Ag-Ab reactions Tests for Ag-Ab reactions

EISA SALEHI PhD. Dept. TUMS

Importance of Ag-Ab Reactions

• Understand the mechanisms of defense • Abs as tools in: – Treatment – Diagnosis • As biomarkers • As tools to measure analytes Nature of Ag/Ab Reactions

http://www.med.sc.edu:85/chime2/lyso-abfr.htm • Lock and Key Concept • Non-covalent Bonds – Hydrogen bonds – Electrostatic bonds – Van der Waal forces – Hydrophobic bonds • Multiple Bonds • Reversible

Source: Li, Y., Li, H., Smith-Gill, S. J., Mariuzza, R. A., Biochemistry 39, 6296, 2000 Affinity

• Strength of the reaction between a single antigenic determinant and a single Ab combining site

High Affinity Low Affinity

Ab Ab

Ag Ag

Affinity = ( attractive and repulsive forces Calculation of Affinity

Ag + Ab ↔ Ag-Ab

Applying the Law of Mass Action:

[[gAg-Ab] Keq = [Ag] x [Ab] Avidity • The overall strength of binding between an Ag with many determinants and multivalent Abs

4 6 10 Keq = 10 10 10 Affinity Avidity Avidity SifiitSpecificity

• The ability of an individual combining site to react with only one antigenic determinant. • The ability of a population of antibody molecules to react with only one . Cross Reactivity • The ability of an individual Ab combining site to react with more than one antigenic determinant. • The ability of a population of Ab molecules to react with more than one Ag Cross reactions

Anti-A Anti-A Anti-A Ab Ab Ab

Ag A Ag B Ag C Shared epitope Similar epitope Factors Affecting Measurement of A/AbRAg/Ab Reac tions

• Affinity • Avidity Ab excess Ag excess • AAbiAg:Ab ratio •Phyygsical form of Ag

Equivalence – Lattice formation Do you need to know what happens in Lab. • Know different sources of random and systematic errors • Know limitations of current techniques • Know which instruments are being used • Know how reliable the results are in clinical diidecision maki ng Errors Requesting appropriate tests Writing prescription Readinggp prescrip tion Sample collection Sampling times environmental factors Drug interferences Patient identification Sample transfer Technician errors Instrumental errors Method limitations Data entry mistakes How can we trust Interpretation of results What you want

• Accuracy • Precision • Speed • SiiiSensitivity • Specificity Spectrophotometry: Luminescence

• Can you tell the difference between how many marks are in each box?

Sensitivity of Absorbance Measurements Spectrophotometry: Luminescence

• Can you tell the difference between how many marks are in each box?

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Sensitivity of Luminescence Measurements Lab Tests Based on Ag/Ab RtiReactions

• All tests based on Ag/Ab reactions will have to depend on lattice formation or they will have to utilize ways to detect small immune complexes • All tests based on Ag/Ab reactions can be used to detect either Ag or Ab Antigen antibody tests

• Qualitative • In-vivo • Semi-quantitative • In-vitro • Quan titati ve

• End point • Kinetic Qualitative/quantitative

• Qualitative – determines antigen or antibody is present or absent • Quantitative – determines the quantity of the antibody – Titer – The highest dilution of the specimen usually serum which gives a positive reaction in the test

Tube testing Classification of Ag-Ab interactions

1.Primary serological tests: (Marker techniques) e.g. Enzyme linked immuono sorbent assay (ELISA) Immuno florescent antibody technique (IFAT) Radio immuno assay (RIA) 2.Secondary serological tests: e .g . tests Precipitation tests Flocculation tests Complement fixation tests (CFT) Serum neutralization tests (SNT) Toxin-antitoxin test 3.Tertiary serological test: e.g. Determination of the protective value of an anti serum in an animal. Agglutination/ Lattice Formation

• Rapid agglutination test • eg, Blood group , CRP ,RF • Active • Passive • Standard tube agglutination test • Inhibition • eg, wright test, Widal test Rapid Agglutination tests Active Agglutination/Hemagglutination

• Definition - tests that have as their endpoint the agglutination of a particulate antigen – Agglutinin/ • QiiQualitative aggluti iination test – Ag or Ab

+ Þ Agglutination/Hemagglutination • Quantitative agglutination test – Titer – Prozone 4 66 22 88 22 1/8 1/4 1/2 1/16 1/64 1/32 1/25 1/51 1/12 Patient Pos. Titer Neg. 1/10 1 64 2 8 3 512 4 <2 5 32 6 128 7 32 8 4 Agglutination/Hema gglutination 6 4 2 56 12 28 88 44 22 11 66 33 22 55 11 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/

• Applications – Blood typing – Bacterial infections –Fourfold rise in titer • Practical considerations – Easy – Semi-quantitative Passive Agglutination/Hema gglutination

• Definition - agglutination test done with a soluble antigen coated onto a particle

CRP + Þ

• Applications – Measurement of to soluble Coombs (Antiglobulin)Tests

•Direct – Detects antibodies on erythrocytes

+ Þ

Patient’s RBCs Coombs Reagent ((gAntiglobulin ) Coombs (Antiglobulin)Tests

• Indirect Coombs Test – Detects anti -erythrocyte antibodies in serum

Step 1 + Þ Patient’s Target Serum RBCs

Step 2

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Coombs Reagent (Antiglobulin) Applications of Coombs (Antiglobulin)Tests

Detection of Detection of Incomplete Ab anti-Rh Ab

AiAutoimmune hemolytic anemia Agglutination/Hemagglutination Inhibition • Definition - test based on the inhibition of agglutination due to competition with a soluble Ag

Prior to Test + Þ

TtTest + + Þ

Patient’s sample HCG Precipitation tests Lattice Formation

• The ant iigen an d ant ibody d are i n sol ubl e form • Combine to form a visible precipitate • Presence of electrolytes • Positive controls and negative controls LAB tests based on Precipitation

• In ggppel or solid support • eg, (Single radial, Double) , Immunochromatography, immunofixation eltlectroph oresi iIs, Immunoel ltectroph oresi s, Countercurrent electrophoresis (CCEP), • In solution • eg, Ring test, Turbidimetry, (Mancini)

• Method Ab in gel – Ab in gel Ag Ag Ag Ag – Ag in a well • Interpretation – Diameter of ring is

proportional to the 2 concentration

• Quantitative iameter DD – Ig levels

Ag Concentration • Method – Ags are separated by electrophoresis – Ab is placed in trough cut in the + - Ag Ag

Ab

Ag

Ab • Interpretation – Precipitin arc represent individual antigens Countercurrent electrophoresis • Method – Aggg and Ab migrate toward each other b y electrophoresis – Used only when Ag and Ab have opposite charges

- + Ag Ab

• Qualitative –Rapid

Immuno-preciptation in solution

• Ring test • Turbidimetery •PET • NhlNephelometery Light reflection Molecular size and scattering

+ -- Nephelometry vs. Turbidimetry

0°-90° Flocculation • Ags are lipids • eg, VDRL, RPR Test based on Primary Ag-Ab reation

• Lattice formation not required • How can be visualized??

Detection of cell associated analytes: Flowcytometry Detection of soluble Analytes: Radioimmuoassays (RIA) Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA) Immunoassays basics

(virus?) Indirect versus direct (sandwich) ELISA Why ELISA cant be fully automated Competitive RIA/ELISA for Ag • MhdMethod cont. – Determine amount of labeled Ag bound to Ab Test Solid Solid + Phase + Þ Phase+ Labeled Patient’s Ag sample

– CididfddConcentration determined from a standard curve using known amounts of unlabeled Ag • Quantitative – Most sensitive test Tests for Cell Associated Antigens

Lattice formation not required Phosphorescence Chemiluminescence Bioluminescence Immunofluorescence

• Direct – Ab to t issue A g is l ab el ed wi th fl uoroch rome

Fluorochrome Labeled Ab

Ag Tissue Section Immunofluorescence

• Indirect Fluorochrome Labeled Anti-Ig – Ab to tissue Ag is Unlabeled unlabeled Ab – Fluoroch rome-lbldlabeled ant i- Ig is used to detect binding Ag of the first Ab. Tissue Section • Qualitative to Semi- Quan titati ve Fluorescence

FITC + UV light Immunofluorescence

• Flow Cytometry – Cells in suspension are labeld with fluorescent tag • Direct or Indirect Fluorescence – Cells analyyyzed on a flow cytometer

Flow Tip FL Detector

Light Scatter Detector

Laser Immunofluorescence

• Flow Cytometry cont. – Data displayed

One Parameter Histogram Two Parameter Histogram tensity

Unstained cells nn f Cells rescence I rescence oo FITC-labeled cells oo Number Number Green Flu Green Green Fluorescence Intensity Red Fluorescence Intensity Assays Based on Complement

Lattice formation not required Complement Fixation • Methodology – Ag mixed with test serum to be assayed for Ab – Standard amount of complement is added – Erythrocytes coated with Abs is added – Amount of erythrocyte lysis is determined

Ag No Ag

Ag Patient’s serum Ag Relative sensitivities of tests (approx)

Usual operating range [Ab] or [Ag] precipitation immunoelectrophoresis 10 μg/ml - 1mg/ml1 mg/ml double/radial diffusion

immunofluorescence 0.1 - 10 μg/ml

ELISA (colour) 0.1 - 10 ng/ml (chemiluminescence) 0.01 - 10 ng/ml

0. 01 - 10 ng/ml