For ELISA experiments with NTD-targeted mAbs, 384-well Maxisorp plates (Thermo Fisher Scientific) were coated overnight at 4 °C with 2 μg/mL of S glycoprotein in 20 mM HEPES pH 8 and 150 mM NaCl. For ELISA experiments with RBD-targeted mAbs, 384-well Maxisorp plates (Thermo Fisher Scientific) were coated overnight at 4 °C with 4 µg/mL of hACE2-His in 20 mM Sodium Phosphate pH 8 and 100 mM NaCl. The antibodies that were used were purified previously13 (link),36 (link). Plates were slapped dry and blocked with Blocker Casein in TBS (Thermo Fisher Scientific 37532) for one hour at 37 °C. Plates were slapped dry and mAbs were serially diluted in TBST with an initial concentration of 50 µg/ml. Plates were left for one hour at 37 °C and washed 4X with TBST, then 1:5000 Goat anti-Human (Thermo Fisher Scientific A18817) was added. Plates were left for 1 h at 37 °C and washed 4x with TBST, and then TMB Microwell Peroxidase (Seracare 5120-0083) was added. The reaction was quenched after 4 min with 1 N HCl and the A450 of each well was read using a BioTek plate reader.
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