Assays were performed in 96-well plates (
MaxiSorp; Thermo) coated with 100 μl of recombinant S, RBD, N-terminal domain of S (SinoBiological), OC43 S, HKU1 S or bovine serum albumin diluted to 1 μg ml
−1 in PBS, and plates were incubated at 4 °C overnight. Plates then were blocked with 10% FBS and 0.05% Tween 20 in PBS. Plasma or purified monoclonal antibodies were serially diluted in blocking buffer and added to the plates. Plates were incubated for 90 min at room temperature and then washed 3 times with 0.05% Tween 20 in PBS.
Goat anti-human IgG-HRP (goat polyclonal, Jackson ImmunoResearch, 1:2,500), IgA (goat polyclonal, Jackson ImmuoResearch, 1:2,500) or IgM (goat polyclonal, Caltag, 1:4,000) were diluted in blocking buffer before adding to wells and incubating for 60 min at room temperature. Plates were washed 3 times with 0.05% Tween 20 in PBS and 3 times with PBS before the addition of
o-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride peroxidase substrate (Sigma-Aldrich). Reactions were stopped by the addition of 1 M hydrochloric acid. Optical density measurements were taken at 490 nm. The area under the curve for each monoclonal antibody and half-maximal binding dilution for each plasma sample were calculated using Graphpad
Prism v.8.
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