Development of a "reverse capture" autoantibody microarray for studies of antigen-autoantibody profiling

Proteomics. 2006 May;6(10):3199-209. doi: 10.1002/pmic.200500673.

Abstract

Diagnosing cancers based on serum profiling is a particularly attractive concept. However, the technical challenges to analysis of the serum proteome arise from the dynamic range of protein amounts. Cancer sera contain antibodies that react with a unique group of autologous cellular antigens, which affords a dramatic amplification of signal in the form of antibodies relative to the amount of the corresponding antigens. The serum autoantibody repertoire from cancer patients might, therefore, be exploited for antigen-antibody profiling. To date, studies of antigen-antibody reactivity using microarrays have relied on recombinant proteins or synthetic peptides as arrayed features. However, recombinant proteins and/or synthetic peptides may fail to accurately detect autoantibody binding due to the lack of proper PTMs. Here we describe the development and use of a "reverse capture" autoantibody microarray. Our "reverse capture" autoantibody microarray is based on the dual-antibody sandwich immunoassay platform of ELISA, which allows the antigens to be immobilized in their native configuration. As "proof-of-principle", we demonstrate its use for antigen-autoantibody profiling with sera from patients with prostate cancer and benign prostate hyperplasia.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / blood*
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / immunology
  • Autoantibodies / blood*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood*
  • Blotting, Western
  • Carbocyanines
  • Cell Line
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Humans
  • Immunoprecipitation
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia / immunology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / immunology
  • Protein Array Analysis
  • Serum

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Autoantibodies
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Carbocyanines
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • cyanine dye 3