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ArticleTransfusion2019

Improved quantitative detection of biotin-labeled red blood cells by flow cytometry.

Albert D Donnenberg, Tamir Kanias, Darrell J Triulzi, Catherine J Dennis, E Michael Meyer, Mark Gladwin

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Article in Transfusion, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Albert D DonnenbergDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-3330
Tamir KaniasVitalant Research Institute, Denver, Colorado.
Darrell J TriulziDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Catherine J DennisChildren's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
E Michael MeyerHillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Mark GladwinDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
University of Pittsburgh · USChildren's Hospital of Pittsburgh · USUPMC Hillman Cancer Center · USVitalant · US

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Jessie Nedrow · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
Storage Lesion in Banked Blood Due to Disruption of Nitric Oxide HomeostasisR01HL098032 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Mark T Gladwin · 2009 to 2026
$12.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL098032
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBiotin-labeled red blood cells (BioRBC) can be tracked after transfusion, providing a convenient and safe way to measure RBC survival in vivo. RBC survival is of interest for determining optimal blood storage conditions and for assessing the impact of genetic and biologic variants in blood donors on the survival of transfused RBCs. Here we present an improved, platform-independent assay for quantifying biotin on BioRBC. This approach is also useful for detecting BioRBC in peripheral blood samples as rare events. STUDY DESIGN AND

methodsWe optimized the signal-to-noise ratio of the detecting reagent (phycoerythrin-conjugated streptavidin [SA-PE]) by determining the SA-PE concentration yielding the greatest separation index between BioRBC and unlabeled RBCs. We calibrated the fluorescence intensity measurements to molecules of equivalent soluble fluorochrome (MESF), a quantitative metric of fluorochrome binding and therefore of biotin bound per RBC. We then characterized the limit of blank and limit of quantification (LoQ) for BioRBC labeled at different densities.

resultsBiotin-labeled RBCs at sulfo-NHS-biotin concentrations of 3 to 30 μg/mL (27-271 nmol/mL RBCs) ranged from approximately 32,000 to 200,000 MESF/RBC. The LoQ ranged from one in 274,000 to one in 649,000, depending on biotin-labeling density.

conclusionIncreased sensitivity to detect BioRBC may facilitate tracking over longer periods and/or reduction of the BioRBC dose. Total RBC-bound biotin dose has been shown to correlate with the likelihood of developing antibodies to BioRBC. Lowering the dose of labeled cells may help avoid this eventuality.

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ErythrocytesFlow CytometryBiotinBiotinylationCell SurvivalHumansSignal-To-Noise RatioBiotin

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PMID31172532
PMCPMC9236723
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