Development of a protein biochip to identify 6 monoclonal antibodies against subtypes of recombinant human interferons

Assay Drug Dev Technol. 2010 Apr;8(2):212-8. doi: 10.1089/adt.2009.0228.

Abstract

Recombinant human interferons (rhIFNs) are broadly used as effective therapeutic agents with antiviral, antitumor, and immune-modulating properties. Advances in protein biochip technology have benefited the medical community greatly, making true parallelism, miniaturization, and high throughput possible. In this study, 5 rhIFN proteins (IFN-alpha1b, IFN-alpha2a, IFN-alpha2b, IFN-beta, and IFN-gamma) were immobilized onto an N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS)-modified gold-based biochip. The protein biochip was incubated with 6 specific mouse IgG antibodies (AK1, AK2, AK3, AK4, BK1, and CK1) against the human IFNs and then with Cy3-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG antibody. The results showed that monoclonal antibody AK1 presented a unique binding characteristic to IFN-alpha1b. AK2 reacted in immunoassays equally with IFN-alpha2a and IFN-alpha2b. AK3 detected IFN-alpha1b, IFN-alpha2a, and IFN-alpha2b. AK4 had positive immunological responses directed to both IFN-alpha1b and IFN-alpha2b. Monoclonal antibodies BK1 and CK1 recognized epitope of IFN-beta and IFN-gamma, specifically. The assay specificity of the biochip was further confirmed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and western blotting. Finally, 88 serum samples from patients treated with rhIFN-alpha2b were simultaneously tested on a single biochip. The result demonstrated that 6.8% (6 of 88 cases) presented positive reactions to anti-IFN-alpha2b antibodies, indicating that the patients under rhIFN-alpha2b therapy produced neutralized antibody against the IFN. The biochip format would offer a competitive alternative tool not only for facilitating characterization of IFN subtypes but also potentially for enabling clinical serum detection of corresponding antibodies directed against IFNs.

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / analysis*
  • Antigens / chemistry
  • Blotting, Western
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Humans
  • Immunochemistry
  • Interferon alpha-2
  • Interferon-alpha / blood
  • Interferon-alpha / therapeutic use
  • Interferons / analysis
  • Interferons / classification
  • Interferons / immunology*
  • Protein Array Analysis / instrumentation*
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Reproducibility of Results

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens
  • Interferon alpha-2
  • Interferon-alpha
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Interferons