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Vol 56(2022) N 2 p. 290-296; DOI 10.1134/S0026893322020145 ![]() O.V. Smoldovskaya1*, S.A. Voloshin1, A.A. Novikov2, E.N. Aleksandrova2, G.U. Feyzkhanova1, A.Yu. Rubina1 Adaptation of Microarray Assay for Serum Amyloid A Analysis in Human Serum 1Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia2Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow, 111123 Russia *grasshopper27@list.ru Received - 2021-06-30; Revised - 2021-09-08; Accepted - 2021-09-08 Serum amyloid A is an inflammatory biomarker whose concentration changes during infectious and inflammatory diseases. SAA's tendency for aggregation and complex formation makes it difficult to determine its concentration in samples, especially when there is an increased level of it. Immunofluorescence SAA determination on a microarray was adapted for SAA quantification in human serum. Both the procedure and the diluent for the calibrator samples were chosen to obtain a dynamic range between 1 and 100 μg/mL. Mixtures of animal (rabbit, goat, mouse) sera with recombinant antigen diluted in certain concentrations were used for the calibrator samples. The method was tested using serum samples from 15 patients with rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis and 9 healthy donors. The results obtained on the microarray demonstrated a good correlation with the results determined by ELISA (Pearson's correlation coefficient is 0.93). The method developed could be a convenient tool for assessing SAA levels in a number of diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis or infections of various etiologies, characterized by a significant increase in the level of this protein in the blood. The use of a microarray for the analysis allows the determination of the SAA concentration simultaneously with other inflammatory biomarkers. serum amyloid A, microarray, inflammatory biomarkers |