We designed a cell-free receptor binding assay in order to estimate the binding of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to the receptors. It enables us to evaluate competitive inhibition of biotinylated GM-CSF binding to soluble GM-CSF receptor alpha by GM-CSF autoantibody with excellent reproducibility.
Urano, S., Tazawa, R., Nei, T., Motoi, N., Watanabe, M., Igarashi, T., Tomita, M., Nakata, K. A Cell Free Assay System Estimating the Neutralizing Capacity of GM-CSF Antibody using Recombinant Soluble GM-CSF Receptor. J. Vis. Exp. (52), e2742, doi:10.3791/2742 (2011).