Protocol: PK ELISA Antigen Capture Format For Use With Anti-Dupilumab Antibodies

Protocol: PK ELISA  Antigen Capture Format For Use With Anti-Dupilumab Antibodies

Protocol: PK ELISA Antigen Capture Format For Use With Anti-Dupilumab Antibodies

PK ELISA  Antigen Capture Format For Use With Anti-Dupilumab Antibodies

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For Use with Anti-Dupilumab Monoclonal Antibody Catalog TZA054

This method provides a procedure for carrying out a PK ELISA Antigen Capture Format with Anti-Dupilumab Antibody TZA054 (detection antibody), using dupilumab for the standard curve. Anti-dupilumab (drug/target complex) antibody recognizes dupilumab only when bound to its target human IL-4Rα. It does not recognize the free drug or unbound human IL-4Rα. The method should always be used in conjunction with product and batch specific information provided with each vial (see product datasheets). This protocol will need to be adjusted for use with different detection methods and immunoassay technology platforms.



Reagents

BSA (Sigma-Aldrich, A7906-100)
HISPEC Assay Diluent (BUF049)
Human Serum (Sigma-Aldrich, H4522)
PBS
136 mM NaCl
2.68 mM KCl
8.1 mM Na2HPO4
1.46 mM KH2PO4
PBST
PBS with 0.05% Tween 20 (Merck Millipore, 817072)
QuantaBlu Fluorogenic Peroxidase Substrate (Thermo Fisher Scientific, 15169)
Recombinant Human IL-4Rα (Sino Biological, 10402-H08H)
Anti-FLAG M2-Peroxidase (HRP) Antibody (Sigma-Aldrich, A8592)

Materials

384-well microtiter plate, black, square flat-bottom wells, for example, Black 384-Well Immuno Plates (Thermo Fisher Scientific, 460518)
Fluorescence plate reader
96-well plates can be used instead of 384-well plates (black, flat-bottom wells), for example, Black 96-Well Immuno Plates (Thermo Fisher Scientific, 437111). For the 96-well format, use 100 μl (instead of 20 μl) of antigen, antibodies, or substrate and 300 μl for the blocking step.

Method

  1. Prepare human IL-4Rα (capture antigen) at 5 µg/ml in PBS. Coat the required number of wells of a 384-well microtiter plate with 20 µl per well of the prepared capture antigen, and incubate overnight at 4°C.
  2. Wash the microtiter plate five times (5x) with PBST.
  3. Block the microtiter plate by adding 100 µl 5% BSA in PBST to each well, and then incubate for 1 hr at RT.
  4. Wash the microtiter plate 5x with PBST.
  5. For the standard curve, prepare a dilution series of dupilumab in 10% human serum in PBST in triplicate. Final concentration of dupilumab should cover the range from 0.01 ng/ml to 10,000 ng/ml. Include a zero dupilumab concentration as the background value.
  6. Add 20 µl of dupilumab dilution per well (in triplicate for each standard recommended). Add 20 µl of each test sample to the other wells (in triplicate for each sample recommended). Incubate for 1 hr at RT.
  7. Wash the microtiter plate 5x with PBST.
  8. To each well, add 20 µl detection Anti-Dupilumab (Drug/Target Complex) Antibody TZA054 (AbD48337ad) at 2 µg/ml in PBST. Incubate for 1 hr at RT.
  9. Wash the microtiter plate 5x with PBST.
  10. To each well, add 20 μl Anti-FLAG M2-Peroxidase HRP Antibody at a 1:20,000 dilution in HISPEC Assay Diluent. Incubate for 1 hr at RT.
  11. Wash the microtiter plate 10x with PBST.
  12. Add 20 µl QuantaBlu Fluorogenic Peroxidase Substrate to each well and measure the fluorescence after 30 min.