1 BacTx ™ Kit for Detection of Bacterial Contamination of Platelets Andrew E. Levin, Ph.D. Immunetics, Inc. Blood Products Advisory Council Meeting March 9, 2006
2 BacTx ™ Kit for Detection of Bacterial Contamination of Platelet Units
3 BacTx ™ Kit Features R&D supported by NHLBI grant HL < 1 hour turnaround time 1 ml sample volume Premeasured vial reagent dispensing Detects both gram positives and gram negatives 10 3 – 10 4 CFU/ml assay sensitivity < 10 CFU/ml detected at 24 hrs post platelet collection Absorbance readout = result record
4 Bacterial Peptidoglycan Cell Wall NAM NAG Peptide bridge NAG = N-Acetyl Glucosamine NAM = N-Acetyl Muramic Acid
5 BacTx ™ Assay Target: Peptidoglycan Peptidoglycan – universal component of bacterial cell wall – both gram positive and gram negative species Common molecular structure recognized by peptidoglycan binding protein
6 BacTx ™ Assay Technology Peptidoglycan Peptidoglycan binding protein (PGBP) Enzyme Chromogen Binding of PGBP to peptidoglycan triggers enzymatic conversion of chromogenic substrate to visible product with measurable absorbance
7 BacTx ™ Assay Format Spin down, extract Incubate 30 min Platelet Unit Results 1 ml 10 min Read Absorbance Sample 1234
8 Assay dose-response curve: Bacteria spiked into platelets 35,00018,000 3,5001, CFU/ml
9 AABB 2004 Abstract #SP47 E. coliP. aeruginosaS. epidermidis S. marcescensPurified peptidoglycan NegPos NegPos NegPos NegPos CFU/ml ng/ml BacTx ™ Sensitivity for Gram Positive and Negative Bacteria
10 Time course of detection of Staph. epidermidis spiked at 10 CFU/ml into platelet bag AABB 2004 Abstract #SP47 Earliest detection < 7 hours post-inoculation
11 P. aeruginosa S. epidermidis S. marcescens Time to detection (hours) BacTx TM S. aureus Automated Culture BacTx TM Time to detection CFU/ml BacTx ™ vs. BacT/ALERT AABB 2005 Abstract #SP74 BacTx TM 8 hours
12 Time to Detection: BacTx ™ vs. BacT/ALERT AABB 2005 Abstract #SP74 100% concordance Inoculum BacT/ALERTBacTx™ 24 hrs 48 hrs 0 hrs Time after inoculation:
13 0% 100% Automated culture Pall BDS or Bact/ALERT BacTx ™ n=45 13 SDP, 25 RDP, 7 Non-LR RDP Pos Neg PosNeg 100% Concordance BacTx ™ vs. Culture: Testing Pre-screened Negative Units
14 Apheresis vs Random Donor units Units inoculated at ~10 CFU/ml, sampled for assay at 48 hours 48 hrs x x x x x x 10 7 Equivalent performance in BacTx TM assay
15 Thank you Andrew Levin Immunetics, Inc. 27 Drydock Ave. Boston, MA Tel R&D supported by NHLBI grant HL065877