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Abstract
Screening for islet autoantibody markers to identify individuals who are at high risk for developing type 1 diabetes (T1D), often years in advance of clinical symptoms, is both a challenge and a necessity. Identifying high-risk individuals not only reduces hospitalization and rates of life-threatening diabetes ketoacidosis (DKA), but also directs enrollment into prevention trials that require patients who are in the early stages of disease. Here we describe an automated high-throughput multiplex islet autoantibody assay that integrates antibody detection by agglutination-PCR (ADAP) chemistry on the Hamilton Microlab STAR liquid handling platform. The automated system features on-deck thermal cycling and plate sealing to minimize the level of human intervention. The automated multiplex ADAP T1D assay performed similarly to that of manual methods using two distinct cohorts of clinical specimens obtained from the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University and the 2018 Islet Autoantibody Standardization Program (IASP). Notably, the automated assay requires only 4 muL of serum sample for the simultaneous analysis of GAD, IA-2 and insulin autoantibodies. Up to 96 samples may be processed in as little as 3 hours, and the only user intervention required is to transfer a final sealed 96-well plate containing PCR amplicons onto a quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) instrument for quantification. The automated system is particularly well suited for large-scale analysis of islet autoantibodies in a reproducible, timely, and cost-effective manner.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.slast.2021.10.001
View details for PubMedID 35058202