| Literature DB >> 33362259 |
Stephanie Menikou1, Andrew J McArdle1, Ming-Shi Li1, Myrsini Kaforou1, Paul R Langford1, Michael Levin1.
Abstract
A novel approach to recover and identify immune complexes (ICs) was developed using size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and affinity chromatography on immunoglobulin binding columns (HiTrap Protein G). The purification process was monitored by 1D SDS-PAGE, protein staining, Western blotting and, finally, liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC MS/MS) was used to identify the recovered antigens. This approach was applied to serum with artificially created immune complexes (ICs) comprising vaccine antigen (influenza) and antibody, which led to recovery and identification of influenza peptides within the recovered ICs. This approach was compared with the established method for IC detection and recovery, polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation, followed by LC MS/MS. Both approaches successfully enabled capture, recovery and characterization of immunoglobulins and influenza antigen(s) in complex with the immunoglobulins. However, PEG precipitation has the advantage of simplicity and is more suited for large scale studies.Entities:
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Year: 2020 PMID： 33362259 PMCID： PMC7757895 DOI： 10.1371/journal.pone.0244157
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN： 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240