Laboratory of Biomedical Nanotechnologies, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Tikhoretsky Ave., 4, 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia.
Personalized Medicine Centre, Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Akkuratova Str. 2, 197341 St. Petersburg, Russia.
Biosensors (Basel). 2023 Jun 5;13(6):624. doi: 10.3390/bios13060624.
Type I interferons, particularly IFNα-2b, play essential roles in eliciting adaptive and innate immune responses, being implicated in the pathogenesis of various diseases, including cancer, and autoimmune and infectious diseases. Therefore, the development of a highly sensitive platform for analysis of either IFNα-2b or anti-IFNα-2b antibodies is of high importance to improve the diagnosis of various pathologies associated with the IFNα-2b disbalance. For evaluation of the anti-IFNα-2b antibody level, we have synthesized superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) coupled with the recombinant human IFNα-2b protein (SPIONs@IFNα-2b). Employing a magnetic relaxation switching assay (MRSw)-based nanosensor, we detected picomolar concentrations (0.36 pg/mL) of anti-INFα-2b antibodies. The high sensitivity of the real-time antibodies' detection was ensured by the specificity of immune responses and the maintenance of resonance conditions for water spins by choosing a high-frequency filling of short radio-frequency pulses of the generator. The formation of a complex of the SPIONs@IFNα-2b nanoparticles with the anti-INFα-2b antibodies led to a cascade process of the formation of nanoparticle clusters, which was further enhanced by exposure to a strong (7.1 T) homogenous magnetic field. Obtained magnetic conjugates exhibited high negative MR contrast-enhancing properties (as shown by NMR studies) that were also preserved when particles were administered in vivo. Thus, we observed a 1.2-fold decrease of the T2 relaxation time in the liver following administration of magnetic conjugates as compared to the control. In conclusion, the developed MRSw assay based on SPIONs@IFNα-2b nanoparticles represents an alternative immunological probe for the estimation of anti-IFNα-2b antibodies that could be further employed in clinical studies.
I 型干扰素,特别是 IFNα-2b,在引发适应性和先天免疫反应方面发挥着重要作用,与包括癌症、自身免疫和传染病在内的各种疾病的发病机制有关。因此,开发一种高度敏感的分析平台,用于分析 IFNα-2b 或抗 IFNα-2b 抗体,对于改善与 IFNα-2b 失衡相关的各种病理的诊断具有重要意义。为了评估抗 IFNα-2b 抗体水平,我们合成了超顺磁性氧化铁纳米粒子(SPIONs)与重组人 IFNα-2b 蛋白(SPIONs@IFNα-2b)偶联。我们采用基于磁共振弛豫切换检测(MRSw)的纳米传感器,检测出皮摩尔浓度(0.36 pg/mL)的抗-INFα-2b 抗体。通过选择高频填充短射频脉冲发生器,保证了免疫反应的特异性和水自旋的共振条件,实现了实时抗体检测的高灵敏度。SPIONs@IFNα-2b 纳米粒子与抗-INFα-2b 抗体形成复合物,导致纳米粒子簇的级联形成,进一步通过暴露于强(7.1 T)均匀磁场得到增强。所获得的磁性结合物表现出高的负磁共振对比增强特性(如 NMR 研究所示),当颗粒在体内给药时也得到保留。因此,与对照组相比,在给予磁性结合物后,我们观察到肝脏的 T2 弛豫时间降低了 1.2 倍。总之,基于 SPIONs@IFNα-2b 纳米粒子的开发的 MRSw 检测方法代表了一种替代免疫探针,用于估计抗 IFNα-2b 抗体,可进一步用于临床研究。
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