In this video, we demonstrate the process for detecting antibody isotypes in multiple human serum samples using a microarray slide printed with antigenic subtypes of influenza virus strains.
Protocol
1. Produce influenza antigen microarrays Print antigens onto microarray slides Reconstitute each lyophilized antigen to a concentration of 0.1 mg/mL in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) with 0.001% Tween-20 (T-PBS). Transfer 10 μL of each reconstituted antigen to individual wells of an untreated 384-well flat-bottom plate. Print antigens using a microarray printer with low-volume microarray spotting pins that aspirate antigen into the sample channel and deposit v…
Representative Results
Figure 1: Schematic of influenza antigen microarray printing and probing protocol. From left to right, microarray is printed using onto nitrocellulose-coated slides, which are used to probe sera for IgG and IgA antibodies using quantum-dot-conjugated secondary antibodies, with slides imaged using a portable imager, and results analyzed to generate a heat map. <p class="jove_c…
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The authors have nothing to disclose.
Materials
16-pad nitrocellulose-coated glass slides
Grace Bio Labs
305016
1x GVS FAST blocking buffer
Fischer Scientific
10485356
ArrayCam portable imager
Grace Bio Labs
400S
Other imaging devices can be used to visualize slides if capable of achieving the resolution of the microarray spots and the excitation and emission wavelengths of the quantum dots.
Biotin-conjugated goat anti-mouse-IgG antibody
Thermo Fischer
31800
HiBase 384-well plate
Greiner Bio-One
T-3037-11
Microarray pins
ArrayIt
GMP2
Each different microarray printer may require its own custom microarray pins.
Mouse monoclonal poly-His antibody
Sigma-Aldrich
H1029
OmniGrid 100 microarray printer
GeneMachines
The version of the microarray printer used in this work is no longer commercially available, but the updated similar equipment is the OmniGrid Accent microarray printer from Digilab (Hopkinton, MA), and the same protocol can be carried out with most commercially available microarray printers.