Development of a 2-plex luminex-based competitive immunoassay to quantify neutralizing antibodies induced by virus-like particles for human papillomavirus 16 and 18

J Biomed Biotechnol. 2011:2011:272806. doi: 10.1155/2011/272806. Epub 2011 Jul 25.

Abstract

Human papillomavirus (HPV) L1 virus-like particles (VLPs) were proven an effective vaccine candidate to prevent against HPV-16 and -18 infections. In order to evaluate the potency of our produced HPV-16 and -18 L1 VLPs-based vaccine candidates, also to quantify neutralizing antibodies induced by them, a 2-plex Luminex-based competitive immunoassay was developed. Unlike the published paper, the no-biotin conjugated neutralizing mAbs spiked normal human serum (NHS) was used for standard curve preparation, while phycoerythrin (PE) was not labeled directly to neutralizing mAbs for signaling. After the coupling optimization of VLPs to microspheres and the neutralizing mAbs biotinylation, the 2-plex standard curve was prepared with good fit and high dynamic range. In addition, no cross-reactivity was also confirmed. The 2-plex Luminex-based immunoassay represents good potential not only for vaccine candidate's evaluation but also for its further clinical use.

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing / analysis*
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing / biosynthesis
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing / immunology
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Binding, Competitive
  • Biotinylation
  • Horseradish Peroxidase
  • Human papillomavirus 16 / immunology*
  • Human papillomavirus 18 / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoassay / methods*
  • Microspheres
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines / immunology
  • Virion / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines
  • Strep-avidin conjugated horseradish peroxidase
  • human papillomavirus type 18 L1 VLP vaccine
  • Horseradish Peroxidase