A report on a modified protocol for flow cytometry‐based assessment of blood group erythrocyte antigens potentially suitable for analysis of weak ABO subgroups

Author:

Otsu Makoto12ORCID,Tanabe Yuji2,Iwakiri Ayako2,Arima Kazuna2,Uchiyama Anna2,Yamamoto Marina2,Ohtani Shinichi12,Endo Hiroshi2,Komoto Mina2,Miyazaki Koji12

Affiliation:

1. Department of Transfusion and Cell Transplantation Kitasato University School of Medicine Sagamihara Japan

2. Department of Clinical Laboratory Kitasato University Hospital Sagamihara Japan

Abstract

AbstractBackgroundFlow cytometry (FC) has proven its utility in scrutinizing AB antigen expression in red blood cells (RBCs), cooperating with serological tests for accurate blood group typing. However, technical difficulties may impair the characterization of weak ABO subtypes when background noises appear at non‐negligible levels.Study design and methodsWe sought to establish an FC method that could prevent antibody‐induced hemagglutination and an increase in cellular autofluorescence, two major issues inherent to RBC‐FC analysis of AB expression. We optimized fixatives, multicolor‐staining protocols, and sequential gating strategies. Blood samples from weak ABO subtype cases, Bm and Ael, were analyzed with the established protocol.ResultsThe optimized mixture of glutaraldehyde and formaldehyde successfully generated fixed RBCs resistant to agglutination while maintaining low autofluorescence. These features allowed co‐staining of leukocyte‐ and erythrocyte‐markers, which enabled sequential gating strategies facilitating the precise AB antigen analysis in purely single RBCs with minimum background noises. By the established FC analysis, we could detect in the Bm sample a small RBC population exhibiting weak B antigen expression. The assay also proved it feasible to identify a small population (0.04%) of RBCs weakly expressing the A antigen in the Ael sample confirmed as harboring a rare c.816dupG ABO variant allele.ConclusionThe RBC‐FC analysis described here allows the detection of AB antigens weakly expressed in RBCs while achieving minimum background noise levels in negative control samples. Overall, the modified protocol provides a quick and reliable assay valuable in transfusion medicine and is potentially applicable to the characterization of rare weak ABO variants.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Hematology,Immunology,Immunology and Allergy

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