Preparation of an epitope-based recombinant diagnostic antigen specific to anti-phospholipase A2 receptor 1 antibodies

BMC Biotechnology
Hua LiXiaohong Huang

Abstract

According to recent studies, the phospholipase A2 receptor 1 (PLA2R1) may be used as a biomarker to diagnose idiopathic membranous nephropathy (iMN). Moreover, the immune-dominant regions of PLA2R1 have been identified. The aim of the present study was to construct a diagnostic antigen based on the immune-dominant region of PLA2R1 and develop a specific serological detection method for PLA2R1 antibodies. The tandem multi-epitope diagnostic antigen (designated 'R101'), which includes aa 39-130 (CysR), aa 238-356 (CTLD1), and aa 1136-1234 (CTLD7) of PLA2R1; thioredoxin at the N-terminus; and a His tag at the C-terminus, was prepared at a concentration of 2.36 mg/mL and purity of 97.32% using Escherichia coli expression and affinity and anion exchange chromatography purification. The integrity and antigenicity of the R101 protein was demonstrated by western blot analysis using anti-Trx, anti-His, and anti-PLA2R1 monoclonal antibodies as the primary antibodies. By analysing 120 positive serum samples identified by biopsy-proven iMN (gold standard) and 240 negative samples identified by an established ELISA based on R101 protein, we concluded that the cut-off value, kappa value, sensitivity, specificity, and agreement rate were 0.30...Continue Reading

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electrophoresis
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
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