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Application of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect antimicrobial peptides in human intestinal lumen

Hong, Julie S.; Shamim, Abrar; Atta, Hussein; Nonnecke, Eric B.; Merl, Sarah; Patwardhan, Satyajit; Manell, Elin; Gunes, Esad; Jordache, Philip; Chen, Bryan; Lu, Wuyuan; Shen, Bo; Dionigi, Beatrice; Kiran, Ravi P.; Sykes, Megan; Zorn, Emmanuel; Bevins, Charles L.; Weiner, Joshua

Sammanfattning

Intestinal transplantation is the definitive treatment for intestinal failure. However, tissue rejection and graft versus-host disease are relatively common complications, necessitating aggressive immunosuppression that can itself pose further complications. Tracking intraluminal markers in ileal effluent from standard ileostomies may present a noninvasive and sensitive way to detect developing pathology within the intestinal graft. This would be an improvement compared to current assessments, which are limited by poor sensitivity and specificity, contributing to under or over-immunosuppression, respectively, and by the need for invasive biopsies. Herein, we report an approach to reproducibly analyze ileal fluid obtained through stoma sampling for antimicrobial peptide/protein concentrations, reasoning that these molecules may provide an assessment of intestinal homeostasis and levels of intestinal inflammation over time. Concentrations of lysozyme (LYZ), myeloperoxidase (MPO), calprotectin (S100A8/A9) and beta-defensin 2 (DEFB2) were assessed using adaptations of commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). The concentration of alpha-defensin 5 (DEFA5) was assessed using a newly developed sandwich ELISA. Our data support that with proper preparation of ileal effluent specimens, precise and replicable determination of antimicrobial peptide/protein concentrations can be achieved for each of these target molecules via ELISA. This approach may prove to be reliable as a clinically useful assessment of intestinal homeostasis over time for patients with ileostomies.

Nyckelord

Intestinal transplantation; Transplantation immunology; ELISA; Methods; Crohn 's disease

Publicerad i

Journal of Immunological Methods
2024, Volym: 525, artikelnummer: 113599
Utgivare: ELSEVIER

    UKÄ forskningsämne

    Immunologi inom det medicinska området

    Publikationens identifierare

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2023.113599

    Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/128208