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Background: Although the Luminex single antigen flow beads (SAFB) and the flow cytometry crossmatch (FCXM) are the most sensitive assays used for anti-HLA antibodies characterization in transplant recipients, their semi-quantitative fluorescence read-out is not closely linked to graft outcome.
Methods: Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) was implemented to determine truly quantitative parameters of five human monoclonal anti-class I HLA antibodies (mAbs): first the active concentration and then the binding constants. The results were compared to those obtained with SAFB and T-cell FCXM (T-FCXM).
Results: The five mAbs displayed different rate and equilibrium constants for their cognate antigens. No correlation was evidenced between SAFB MFI or T-FCXM ratio and the binding parameters measured by SPR. Some mAbs amino acid substitutions within the epitope that influenced SAFB MFI resulted in affinity variations evidenced by SPR.
Conclusion: The SAFB MFI and T-FCXM ratio, both semi-quantitative parameters, only partially reflected the subtlety of the anti-HLA antibody/antigen interaction as it can be analyzed by SPR. Future clinical studies using SPR for anti-HLA antibodies characterization could bring novel insights into the understanding of HLA/anti-HLA interaction and therefore anti-HLA antibodies pathogenicity.
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