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ELISA methods for the analysis of antibody responses induced in multiple sclerosis patients treated with recombinant interferon-beta.

Abstract：

:Upon treatment with protein therapeutics, a subset of patients will typically develop antibodies against the drug. These anti-drug antibodies can be of concern because they have the potential to alter the drug's therapeutic activity. In the case of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients receiving recombinant interferon-beta (IFN-beta), those receiving BETASERON (IFN-beta-1b; E. coli expressed, non-glycosylated, des-Met-1, Cys17Ser recombinant IFN-beta) have a higher incidence of IFN-beta specific antibodies compared to those receiving AVONEX (IFN-beta-1a; mammalian cell-expressed, natural sequence, glycosylated recombinant IFN-beta). The current study reports the development and characterization of ELISAs that detect distinct components of the anti-IFN-beta response in patients' sera, and therefore can potentially be used to characterize the composition of the anti-IFN-beta antibody response. ELISAs were developed using a constant detecting reagent but a variety of IFN-beta-derived test antigens (e.g., native IFN-beta, biotinylated IFN-beta, IFN-beta peptides) and capture methods. Assays were characterized using serum samples from a small number of patients treated with recombinant IFN-beta (either BETASERON or AVONEX). Assays in which IFN-beta was captured via a specific mAb, or in which biotinylated IFN-beta was captured via streptavidin, detected serum antibodies that recognize IFN-beta in its native structural state. In contrast, assays in which IFN-beta was coated directly onto the assay plates detected antibodies that recognize forms of IFN-beta possessing a folded structure distinct from the native structure. Certain epitopes present on native IFN-beta were not represented in these assays in which the test antigen was directly coated on plastic. Antibodies specific for linear epitopes could be detected using linear peptides as test antigens; the locations of these epitopes were mapped by reference to the X-ray crystal structure of IFN-beta-1a. Together, these data show that the mode of antigen presentation employed in IFN-beta ELISAs determines which antibody specificities are detected, and can affect whether or not a given serum sample is identified as positive for anti-IFN-beta antibodies. As a consequence, screening samples in a single ELISA format presenting IFN-beta in a non-native form may lead to underestimation of the incidence of IFN-beta treated MS patients that have generated antibodies specific to the native, active form of the drug.

journal_name

J Immunol Methods

journal_title

Journal of immunological methods

authors

Brickelmaier M,Hochman PS,Baciu R,Chao B,Cuervo JH,Whitty A

doi

10.1016/s0022-1759(99)00073-3

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-07-30 00:00:00

pages

121-35

issue

1-2

eissn

0022-1759

issn

1872-7905

pii

S0022-1759(99)00073-3

journal_volume

227

pub_type

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ELISA methods for the analysis of antibody responses induced in multiple sclerosis patients treated with recombinant interferon-beta.