Antibody binding in altered gravity: implications for immunosorbent assay during space flight

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Antibody binding in altered gravity: implications for immunosorbent assay during space flight
المؤلفون: Jake, Maule, Marilyn, Fogel, Andrew, Steele, Norman, Wainwright, Duane L, Pierson, D L, Pierson
المصدر: Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology. 10(2)
سنة النشر: 2005
مصطلحات موضوعية: Antigen-Antibody Reactions, Gravity, Altered, Weightlessness, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Hypergravity, Space Flight, Rheology, beta-Galactosidase
الوصف: A single antibody-incubation step of an indirect, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was performed during microgravity, Martian gravity (0.38 G) and hypergravity (1.8 G) phases of parabolic flight, onboard the NASA KC-135 aircraft. Antibody-antigen binding occurred within 15 seconds; the level of binding did not differ between microgravity, Martian gravity and 1 G (Earth's gravity) conditions. During hypergravity and 1 G, antibody binding was directly proportional to the fluid volume (per microtiter well) used for incubation; this pattern was not observed during microgravity. These effects in microgravity may be due to "fluid spread" within the chamber (observed during microgravity with digital photography), leading to greater fluid-surface contact and subsequently antibody-antigen contact. In summary, these results demonstrate that: i) ELISA antibody-incubation and washing steps can be successfully performed by human operators during microgravity, Martian gravity and hypergravity; ii) there is no significant difference in antibody binding between microgravity, Martian gravity and 1 G conditions; and iii) a smaller fluid volume/well (and therefore less antibody) was required for a given level of binding during microgravity. These conclusions indicate that reduced gravity would not present a barrier to successful operation of immunosorbent assays during spaceflight.
تدمد: 1077-9248
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=pmid________::77f7291c314707867ce7da2a1c27221f
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15838989
رقم الانضمام: edsair.pmid..........77f7291c314707867ce7da2a1c27221f
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE