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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Modified micro test tubes as a promising basis for immobilization of antibodies for immunocapture on the example of SARS-CoV-2

Roubalsky EO1,2, Abdrakhmanova RA1, Baeva GR1, Rubalskaya TS3, Lazko MV1, Poroisky SV1, Shcheblyakov DV4, Favorskaya IV4, Gushchin VA4,5,6
About authors

1 Astrakhan State Medical University, Astrakhan, Russia

2 Russian University of Medicine, Moscow, Russia

3 Gabrichevsky Moscow Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Moscow, Russia

4 Gamaleya National Research Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russia

5 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

6 Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Evgeny O. Roubalsky
Bakinskaya, 121, Astrakhan, 414000, Russia; moc.liamg@ykslabur.o.e orp.egahp@ykslabur

About paper

Funding: the study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 23-15-20035, https://rscf.ru/project/23-15-20035/

Author contribution: Rubalsky EO, Abdrakhmanova RA, Baeva GR, Rubalskaya TS — experimental procedure involving micro test tubes; Shcheblyakov DV, Favorskaya IA — preparation of monoclonal antibodies; Rubalsky EO, Lazko MV, Poroyskiy SV, Gushchin VA — study design. The authors contributed to the search for and analysis of information, preparation of the draft, and manuscript writing equally.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Astrakhan State Medical University. (protocol No. 7 dated 22 February 2023).

Received: 2024-11-29 Accepted: 2024-12-19 Published online: 2024-12-28
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Fig. 1. Polypropylene micro test tube after modification with polystyrene: side view (А) and ≈45° view (B)
Fig. 2. The GK2020/1 strain immunocapture results. The P2C5 monoclonal antibody is highlighted in red, R107 is highlighted in yellow, control group with BSA is highlighted in green. * * — p < 0.01; * * * — p < 0.001; * * * * — p < 0.0001
Fig. 3. The hCoV-19/Russia/MOW-PMVL-51/2021 strain immunocapture results. The P2C5 monoclonal antibody is highlighted in red, R107 is highlighted in yellow, control group with BSA is highlighted in green. * * * * — p < 0.0001
Fig. 4. Cross-contamination detected when extracting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the 96-well plates. The wells depicted as red circles contain the GK2020/1 strain (variant B.1.1.1). The wells depicted as green circles contain the hCoV-19/Russia/MOW-PMVL-51/2021 strain (variant B.1.1.529+BA.*Omicron lineage). Red dots in green circles indicate contamination of the hCoV-19/Russia/MOW-PMVL-51/2021 strain with the GK2020/1 strain. Green dots in red circles indicate contamination of the GK2020/1 strain with the hCoV-19/Russia/MOW-PMVL-51/2021 strain. (А–C) Three sequential tests performed by three different operators