Comparison between a solid-phase low-ionic-strength solution antiglobulin test and conventional low-ionic-strength antiglobulin test: assessment for the screening of antierythrocyte antibodies

Vox Sang. 1988;55(1):30-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1988.tb04684.x.

Abstract

A solid-phase low-ionic strength salt antiglobulin test (LISS-SPAT) has been developed using a microplate coated with dried sera as a solid phase. Before coating, the in vitro C3d fragment generation was activated by adding heat-aggregated immunoglobulin. The LISS-SPAT was compared with low-ionic strength conventional antiglobulin test (LISS-AGT) and also with a test using polybrene or papain microplates. When detecting the IgG and IgM antierythrocyte antibodies the reaction was developed in the same way in LISS-SPAT and LISS-AGT. In routine work, the LISS-SPAT provides a fast, reliable, handy and inexpensive screening of antibodies. This method appears to be an additional method to the papain and polybrene tests in microplates.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Blood Group Antigens / immunology*
  • Complement C3 / analysis
  • Complement C3d
  • Coombs Test*
  • Humans
  • Isoantibodies / analysis*
  • Papain

Substances

  • Blood Group Antigens
  • Complement C3
  • Isoantibodies
  • Complement C3d
  • Papain