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A high-throughput neutralizing antibody assay for COVID-19 diagnosis and vaccine evaluation

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Muruato, Antonio E., Fontes-Garfias, Camila R., Ren, Ping, Garcia-Blanco, Mariano A., Menachery, Vineet D., Xie, Xuping, Shi, Pei-Yong·2020·Nature Communications

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Virus neutralization remains the gold standard for determining antibody efficacy. Therefore, a high-throughput assay to measure SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies is urgently needed for COVID-19 serodiagnosis, convalescent plasma therapy, and vaccine development. Here, we report on a fluorescence-based SARS-CoV-2 neutralization assay that detects SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies in COVID-19 patient specimens and yields comparable results to plaque reduction neutralizing assay, the gold standard of serological testing. The fluorescence-based neutralization assay is specific to measure COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies without cross reacting with patient specimens with other viral, bacterial, or parasitic infections. Collectively, our approach offers a rapid platform that can be scaled to screen people for antibody protection from COVID-19, a key parameter necessary to safely reopen local communities.

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Fig. 1 A high-throughput neutralizing antibody assay for COVID-19 diagnosis. a Diagram of the cDNA constructs of wild-type (WT) SARS-CoV-2 (top panel) and mNG SARS-CoV-2 (bottom panel). The nucleotide positions of viral genome where mNG is engineered are indicated. b Assay flowchart. mNG SARS-CoV-2 was neutralized with COVID-19 patient sera. Vero CCL-81 cells were infected with the reporter virus/serum mixture with an MOI of 0.5. The fluorescence of infected cells was quantified to estimate the NT50 value for each serum. c Representative images of reporter virus-infected Vero CCL-81 cells. Images for a positive neutralizing serum (top panel) and no serum control (bottom panel) are presented. Scale bar, 100 μm. d Neutralization curves. Representative neutralization curves are presented for three positive sera and one negative sera. The means and standard deviations from two independent experiments are presented. e Correlation analysis of NT50 values between the reporter virus and PRNT assays. The Pearson correlation efficiency R2 and p-value (two-tailed) are indicated.
Fig. 1 A high-throughput neutralizing antibody assay for COVID-19 diagnosis. a Diagram of the cDNA constructs of wild-type (WT) SARS-CoV-2 (top panel) and mNG SARS-CoV-2 (bottom panel). The nucleotide positions of viral genome where mNG is engineered are indicated. b Assay flowchart. mNG SARS-CoV-2 was neutralized with COVID-19 patient sera. Vero CCL-81 cells were infected with the reporter virus/serum mixture with an MOI of 0.5. The fluorescence of infected cells was quantified to estimate the NT50 value for each serum. c Representative images of reporter virus-infected Vero CCL-81 cells. Images for a positive neutralizing serum (top panel) and no serum control (bottom panel) are presented. Scale bar, 100 μm. d Neutralization curves. Representative neutralization curves are presented for three positive sera and one negative sera. The means and standard deviations from two independent experiments are presented. e Correlation analysis of NT50 values between the reporter virus and PRNT assays. The Pearson correlation efficiency R2 and p-value (two-tailed) are indicated.CC BY · PubMed Central

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Authors
Muruato, A. E., Fontes-Garfias, C. R., Ren, P., Garcia-Blanco, M. A., Menachery, V. D., Xie, X., & Shi, P.-Y.
Affiliations
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
Corresponding author
  • Xie, Xuping
  • Shi, Pei-Yong
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2020-08-13
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
4059-4059
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3048799641
Cited by
319
References
18
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2026: 10 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 71 · 2021: 108 · 2020: 37
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8.29
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • John S. Dunn Foundation
  • Amon G. Carter Foundation
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 pandemic, neutralizing antibodies, virus neutralization assay, fluorometric assay, COVID-19 diagnosis, vaccine evaluation, convalescent plasma therapy, antibody cross-reactivity

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