Abstract
International standards for anti-beta2 glycoprotein I (anti-β2GPI) testing are needed. We evaluated the suitability of polyclonal/monoclonal candidate reference materials (RM) for the assay. IgG/IgM anti-β2GPI were affinity-purified (AP) from high-positive antiphospholipid syndrome sera and IgG from HCAL clone supernatant. Igs were tested for purity by SDS-PAGE, pooled, concentrated, sterile-filtered and the protein concentration determined. One unit was defined as the binding activity of 1-μg/ml of AP anti-β2GPI Ig. IgG/IgM RM were each assigned a unit value using the respective AP material as a calibrator. Polyclonal/monoclonal RM and 30 samples were evaluated for linearity, unit equivalency and commutability. Polyclonal AP material was assigned a value of 100 U IgG and 15-U IgM anti-β2GPI, respectively. IgG-RM had a value of 270 IgG and the IgM-RM of 220.3 IgM anti-β2GPI U. The linearity (R2) of each RM curve for the various assays ranged from 0.96 to 0.99. Commutability samples fit very well within 95% prediction intervals and had excellent correlation when comparing assays. IgG and IgM polyclonal and IgG monoclonal RM displayed excellent linearity and commutability, being good candidates for better standardization of anti-β2GPI immunoassays.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1317-1319 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Lupus |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 8 2014 |
Keywords
- Anti-β2glycoprotein I antibodies
- reference materials
- standardization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Rheumatology
- Medicine(all)