Moor, Kathrin; Fadlallah, Jehane; Toska, Albulena; Sterlin, Delphine; Balmer, Maria Luisa; Macpherson, Andrew; Gorochov, Guy; Larsen, Martin; Slack, Emma (2016). Analysis of bacterial-surface-specific antibodies in body fluids using bacterial flow cytometry. Nature protocols, 11(8), pp. 1531-1553. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/nprot.2016.091
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Antibacterial antibody responses that target surfaces of live bacteria or secreted toxins are likely to be relevant in controlling bacterial pathogenesis. The ability to specifically quantify bacterial-surface-binding antibodies is therefore highly attractive as a quantitative correlate of immune protection. Here, binding of antibodies from various body fluids to pure-cultured live bacteria is made visible with fluorophore-conjugated secondary antibodies and measured by flow cytometry. We indicate the necessary controls for excluding nonspecific binding and also demonstrate a cross-adsorption technique for determining the extent of cross-reactivity. This technique has numerous advantages over standard ELISA and western blotting techniques because of its independence from scaffold binding, exclusion of cross-reactive elements from lysed bacteria and ability to visualize bacterial subpopulations. In addition, less than 10(5) bacteria and less than 10 μg of antibody are required per sample. The technique requires 3-4 h of hands-on experimentation and analysis. Moreover, it can be combined with automation and mutliplexing for high-throughput applications.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Gastroenterologie / Mukosale Immunologie 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Gastroenterologie / Mukosale Immunologie 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Gastroenterology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Balmer, Maria Luisa, Macpherson, Andrew |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1754-2189 |
Publisher: |
Nature Publishing Group |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Lilian Karin Smith-Wirth |
Date Deposited: |
26 Apr 2017 16:38 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:02 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1038/nprot.2016.091 |
PubMed ID: |
27466712 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.94394 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/94394 |
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