to detect erythropoietin antigen as sensitive (100%) and specifi c (100%) as commercial kits.
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- Kourosh Maboudi
- Department of Biochemistry, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, 3159915111, Iran
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- Recombinant Biopharmaceutical Production Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Karaj, 31635/157, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, 3159915111, Iran
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- Nano-Biotechnology Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran,1316943551, Iran
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Weng YJ, Husebekk A, Skogen B, Kjaer M, Lin LT, Burnouf T. Anti-Human Platelet Antigen-1a Immunoglobulin G Preparation Intended to Prevent Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0162973. [PMID: 27627660 PMCID: PMC5023090 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is a severe disease that is caused by maternal alloantibodies generated during pregnancy or at delivery as a result of incompatibility between maternal and fetal human platelet antigens (HPAs) inherited from the father. Antibody-mediated immune suppression using anti-HPA-1a immunoglobulins is thought to be able to prevent FNAIT caused by HPA-1a. A fractionation process to prepare anti-HPA-1a immunoglobulin (Ig) G (IgG) from human plasma was therefore developed. Anti-HPA-1a plasma was obtained from volunteer mothers who underwent alloimmunization against HPA-1a during a previous pregnancy. Plasma was cryoprecipitated and the supernatant treated with caprylic acid and solvent/detergent (S/D), purified by chromatography, nanofiltered, concentrated, and sterile-filtered. The anti-HPA-1a immunoglobulin fraction was characterized for purity and safety. PAK12 and quantitative monoclonal antibody immobilization of platelet antigen (MAIPA) assays were used to detect anti-HPA-1a IgG. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) removal during nanofiltration was assessed by spiking experiments, using cell culture-derived reporter HCV and luciferase analysis. The caprylic acid treatment precipitated non-Ig proteins yielding a 90% pure Ig supernatant. S-HyperCel chromatography of the S/D-treated supernatant followed by HyperCel STAR AX provided high IgG recovery (>80%) and purity (>99.5%), and efficient IgA and IgM removal. Concentrations of complement factors C3 and C4 were < 0.5 and < 0.4 mg/dL, respectively. The final IgG could be nanofiltered on Planova 20N under conditions removing more than 3 log HCV infectivity to baseline mock infection level, and concentrated to ca. 30 g/L. Proteolytic activity and thrombin generation were low in the final fraction. The Pak12 and MAIPA assays showed good recovery of anti-HPA-1a throughout the process. Clinical-grade HPA-1a IgG can be prepared using a process compliant with current quality requirements opening perspectives for the prevention of FNAIT.
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- Ying-Jan Weng
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Finnmark Hospital Trust, Hammerfest, Norway
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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