Cells, Vol. 7, Pages 3: Reagent Tracker Dyes Permit Quality Control for Verifying Plating Accuracy in ELISPOT Tests

Cells, Vol. 7, Pages 3: Reagent Tracker Dyes Permit Quality Control for Verifying Plating Accuracy in ELISPOT Tests

Cells doi: 10.3390/cells7010003

Authors: Alexander Lehmann Zoltan Megyesi Anna Przybyla Paul Lehmann

ELISPOT assays enable the detection of the frequency of antigen-specific T cells in the blood by measuring the secretion of cytokines, or combinations of cytokines, in response to antigenic challenges of a defined population of PBMC. As such, these assays are suited to establish the magnitude and quality of T cell immunity in infectious, allergic, autoimmune and transplant settings, as well as for measurements of anti-tumor immunity. The simplicity, robustness, cost-effectiveness and scalability of ELISPOT renders it suitable for regulated immune monitoring. In response to the regulatory requirements of clinical and pre-clinical immune monitoring trials, tamper-proof audit trails have been introduced to all steps of ELISPOT analysis: from capturing the raw images of assay wells and counting of spots, to all subsequent quality control steps involved in count verification. A major shortcoming of ELISPOT and other related cellular assays is presently the lack of audit trails for the wet laboratory part of the assay, in particular, the assurance that no pipetting errors have occurred during the plating of antigens and cells. Here, we introduce a dye-based reagent tracking platform that fills this gap, thereby increasing the transparency and documentation of ELISPOT test results.

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