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Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)May 2023 |
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DOI:
10.3390/pathogens12050671

MultiSero: An Open-Source Multiplex-ELISA Platform for Measuring Antibody Responses to Infection

Byrum, Janie R; Waltari, Eric; Janson, Owen; Guo, Syuan-Ming; Folkesson, Jenny; Chhun, Bryant B; Vinden, Joanna; Ivanov, Ivan E; Forst, Marcus L; Li, Hongquan; Larson, Adam G; Blackmon, Lena; Liu, Ziwen; Wu, Wesley; Ahyong, Vida; Tato, Cristina M; McCutcheon, Krista M; Hoh, Rebecca; Kelly, J Daniel; Martin, Jeffrey N; Peluso, Michael J; Henrich, Timothy J; Deeks, Steven G; Prakash, Manu; Greenhouse, Bryan; Mehta, Shalin B; Pak, John E
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NGS
Abstract
A multiplexed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that simultaneously measures antibody binding to multiple antigens can extend the impact of serosurveillance studies, particularly if the assay approaches the simplicity, robustness, and accuracy of a conventional single-antigen ELISA. Here, we report on the development of multiSero, an open-source multiplex ELISA platform for measuring antibody responses to viral infection. Our assay consists of three parts: (1) an ELISA against an array of proteins in a 96-well format; (2) automated imaging of each well of the ELISA array using an open-source plate reader; and (3) automated measurement of optical densities for each protein within the array using an open-source analysis pipeline. We validated the platform by comparing antibody binding to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antigens in 217 human sera samples, showing high sensitivity (0.978), specificity (0.977), positive predictive value (0.978), and negative predictive value (0.977) for classifying seropositivity, a high correlation of multiSero determined antibody titers with commercially available SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests, and antigen-specific changes in antibody titer dynamics upon vaccination. The open-source format and accessibility of our multiSero platform can contribute to the adoption of multiplexed ELISA arrays for serosurveillance studies, for SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens of significance.
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NGS

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