Faezeh Maghsood , Navid Dashti , Tannaz Bahadori , Forough Golsaz-Shirazi , Christiane Moog , Mohammad Mehdi Amiri , Fazel Shokri
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Comparative assessment of four virus neutralization assays for detection of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies
Neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) targeting receptor-binding domain (RBD) or spike of SARS-CoV-2 play an important role in blocking virus entry to the host cells and detecting their levels is critical for the assessment of humoral protective immune response following vaccination or recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Here, we compared the performance of four virus neutralization tests to measure neutralizing antibodies in various sample types. We analyzed 25 serum samples obtained from mice or rabbits immunized with different vaccine platforms, and also 11 mouse anti-RBD monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) using surrogate virus neutralization test (SVNT), pseudovirus neutralization test (PVNT), conventional virus neutralization test (CVNT), and one-step or two-step inhibition flowcytometry virus neutralization test (IFVNT). All four VNTs showed significant correlations with each other, though PVNT and CVNT displayed significantly lower limit of detection (LoD) compared to the other two assays. In conclusion, our findings indicate that all four VNT assays give valid and accurate results and could be employed to determine the level of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies.
期刊介绍:
The journal''s title Analytical Biochemistry: Methods in the Biological Sciences declares its broad scope: methods for the basic biological sciences that include biochemistry, molecular genetics, cell biology, proteomics, immunology, bioinformatics and wherever the frontiers of research take the field.
The emphasis is on methods from the strictly analytical to the more preparative that would include novel approaches to protein purification as well as improvements in cell and organ culture. The actual techniques are equally inclusive ranging from aptamers to zymology.
The journal has been particularly active in:
-Analytical techniques for biological molecules-
Aptamer selection and utilization-
Biosensors-
Chromatography-
Cloning, sequencing and mutagenesis-
Electrochemical methods-
Electrophoresis-
Enzyme characterization methods-
Immunological approaches-
Mass spectrometry of proteins and nucleic acids-
Metabolomics-
Nano level techniques-
Optical spectroscopy in all its forms.
The journal is reluctant to include most drug and strictly clinical studies as there are more suitable publication platforms for these types of papers.