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VirScan Examination of SARS-CoV-2 Maternal-Fetal Antibody Interaction
Garvin, Olivia Katerina
Garvin, Olivia Katerina
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The ability to determine if there is epitope masking of neonatal antibodies by maternal antibodies would influence knowledge in fetal immunity and disease susceptibility. Here, VirScan, a new application of PhIP-Seq, is applied to mouse dam and pup serum to examine if epitope masking occurs with maternal SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and neonatal SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. VirScan utilizes a peptide library containing the peptides for all of the proteins in the human virome. This VirScan application of PhIP-Seq detects epitopes of human antiviral antibodies. Here the peptide library was expanded to high library diversity. Number of PCR cycles was tested to limit noise from over amplification. It was demonstrated that selection for phage-antibody complexes is not stringent enough, and additional wash steps to remove unbound phage and only pull-down serum-bound phage is beneficial. The VirScan application of PhIP-Seq is a powerful tool for immunological questions, and implementation of methodology adaptations presented here could achieve a successful PhIP-Seq adaptation for numerous uses.
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2024-01-01