A flow cytometric crossmatch test for simultaneous detection of antibodies against donor lymphocytes and endothelial precursor cells

Tissue Antigens. 2010 Mar;75(3):269-77. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01439.x. Epub 2010 Jan 12.

Abstract

Complement-dependent cytotoxicity or flow cytometric lymphocyte crossmatch (LXM) tests may fail to detect clinically significant antibodies (Abs) against non-human leukocyte antigen (HLA). A flow cytometric endothelial precursor cell crossmatch (EPCXM) test (XM-ONE) is available for detection of Abs against donor endothelial precursor cells (EPCs). We showed that lymphocytes co-purified with EPCs can be used in LXM tests allowing simultaneous detection of Abs reactive with donor EPCs and lymphocytes. The lymphocyte population co-purified with EPCs on anti-Tie-2 Ab-coupled magnetic beads contained CD 8(+) and CD 4(+) T-cells, B-cells, and natural killer (NK)- and natural killer T (NKT)-cells. HLA class I antigen expression was slightly higher on CD 3(+) lymphocytes co-purified on Tie-2 Ab beads than on unseparated lymphocytes, whereas HLA class I and II antigen levels on CD 19(+) lymphocytes were not significantly different. Sera from 10 patients with panel-reactive Abs were tested on cells from nine donors using flow cytometric LXM and EPCXM tests. There was a very good correlation (R(2) = 0.94) between the channel shift values obtained on unseparated and Tie-2 Ab bead-isolated T-lymphocytes, whereas the correlation between the channel shift values obtained on the two B-lymphocyte populations was lower (R(2) = 0.71). T- and B-lymphocytes co-purified with EPCs can be used in LXM tests enabling simultaneous detection of donor lymphocyte- and EPC-reactive Abs in a single-tube XM-ONE assay.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies / immunology*
  • B-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Endothelial Cells / immunology*
  • Flow Cytometry*
  • HLA Antigens / immunology
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / immunology
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Factors / immunology
  • Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • Serum / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Tissue Donors*

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • HLA Antigens
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
  • Immunologic Factors