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A hemolytic assay for the estimation of functional mannose-binding lectin levels in human serum

Kuipers, S ; Aerts, PC ; Sjöholm, Anders LU ; Harmsen, T and van Dijk, H (2002) In Journal of Immunological Methods 268(2). p.149-157
Abstract
A simple assay was developed to estimate functional mannose-binding lectin (MBL) levels in serum based on the principle of yeast-induced bystander lysis of chicken erythrocytes (ChE). The assay is sensitive to inhibition by ethylene glycol bis-(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) (which allows alternative pathway activation), ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), mannose, N-acetylglucosamine and C1 esterase inhibitor (C1-INH), whereas it was not inhibited by galactose. A high-titer human anti-mannan antibody-containing serum with 0.06 mug MBL/ml gave a functional signal corresponding to 0.12 mug equivalents MBL/ml, indicating that anti-mannan antibodies are poorly hemolytic in the assay. The assay is well suited... (More)
A simple assay was developed to estimate functional mannose-binding lectin (MBL) levels in serum based on the principle of yeast-induced bystander lysis of chicken erythrocytes (ChE). The assay is sensitive to inhibition by ethylene glycol bis-(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) (which allows alternative pathway activation), ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), mannose, N-acetylglucosamine and C1 esterase inhibitor (C1-INH), whereas it was not inhibited by galactose. A high-titer human anti-mannan antibody-containing serum with 0.06 mug MBL/ml gave a functional signal corresponding to 0.12 mug equivalents MBL/ml, indicating that anti-mannan antibodies are poorly hemolytic in the assay. The assay is well suited for the large-scale testing of patient samples for a functional MBL pathway of complement activation. (Less)
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bystander hemolysis, functional assay, MBL, lectin pathway, Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Journal of Immunological Methods
volume
268
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2
pages
149 - 157
publisher
Elsevier
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  • pmid:12215383
  • wos:000178241400004
  • scopus:0037107536
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1872-7905
DOI
10.1016/S0022-1759(02)00192-8
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English
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  author       = {{Kuipers, S and Aerts, PC and Sjöholm, Anders and Harmsen, T and van Dijk, H}},
  issn         = {{1872-7905}},
  keywords     = {{bystander hemolysis; functional assay; MBL; lectin pathway; Saccharomyces cerevisiae}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{149--157}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Immunological Methods}},
  title        = {{A hemolytic assay for the estimation of functional mannose-binding lectin levels in human serum}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1759(02)00192-8}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0022-1759(02)00192-8}},
  volume       = {{268}},
  year         = {{2002}},
}