Hybrid Macromolecular Constructs as a Platform for Spectral Nanoprobes for Advanced Cellular Barcoding in Flow Cytometry

Abstract

Herein, an advanced bioconjugation technique to synthesize hybrid polymer‐antibody nanoprobes tailored for fluorescent cell barcoding in flow cytometry‐based immunophenotyping of leukocytes is applied. A novel approach of attachment combining two fluorescent dyes on the copolymer precursor and its conjugation to antibody is employed to synthesize barcoded nanoprobes of antibody polymer dyes allowing up to six nanoprobes to be resolved in two‐dimensional cytometry analysis. The major advantage of these nanoprobes is the construct design in which the selected antibody is labeled with an advanced copolymer bearing two types of fluorophores in different molar ratios. The cells after antibody recognition and binding to the target antigen have a characteristic double fluorescence signal for each nanoprobe providing a unique position on the dot plot, thus allowing antibody‐based barcoding of cellular samples in flow cytometry assays. This technique is valuable for cellular assays that require low intersample variability and is demonstrated by the live cell barcoding of clinical samples with B cell abnormalities. In total, the samples from six various donors were successfully barcoded using only two detection channels. This barcoding of clinical samples enables sample preparation and measurement in a single tube.

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“…Bone marrow B cells were thawed for 1 min in 37°C water bath and rested for 30 min in RPMI medium at 37°C in an incubator and washed. Individual samples were barcoded 10 with a combination of anti-CD45 and anti-HLA-I metal-tagged antibodies listed in (Supplementary table 1) as described previously 11 , pooled and further processed in individual tubes.…”