Quantitation of Pax-6 protein in ocular impression cytology samples using an electrochemiluminescence immunoassay
Analytical Biochemistry(2022)
摘要
Paired box protein Pax-6 (oculothrombin) is a transcription factor that plays an important regulatory role in ocular, brain, and pancreatic development. Mutations of the PAX6 gene cause aniridia and Peters anomaly. Reduction in Pax-6 protein is also associated with ocular diseases such as dry eye. An electrochemiluminescence immunoassay method using the Meso Scale Discovery platform was developed to measure Pax-6 protein levels in corneal epithelial cells obtained by impression cytology. Impression cytology involves harvesting ocular epithelial cells by applying a polyethersulfone membrane patch briefly to the ocular surface using a commercially available EYEPRIM™ device. The epithelial cells that adhere to the membrane patch of the EYEPRIM™ device provide a biological sample which can be assayed for Pax-6 protein levels. Assay development identified an antibody pair capable of detecting purified recombinant Pax-6 protein produced in mammalian cells. The optimized assay has a dynamic range of 24 pg mL−1 to 100,000 pg mL−1 and a lower limit of quantification of 24 pg mL−1. Assay selectivity was demonstrated using either HeLa or HEK293 cells transfected with inhibitory RNA. Finally, the method was validated by measuring Pax-6 protein levels in impression cytology acquired samples obtained using the EYEPRIM™ device from rabbit cornea.
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Aniridia,Electrochemiluminescence immunoassay,EYEPRIM™,Impression cytology,Pax-6
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