key: cord-0845154-0qy8mjd7 authors: Dawson, Erica D.; Kuck, Laura R.; Blair, Rebecca H.; Taylor, Amber W.; Toth, Evan; Knight, Vijaya; Rowlen, Kathy L. title: Multiplexed, Microscale, Microarray-based Serological Assay for Antibodies Against All Human-Relevant Coronaviruses date: 2021-02-25 journal: J Virol Methods DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114111 sha: 53953aa0764215f7d3c0289c1e0b00aa70900327 doc_id: 845154 cord_uid: 0qy8mjd7 Rapid, sensitive, and precise multiplexed assays for serological analysis during candidate COVID-19 vaccine development would streamline clinical trials. The VaxArray Coronavirus (CoV) SeroAssay quantifies IgG antibody binding to 9 pandemic, potentially pandemic, and endemic human CoV spike antigens in 2 hours with automated results analysis. IgG antibodies in serum bind to the CoV spike protein capture antigens printed in a microarray format and are labeled with a fluorescent anti-species IgG secondary label. The assay demonstrated excellent lower limits of quantification ranging from 0.3 – 2.0 ng/mL and linear dynamic ranges of 76 to 911-fold. Average precision of 11% CV and accuracy (% recovery) of 92.5% over all capture antigens were achieved over 216 replicates representing 3 days and 3 microarray lots. Clinical performance on 263 human serum samples (132 SARS-CoV-2 negatives and 131 positives based on donor-matched RT-PCR and/or date of collection) produced 98.5% PPA and 100% NPA. in clinical use typically establish specificity using pre-pandemic serum samples which cannot conclusively show that pre-existing antibodies to the endemic coronaviruses do not cross react with SARS-CoV-2. Serological testing that assesses binding to a variety of coronaviruses is important for: (1) screening enrollees before trial admission to establish baseline antibody titers, (2) have highlighted the unknowns about pre-existing immunity to SARS-CoV-2. 16, 17 In light of these unknowns and recent discussion around the potential for antibody dependent enhancement, [18] [19] [20] monitoring the serological responses before and after immunization to other human coronaviruses, such as SARS, MERS, and the endemic coronaviruses including HKU1, OC43, NL63, and 229E, and comparing these responses to those from natural infection as a function of disease severity, will be critical for understanding the immune response and ultimately delivering a safe and effective vaccine. For effective application in vaccine clinical trials, a highly specific and highly quantitative assay is required to enable accurate quantitative assessment of antibody responses. Given the rapid timelines for vaccine development already underway, a multiplexed assay that can measure vaccine-induced antibody response to a variety of related antigens simultaneously is highly desirable for both time and cost savings. The VaxArray platform (InDevR, Inc., Boulder, CO) is a microscale, multiplexed, microarray-based immunoassay platform that has been well-validated for use in influenza vaccine antigen characterization, 21, 22 and has been adapted for serological analysis of coronaviruses with the recent availability of the Coronavirus (CoV) SeroAssay. Specifically, nine unique coronavirus spike protein antigens are printed in replicate in a microarray format, providing the ability to perform simultaneous analysis of antibody responses to all 9 antigens in a single, 2-hour assay. In comparison, one would have to run 9 parallel J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f ELISA plates to obtain the same information content. The 9 proteins represented on the microarray are full-length spike, receptor binding domain (RBD), and the S2 extracellular domain of SARS-CoV-2, and the spike proteins from SARS, MERS, HKU1, OC43, NL63, and 229E. In addition, the platform is antigen-sparing, requiring ~200x less antigen to manufacture than a traditional plate-based ELISA, which is particularly important during this time of strained supply chains. Lastly, the CoV SeroAssay is provided as a validated, off-the-shelf kit to minimize user-to-user and laboratory-to-laboratory variability associated with in-house immunoassays, and the associated software provides automated analysis of the results to further increase ease of use. This study reports on the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay linear dynamic range, limit of detection, specificity, reproducibility, accuracy, and investigates assay performance on a retrospective set of 263 blinded, de-identified human serum and plasma specimens to demonstrate positive and negative percent agreement to a mixed reference method of RT-PCR on a patient-matched specimen and collection date prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. An easy-to-use, high information content assay with the capability to evaluate antibody response to a variety of coronavirus spike proteins will aid in monitoring the immune response during COVID-19 candidate vaccine clinical trials and ultimately facilitate the delivery of a safe and effective vaccine. The VaxArray Coronavirus SeroAssay Kit (#VXCV-5100, InDevR, Inc.) contains four microarray slides, printed with 16 replicate arrays per slide, an optimized Protein Blocking Buffer (VX-6305), Wash Buffer 1 concentrate (VX-6303), and Wash Buffer 2 concentrate (VX-6304). Prior to use, microarray slides were equilibrated to room temperature for 30 min in the provided foil pouch. Prepared standards and specimens were diluted at least 1:100 in Protein Blocking Buffer J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f and applied to the microarray and allowed to incubate in a humidity chamber (VX-6200) on an orbital shaker at 80 rpm for 60 minutes. After incubation, samples were removed using an 8channel pipette, and the microarray was subsequently washed by applying 50 µL of prepared Wash Buffer 1. Slides were washed for 5 minutes on an orbital shaker at 80 RPM after which the wash solution was removed via 8-channel pipette. During sample incubation, Anti-human IgG Label (VXCV-7623) and/or anti-mouse IgG Label (VXCV-7620) were prepared by first diluting the label 1:10 in PBB, and aliquoting into 8-tube PCR strips after which 50 µL of label mixture was added to each array using an 8-channel pipette. Detection label was incubated on the slides in the humidity chamber for 30 minutes before subsequent, sequential washing in Wash Buffer 1, Wash Buffer 2, 70% Ethanol, and finally ultrapure water. Slides were dried using a compressed air pump system and imaged using the VaxArray Imaging System (VX-6000). A study to determine the lower limit of quantification and linear dynamic range of the different capture antigens represented was executed using monoclonal antibodies that target the spike proteins of SARS-CoV-1 (MRO-1214LC, CR3022, Creative Biolabs), SARS-CoV-2 (GTX632604, Genetex), MERS (40069-MM23, Sino Biological), and HKU1 (40021-MM07, Sino Biological). The CR3022 antibody targeting SARS-CoV-1 is known to bind the the nCoV(ii) RBD antigen, the SARS antigen (and the nCoV(i) full-length spike antigen to a much weaker extent), and the SARS-CoV-2 Genetex antibody is known to bind the nCoV(i) full-length spike antigen (and the nCoV(iii) S2 antigen to a much weaker extent). The four antibodies were mixed, and a 13-point serial dilution in Protein Blocking Buffer and three blank wells containing Protein Blocking Buffer without antibody were prepared, with each sample subsequently analyzed on the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay according to the operation manual with one exception: because the anti-SARS-CoV1 antibodies are human antibodies and the other three antibodies are mouse antibodies, antibodies were detected with a mixture of anti-mouse and J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f anti-human IgG secondary antibody labels (VXCV-7620 and VXCV-7326, InDevR, Inc., respectively). After analysis, the median signals extracted from the VaxArray Imaging System software for each relevant capture antigen for each dilution as well as for the blanks were This value was then averaged over the 3 blanks. In addition, the linear dynamic range (LDR) was calculated as ULOQ/LLOQ for each relevant capture antigen. Because monoclonal antibodies binding to the OC43, NL63, or 229E capture antigens were not available at the time of testing, linearity and limit of detection for these 3 capture antigens was explored using a limiting endpoint dilution series of a pooled human serum sample known to be previously shown to produce positive responses on the CoV SeroAssay for all four human CoVs: OC43, NL63, HKU1, and 229E. The pooled human serum sample was used to create a 13-point serial dilution in Protein Blocking Buffer with all samples subsequently analyzed in duplicate on the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay according to the operation manual. Data was extracted in the same manner as for the mixed monoclonal antibody analysis to determine the signals at the ULOQ and LLOQ (without back-calculating to concentration based on the linear fits, as the concentration in each of the dilutions is unknown). The LDR was expressed as the signal at the ULOQ divided by the signal at the LLOQ. The limiting endpoint dilution titer was also presented as the highest dilution factor at which the signal exceeded the signal at the LLOQ. J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f Specificity of the capture antigens was investigated using the same 4 monoclonal antibodies described for use in the LLOQ and LDR analysis. No monoclonal antibodies were available at the time of testing that target OC43, NL63, or 229E, and so specificity for these capture antigens was not assessed. However, we did assess specimens positive for all 4 endemic coronaviruses that were collected prior to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak to examine potential crossreactivity with any of the 3 SARS-CoV-2 antigens. A total of 132 serum samples known to be negative for the presence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 based on date of collection prior to December 2019, including 33 specimens from pediatric donors age 2-16, were analyzed via the standard VaxArray CoV SeroAssay procedure at a 1:100 dilution in PBB. To assess reproducibility and accuracy, a pooled human serum sample known to be positive for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 (and known to bind all 3 SARS-CoV-2 antigens on the microarray) and all 4 of the endemic coronaviruses (HKU1, OC43, NL63, and 229E) was prepared in adequate volume to run a large number of replicates. This sample did not contain any antibody reactive to the MERS capture antigen, and therefore, reproducibility and accuracy of the assay's ability to detect antibodies that bind to the MERS spike protein was not assessed. This study examined a single operator over three days of testing, as previous studies (data not shown) indicated little user-to-user or instrument-to-instrument variability. On days 1 and 2 of testing, a single slide containing an 8-point calibration curve (7 standards and a blank, analyzed at replicates analyzed are presented. Precision and accuracy data can be found in Table 3 . To determine the positive (PPA) and negative (NPA) percent agreement of the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay with a known result, 263 retrospective, deidentified human specimens (260 serum, 3 plasma) were obtained from the authors' institutions, collaborators, and commercial sources. The reference method used for specimens positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies was an RT-PCR result for a donor-matched specimen. The reference method used for specimens negative for J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 was either a negative RT-PCR result for a donor-matched specimen or a known collection date prior to the COVID-19 outbreak in late 2019. All specimens obtained from Colorado Children's Hospital were also analyzed independently by ELISA in a CLIAcertified laboratory using either an NP-based ELISA (Epitope Diagnostics, San Diego, CA) or by an S1-based ELISA (Euroimmun Ag, Germany), with a significant number of these specimens analyzed by both additional ELISAs. These ELISA results were used as orthogonal information to further investigate discrepant results. Testing personnel were blinded to these orthogonal results prior to completing VaxArray CoV SeroAssay analysis. The VaxArray CoV SeroAssay is a multiplexed immunoassay that consists of 9 coronavirus spike proteins printed in a microarray format as schematically illustrated in Figure 1 . Each of 9 antigens are printed in 9 replicate spots in a single microarray, with 16 identical microarrays printed on each slide. Details regarding the capture antigens are found in Table 1 . The nCoV(i) full-length spike protein and nCoV(ii) receptor binding domain (RBD) protein were licensed from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and are described in Amanat et al. 23 All other antigens were obtained from commercial sources. For quantitative analysis, serum samples diluted in a blocking buffer are analyzed alongside a serial dilution of an appropriate standard material, which is utilized to quantify the antibody binding to each of the 9 antigens on the microarray. Antibodies in serum are captured by the printed antigens and are subsequently labeled with a fluorescent species-specific IgG label for detection. Spatial separation of the 9 antigens enables multiplexed analysis of antibody binding to a variety of coronavirus antigens. For qualitative analysis, serum specimens are diluted in a blocking buffer and analyzed at a single dilution factor and compared to an established cutoff value based on responses from a bank of known negative samples. To demonstrate the quantitative ability of the assay, a study was executed using a mixture of mouse and human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that target SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2, MERS, and HKU1 (see the Methods section for details). The 4 antibodies were mixed, and a 13-point dilution was analyzed using a mixture of anti-mouse and anti-human IgG labels. Figure J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f (ii), and (iii) antigens, respectively. Lower limits of quantification (LLOQ) for the 6 targeted antigens ranged from 0.32 ng/mL to 1.99 ng/mL, with associated linear dynamic ranges (LDR) from 76 -911x. Because there were no available monoclonal antibodies for OC43, NL63, or 229E at the time of testing, the linearity with dilution of the assay for antibody binding to these antigens was investigated by determining a limiting endpoint dilution titer using a pooled human serum sample known to be positive for all 4 endemic human coronaviruses. Table 2 shows the calculated LLOQ, upper limit of quantification (ULOQ), and LDR for the captures for which mAbs were available, as well as the limiting endpoint dilution titers (which range from 4000 to 16000) and LDRs for OC43, NL63, and 229E (which range from 16x to 32x). Monoclonal antibodies reactive to SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, MERS, and HKU1 were analyzed to investigate specificity, with representative images shown in Figure 3 . No monoclonal antibodies were available at the time of testing that specifically target OC43, NL63, or 229E. One hundred thirty-two (132) human serum specimens negative for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 were analyzed, and none showed reactivity to the nCoV(i) full-length spike or nCoV(ii) RBD antigens. Thirteen (13) To assess reproducibility and accuracy, a pooled human serum sample positive for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, and also known to be reactive to the SARS antigen and the 4 endemic Table 3 shows the % CV in the back-calculated concentration value obtained on each relevant capture antigen for all 216 replicate measurements over all 3 days and all three lots of slides, with values ranging from 7 to 19 %CV for the 9 antigens. In addition, the %CV of the 8 replicates run on each slide in the study was analyzed to assess the intra-slide precision, resulting in an average intra-slide CV that ranged from 5% -8% for each of the 9 antigens, for an overall intra-slide CV of 6%. The data generated for the reproducibility study were also used to assess accuracy expressed as % of expected result (% recovery), where the expected result for all replicates was 0.4 J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f arbitrary concentration units (highest standard assigned a value of 1, and other standards assigned based on dilution factor). The calibration curves generated using the quantitative mode of the VaxArray Imaging System software were utilized to back-calculate the measured concentration present for all the replicates for each of the relevant antigens. The concentrations determined were then averaged for all 216 replicates and compared to the expected concentration. These accuracy data are presented in Table 3 and range from 88 to 97% for the various capture antigens for an overall average accuracy of 92.5%. Two hundred sixty-three (263) deidentified specimens (260 serum, 3 plasma) were received for testing. The sample set included 132 specimens known to be negative for COVID-19 by RT- To demonstrate the range of underlying quantitative responses obtained from these clinical specimens, Figure 5 shows a scatter plot of signal to background ratios obtained for the nCoV(i) capture antigen for the 131 specimens from donors expected to be positive by RT-PCR, with signal to background ratios sorted from low to high. The data show that the antibody responses of these specimens from COVID-19 positive donors are highly variable. The availability of an accurate, precise, sensitive and specific multiplexed antibody Using monoclonal antibodies, we demonstrated the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay shows the expected specific response for 6 of the 9 antigens, with the monoclonal antibody to SARS-CoV-1 (CR3022) producing signal on both the nCoV(ii) RBD antigen and the SARS antigen (SARS-CoV-1 spike protein). This is not surprising given that SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 share a cellular receptor and have significant sequence homology. 2 The SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody (Genetex) bound to both the nCoV(i) full-length spike protein and nCoV(iii) S2 extracellular domain. Importantly, though, neither of these antibodies bound to any of the human endemic coronavirus antigens on the array. As there were no specimens available from donors previously infected with COVID-19 but known to be negative for previous infections with all 4 endemic coronaviruses (likely due to the very high proportion of seropositivity to some or all of the endemic CoVs in the human population), 25 examining specificity of the polyclonal antibody response in humans in this manner is difficult. However, in our analysis of 132 human serum J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f specimens from COVID-19 negative donors, no samples produced a signal to background value exceeding the threshold for the nCoV(i) or nCoV(ii) antigens. Thirteen (13) samples produced a signal to background value exceeding the threshold for nCoV(iii), indicating some crossreactivity of COVID-19 negative human serum on this antigen. Only one of the 13 specimens from COVID-19 negative donors that produced signal on nCoV(iii) was from a pediatric patient. In further analyzing pediatric specimens from COVID-19 negative donors, we note that a variety of responses to the endemic CoVs are present as shown in Figure 4 . As expected, younger children in general tend to have antibodies that bind to some of the 4 endemic coronaviruses, whereas older children and adolescents often show antibodies to all 4 in most cases. This is consistent with reports that seroconversion increases with age, with most adults showing seroconversion to all 4 human CoVs. 25 Importantly, in a pre-clinical or clinical trial for a candidate COVID-19 vaccine, specimens can be analyzed prior to vaccine administration to determine a baseline response to each of the antigens on the array. Therefore, serum reactivity to the nCoV(iii) antigen pre-vaccination can be accounted for by this baseline response. This response can then be compared to the response as a function of time post-vaccination, and any changes in reactivity to all 9 antigens can be quantitatively assessed to provide a broader profile of the antibodies produced after vaccination. That this can be accomplished in a single test with a 2-hour turnaround time means that serology analysis during a clinical trial can be completed in less time and for less cost. In a set of experiments involving 216 replicate analyses, the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay demonstrated good precision and accuracy, as shown in Table 3 . The data represented a single user testing over 3 days and on 3 unique lots of microarray slides (a total of 6 unique slides per lot). Within a single slide of 8 replicates, the average % CV of the measurements was 6%, indicating excellent precision on a single slide. This %CV ranged from 7% to 19% for the 9 J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f antigens, averaging over all 3 days and all 3 lots. A higher %CV representing day-to-day and lot-to-lot variation is reasonable given the variables represented. As shown in Table 3 , nCoV(iii) demonstrated the highest variation. This was due to a single lot of microarray slides (lot 1) that produced a higher than expected 25% CV variation for this antigen, whereas lots 2 and 3 produced only 10% and 13% CV, respectively. Interestingly, however, the other 7 capture antigens investigated in this study did not experience a higher %CV for lot 1. This single lot may have experienced a printing artifact for this antigen, and the absolute signals generated on this nCoV(iii) antigen for this study were only ~2x LLOQ. Regardless of the root cause, printing optimization efforts are underway to improve the lot-to-lot consistency in performance of this antigen. Accuracy expressed as % recovery (% of expected result) was also quite good, ranging from 88% to 97% over the entire dataset of n=216 replicates. Unsurprisingly, nCoV(iii) also suffered from the lowest accuracy on the same lot of slides showing lower than expected precision. The average accuracy of the nCoV(iii) result was 80%, 85%, and 100% for lots 1, 2, and 3, respectively. The clinical specimen analysis summarized in Table 4 indicates the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay has excellent positive and negative percent agreement compared to a mixed reference method of RT-PCR status for a matched donor specimen or collection date prior to the COVID-19 outbreak in late 2019. The cutoff established for the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay takes advantage of the unique multiplexed capability of the assay by using a multi-antigen approach to thresholding to increase the confidence in a positive or negative call. Specifically, the signal on the nCoV(i) antigen was used as a first 'gate' to a positive call, and the sum of the three nCoV antigens was used as a secondary 'gate' to a positive call. Both cutoffs had to be exceeded in order to make a positive call, providing additional confidence against false positive results. This thresholding methodology resulted in 98.5% positive agreement (129/131) and 100% negative agreement (132/132) with the mixed reference method. The two specimens that produced false negative results by the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay were obtained from Children's Hospital of Colorado, and both were independently found to be negative by two alternative IgG-based ELISA assays, and both had very low titers by a virus neutralization assay (data not shown). All orthogonal analyses were conducted by Children's Hospital of Colorado, and InDevR staff analyzing the clinical specimens by the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay were blinded to these results. These additional serological analyses indicate concordance with the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay results, likely indicating that either the donors produced little to no antibody response after infection, or that the associated RT-PCR results were false positives. As an additional comparison, we also analyzed the PPA and NPA with the mixed reference method for both the Euroimmun and Epitope Diagnostics ELISAs that were run on the To convey the benefit of using this multi-antigen diagnostic approach for the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay over a single antigen approach such as that used in a standard singleplex ELISA, we also compared the PPA and NPA for that would result if each of the nCoV antigens on the CoV SeroAssay were assessed separately. In this case, nCoV(i) resulted in PPA of 98.5% and NPA of 100%, nCoV(ii) resulted in PPA of 96.2% and NPA of 100%, and nCoV(iii) produced the biggest difference from the multi-antigen approach with PPA of 83.2% and NPA of 91.7%. These data highlight that for this dataset, the performance of nCoV(i) alone produces the same PPA and NPA as the multi-antigen approach. In addition, these data highlight the previously mentioned cross-reactivity of the nCoV(iii) antibody in specimens known to be COVID-19 negative. While these data highlight that a multi-antigen approach can produce more optimal J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f performance than analysis of a single antigen response in a diagnostic algorithm, we note that there is also value in the ability to examine individual responses to each individual capture agent for assessment of comparative binding of vaccine antigens. To highlight the underlying quantitative response generated for these clinical serum specimens, Figure 5 shows the signal to background ratio produced on the nCoV(i) capture antigen for all 131 serum specimens from patients known to be COVID-19 positive by RT-PCR, sorted from lowest to highest. Given that all specimens were analyzed at the same 1:100 dilution and the analytical data indicating the quantitative ability of the assay, these data are indicative of relative SARS-CoV-2 antibody concentrations. The two clinical specimens that produced false negative results described above are the first two datapoints in the lower left closest to the origin, with corresponding signal to background ratios of 0.63 and 0.68. The remainder of these data show that a wide range of antibody responses were observed in the positive specimens, highlighting the quantitative capabilities of the assay for assessing antibody response in COVID-19 vaccine pre-clinical and clinical trials. In addition, tools such as the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay could easily be used to correlate severity of disease with antibody titer produced, and for a wide variety of other SARS-CoV-2 applications to add to our current understanding. Developers and manufacturers of candidate COVID-19 vaccines face the daunting challenge of bringing a safe and effective vaccine to market in record time to put a halt to the current global pandemic. As such, tools that empower developers and manufacturers to conduct vaccine clinical trials efficiently and to obtain the maximum amount of information in a rapid turnaround time are critical. The collective studies presented herein demonstrate that the VaxArray CoV SeroAssay is one of those tools, offering excellent analytical performance in terms of limits of quantification, high precision and accuracy and high clinical sensitivity and specificity. While most of the data herein demonstrated applicability to measurement of IgG antibodies in human J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f serum, applicability to other animal models such as mouse or non-human primates is readily enabled using alternative anti-species label antibodies. We hope this tool will be utilized to maximize information content in the critical effort of delivering a safe and effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in record time. capture antigens labeled nCoV(i) through NL63, each printed as 9 replicate spots. 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