Example 13
Parasite DNA was labeled with Tritium by overnight incorporation of titrated hypoxanthine. A 96 well plate (Falcon) was coated with 2 μg/ml of Decorin (Sigma-Aldrich) overnight and blocked with 2% bovine serum albumin (Sigma) as described (Nielsen et al., 2009). Tritium labeled late-stage IEs were MACS purified and added to the 96 well plate in a concentration of 200,000 cells per well. Titrations of serum were added in a total volume of 100 μl in triplicate wells. After incubation for 90 min at 37° C., unbound IEs were washed away by a pipetting robot (Beckman-Coulter). The remaining IEs were harvested onto a filter plate (Perkin-Elmer). After addition of scintillation fluid (Perkin-Elmer) the counts per minute (CPM) recording the number of non-inhibited IE was determined by liquid scintillation counting on a Topcount NXT (Perkin-Elmer). Data were adjusted to percentage of binding by dividing test result with the mean value of wells with IE incubated without serum.