title: Evaluation of monoclonal antibody reagents from three different manufacturers using flow cytometric two-color immunophenotyping.
abstract: We evaluated a flow cytometric (FCM) two-color immunophenotyping of CD3+/CD4+ T-helper and CD3+/CD8+ T-suppressor lymphocytes in whole blood samples from HIV-infected individuals using monoclonal antibody reagents from three different manufacturers. Lymphocytes were firstly determined using CD45/CD14 in association with a forward scatter/side scatter gating strategy. CD3+/CD4+ and CD3+/CD8+ were then determined and compared. Reagents from all manufacturers showed good separation of lymphocytes, monocytes and granulocytes with high purity and recovery. There was a good correlation of the percentage of CD3+/CD4+ and CD3+/CD8+ lymphocytes amongst each of the manufacturer's reagents, but the fluorescent intensities of positive cells were not the same. This difference can result in poor discrimination of positive and negative non CD3 cells leading to erroneous results.
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence for Flow Cytometry, Division of Instruments for Research, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pattanapanyasat
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thepthai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thepthai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lerdwana
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Darden
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000145:classification; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000145:classification; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping / Q000379:methods*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013785:Thailand
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007202:Indicators and Reagents