Cell-microarray analysis of antigen-specific B-cells: Single cell analysis of antigen receptor expression and specificity
Cell-microarray analysis of antigen-specific B-cells: Single cell analysis of antigen receptor expression and specificity
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DOI:
10.1002/cyto.a.20471
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发表时间:
2007-11-01
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Muraguchi, Atsushi
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作者:
Tajiri, Kazuto;Kishi, Hiroyuki;Muraguchi, Atsushi
The authors previously developed a cell-microarray system that effectively detects antigen-specific B-cells by monitoring intracellular Ca2+ at single cell levels. Here they present a novel method to detect antigen-specific B-cells using cell-microarray system. To detect antigen-specific B-cells, they arrayed live lymphocytes on a chip, stained cells with fluorescence-labeled nonspecific proteins, and analyzed them with a fluorescence scanner to detect nonspecific protein binding to B-cells. They then stained cells with fluorescence-labeled antigen and analyzed them with the scanner. Cells stained with specific antigen, but not with nonspecific proteins, were determined as antigen-specific B-cells and harvested. Antibody cDNA was amplified from retrieved B-cells by single-cell RT-PCR, inserted into expression vectors, and was examined for its specificity by ELISA. They could detect antigen-specific B-cells at a frequency of 0.01% in a model system using transgenic mice that express antibody to hen-egg lysozyme on the surface of B-cells. They applied this system to directly detect hepatitis B virus surface-antigen (HBs-Ag)-specific B-cells from peripheral blood in HBs-Ag-vaccinated volunteers and succeeded in producing HBs-Ag-specific monoclonal antibody. This novel system allows us to identify human antigen-specific B-cells of very low frequency and is a powerful tool to explore the candidates of antibody therapeutics. (c) 2007 International Society for Analytical Cytology.