Laboratory leading to assay approval by regulatory agencies. To measure the quality and power of the CBPA, the z-prime (Z9 = 12[3(SDmax+SD0)/(Meanmax2Mean0)) values for 49 assays conducted by three operators were calculated. The Z9 parameter compares the assay dynamic range to data variation and measures how statistically different the experimental values are from the negative control [50]. A Z9 value between 0.5 and 1.0 is defined as an excellent assay suitable for screening with 1.0 being ideal, while a value ,0.5 is a marginal assay not suitable for screening. The average Z9 value for the CBPA was 0.82 with values ranging from 0.6 to 0.96 for individual assays, demonstrating an excellent assay. The CBPA described here is extremely sensitive, accurate, and amenable for screening but requires six days to complete from cell plating to results (3K days from treatment to data, figure 6A). When screening in process or environmental samples in which botulism patients need to be diagnosed quickly, speed is more important than sensitivity [25]. Therefore, a screening CBPA was designed (Figure 6A) in which cells were plated in optimizeddifferentiation medium overnight and treated the next day with BoNT/A (0.01 to 10 nM) for 6 h followed by an overnight incubation in toxin-free medium to allow for SNAP25197 accumulation. To complete the ECL-ELISA in one day, lysates are incubated 2 h at 4uC (cell plating to data two days, treatment to data 1K days). For both assays hands-on time is approximately 4 h. The screening CBPA is sensitive, EC50,120 pM, and possesses excellent S/B.200 at 120 pM and ,40 at 10 pM (Figure 6B). The screening assay has been routinely conducted by three operators in our laboratory (125 independent assays performed) with average Z9 of 0.79 (from 0.99 to 0.51) indicating fitness for screening. System suitability and accuracy were APO866 custom synthesis evaluated by dilutional linearity studies focusing on relative potencies of 0.5 to 1.75 (Figure 6C). For the 0.5 and 1.75 relative potency samples, all the individual assays differentiated the sample from the 16 reference preparation. Some individual assays for the other dilutions had confidence intervals overlapping 16 and therefore could not be differentiated from the 16 reference preparation running a single assay. However, when 24272870 at least four independent assays were run and their data combined utilizing PLA software, all the concentrated and diluted samples A1443 web tested were determined to be different from the 16 reference preparation.Sensitive Cell-Based Potency Assay for BoNT/AFigure 4. SiMa cells are sensitive and specific for BoNT/A uptake. A. Differentiated SiMa cells were treated with 1 nM BoNT/A complex from 1 to 60 min. Cell lysates were evaluated in the ECL-sandwich ELISA. Signal above background was observed at the earliest time points indicating high affinity binding (Error bars = std. dev.). B. Specificity of uptake by SiMa cells was demonstrated by comparing the uptake of BoNT/A (150 kDa) to recombinant LHN/A (lacking binding domain but comprising the translocation domain and an active light chain) and inactive BoNT/A (iBoNT/A, inactive light chain). No cleavage of SNAP25 was detected with iBoNT/A. Non-specific uptake of LHN/A was observed only at doses .10 nM. C. Graph comparing specific uptake of BoNT/A complex (at pM concentrations) to a full dose-response of recombinant LHN/A (at pM to mM concentrations) with a highest dose of 50 mM. The EC50 for the LHN/A molecule was 2.1 mM versus 0.85.Laboratory leading to assay approval by regulatory agencies. To measure the quality and power of the CBPA, the z-prime (Z9 = 12[3(SDmax+SD0)/(Meanmax2Mean0)) values for 49 assays conducted by three operators were calculated. The Z9 parameter compares the assay dynamic range to data variation and measures how statistically different the experimental values are from the negative control [50]. A Z9 value between 0.5 and 1.0 is defined as an excellent assay suitable for screening with 1.0 being ideal, while a value ,0.5 is a marginal assay not suitable for screening. The average Z9 value for the CBPA was 0.82 with values ranging from 0.6 to 0.96 for individual assays, demonstrating an excellent assay. The CBPA described here is extremely sensitive, accurate, and amenable for screening but requires six days to complete from cell plating to results (3K days from treatment to data, figure 6A). When screening in process or environmental samples in which botulism patients need to be diagnosed quickly, speed is more important than sensitivity [25]. Therefore, a screening CBPA was designed (Figure 6A) in which cells were plated in optimizeddifferentiation medium overnight and treated the next day with BoNT/A (0.01 to 10 nM) for 6 h followed by an overnight incubation in toxin-free medium to allow for SNAP25197 accumulation. To complete the ECL-ELISA in one day, lysates are incubated 2 h at 4uC (cell plating to data two days, treatment to data 1K days). For both assays hands-on time is approximately 4 h. The screening CBPA is sensitive, EC50,120 pM, and possesses excellent S/B.200 at 120 pM and ,40 at 10 pM (Figure 6B). The screening assay has been routinely conducted by three operators in our laboratory (125 independent assays performed) with average Z9 of 0.79 (from 0.99 to 0.51) indicating fitness for screening. System suitability and accuracy were evaluated by dilutional linearity studies focusing on relative potencies of 0.5 to 1.75 (Figure 6C). For the 0.5 and 1.75 relative potency samples, all the individual assays differentiated the sample from the 16 reference preparation. Some individual assays for the other dilutions had confidence intervals overlapping 16 and therefore could not be differentiated from the 16 reference preparation running a single assay. However, when 24272870 at least four independent assays were run and their data combined utilizing PLA software, all the concentrated and diluted samples tested were determined to be different from the 16 reference preparation.Sensitive Cell-Based Potency Assay for BoNT/AFigure 4. SiMa cells are sensitive and specific for BoNT/A uptake. A. Differentiated SiMa cells were treated with 1 nM BoNT/A complex from 1 to 60 min. Cell lysates were evaluated in the ECL-sandwich ELISA. Signal above background was observed at the earliest time points indicating high affinity binding (Error bars = std. dev.). B. Specificity of uptake by SiMa cells was demonstrated by comparing the uptake of BoNT/A (150 kDa) to recombinant LHN/A (lacking binding domain but comprising the translocation domain and an active light chain) and inactive BoNT/A (iBoNT/A, inactive light chain). No cleavage of SNAP25 was detected with iBoNT/A. Non-specific uptake of LHN/A was observed only at doses .10 nM. C. Graph comparing specific uptake of BoNT/A complex (at pM concentrations) to a full dose-response of recombinant LHN/A (at pM to mM concentrations) with a highest dose of 50 mM. The EC50 for the LHN/A molecule was 2.1 mM versus 0.85.
