Automatic buffy coat extraction: methodology, feasibility, optimization and validation study
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1 Automatic buffy coat extraction: methodology, feasibility, optimization and validation study Conny Mathay 1, Wim Ammerlaan 1 and Fay Betsou 1 1 Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg, 6 rue Nicolas Ernest Barblé, 1210 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Buffy coat isolation from has typically been a long, manual process. We tested and evaluated the feasibility, efficiency and reproducibility of extracting buffy coat by an automated process with the Tecan pipetting robot Freedom Evo200. The Buffy coat (BC) is defined as the layer of leukocytes and platelets that forms between the red blood cells and the plasma when unclotted blood is centrifuged or allowed to stand. The automation of BC extraction is challenging because not only do the blood volumes in the individual blood collection tubes vary but also the quantity, viscosity and texture of the BC layer itself can present important inter-individual variations (e.g. leukocyte numbers increase upon infection). Compared to manual BC extraction, automation guarantees high sample throughput, electronically controlled speed and volume of BC aspiration, no operator-due variability, tracking of sample identifications and recording of all instrument-specific parameters of BC extraction. Methodology and Feasibility Essential platform components for the automation of the BC extraction are the software, the pipetting arm and the Tube Inspection Unit (TIU), which detects differently colored layers of centrifuged blood by laser. For platform specifications please refer to Figure 1. K 2 -EDTA, 10 ml blood collection tubes were centrifuged at 2000g for 10 minutes at room temperature so that the blood separated into plasma, red blood cells and the intermediate thin, white colored layer: the buffy coat (Figure 2). The pipetting robot Freedom Evo200 used a customized human BC script where the blood tubes are first barcode-identified then the software converts the location of the BC location into X, Y, Z vectors, which guide the tips of the pipetting arm to dip precisely into the BC layer and to slowly aspirate the BC. Finally the extracted BC (approximately 1ml) is ejected into a separate tube. One BC extraction run for 1-8 samples takes 5 min 20 sec, our configuration of the platform permits to process 24 samples in one run. Leukocyte content of automatically extracted BCs: Verification The leukocyte subpopulation content of automatically extracted buffy coats from three adult donors was analysed by flow cytometry (Table 1). Compared to reference ranges of leukocyte subpopulations in blood of healthy adults (1, 2), normal values for leukocyte subpopulations (lymphocytes (B-cells and T-cells), monocytes and granulocytes) were detected when BCs were extracted on the Freedom Evo200 platform (natural killer cells were not investigated). Optimization and efficiency 1
2 BC is often used for DNA extraction. Quantification of the extracted DNA, from either automatically or manually prepared BCs, permits to assess the efficiency of the BC automation process. Data presented in Table 2 were obtained from 364 healthy volunteer donors over a 6-month timespan during which the BC automation was optimized. The same DNA extraction and quantification protocols were used for all specimens. BCs were prepared from 8ml blood either automatically or manually, and half of the BC volume was used for DNA extraction, corresponding to an initial 4ml blood volume. The automated BC extraction resulted in a significantly lower DNA yield (47.8 µg) compared to manual BC preparation (61.3 µg). When the whole BC prepared by the Freedom Evo200 was used for DNA extraction, corresponding to 8ml of, a median DNA yield of µg was obtained. Manual BC extraction from 8ml blood resulted in a similar median DNA yield (145.2 µg). Optimization of the BC script for automation resulted in a significantly higher DNA yield (199 µg) when compared to the yields obtained with the previous script. The optimization took into account some specific mechanical parameters of the used tube type. Additionally the settings were optimized to allow a complete aspiration of the BC. As a result, the efficiency of optimized automated BC preparation in terms of DNA yield is higher than in manually prepared BCs. Validation To compare the physical content of extracted BCs to, cell counting was performed on blood before BC extraction and on automatically (optimized script) and manually extracted BCs from the same three donors (Table 3). The automatically extracted BCs contained significantly more leukocytes and platelets than the manually prepared BCs. Compared to, 95% of the blood leukocytes could be recovered in the automatically prepared BCs, whereas in the manually extracted BCs the leukocyte recovery percentage was 56%. Confirmation of these data came from a visual inspection of the collection tubes 30 minutes after the buffy coat extraction, where less buffy coat left-over in the automated tubes was clearly observed (Figure 3). Red blood cell (RBC) contamination in manually or automatically prepared BCs was not significantly different, however in two of the three examined cases, RBC contamination was higher in the manually extracted buffy coats. Haemoglobin values were low both in manually and automatically prepared BCs showing that in general no RBC lysis happened during the BC extraction. The median haemoglobin value was lower in the automatically extracted BCs (in two of the three cases). In conclusion, the automatically extracted BCs were of high quality presenting high leukocyte and platelets numbers and low red blood cell contamination compared to manually prepared BCs. In a second part of this experiment the DNA content of the automatically or manually prepared BCs was analysed from the same 3 donors (Table 4). The mean DNA yield of 204 g obtained from BC from 8 ml blood (very similar to yields shown in Table 2), was 1.5 times higher in the automatically extracted BCs compared to the manually extracted BCs, however the difference was not significantly different due to low numbers of donors. The ratios A260/A280 were high and very stable for both manually and automatically extracted BCs, thus indicating highly pure DNA samples. 2
3 Discussion We demonstrate the feasibility of the BC extraction automation on a Tecan Freedom Evo200 platform. Optimization of the script and validation of the method were based on BC cell content analysis (Blood cell counting and FACS) and on DNA extraction yields. Median DNA yield obtained with the optimized BC script (199 ug DNA from 8ml blood) is significantly higher than the one obtained with the first BC script, highlighting that script optimization was a critical factor for best DNA yield outcomes. The optimized script generated DNA extraction yields which were even significantly higher than the ones from manually prepared BCs (Table 2 and 4). In conclusion, automation of buffy coat extraction permits to isolate all leukocyte subpopulations and to extract high DNA quantities, it eliminates inter-operator variability and is time-saving, since up to 24 samples can be processed at the same time. Besides the Tecan system, Hamilton platforms have also been reported by the manufacturer as being capable of offering automation of buffy coat extraction. In our system, the automated BC extraction can be combined, on one hand, with upstream automated plasma aliquoting in the same run, and downstream automated DNA extraction from BCs on the other hand. Acknowledgements We are grateful to Hans-Peter Sattler and Matthias Greuter from Tecan for continuous assistance with the platform and Katy Beaumont, Estelle Henry and Audur Thorlaksdottir for excellent technical help. Figure legends Figure 1: Illustration of the Tecan Freedom Evo200 platform at IBBL. The platform is composed of a pick and place arm (PnP), a liquid handling arm (LiHa) with eight adapters for disposable tips (DiTi) and a robotic arm with centric gripper. A Tecan Tube Inspection Unit (TIU) is installed to detect blood separation levels. Tube barcodes are identified by a Datalogic Matrix200 scanner (scanner), 2D barcodes of individual destination tubes are identified by a FluidX flatbed barcode scanner. FluidX decappers (XSD-96Pro and XSD-48Pro for 96 respectively 48 individual tubes in racks), a laminar flow hood and a reagent-cooling unit complete the instruments of the platform. The system is operated by the software EVOware Standard V2.4. Figure 2: Typical appearance of a centrifuged blood collection tube after plasma withdrawal. The buffy coat (arrow) is located between the plasma and the dark red erythrocytes. Figure 3: Six blood collection tubes from 3 donors after withdrawal of equivalent volume of buffy coat by manual process (Man, donors 1-3) or automated process (Aut, donors 1-3). References 1 Herklotz R, Luthi U, Ottiger C, Huber AR. [Metaanalysis of reference values in hematology]. Therapeutische Umschau Revue therapeutique Jan;63(1): Peter HH. Labor und Diagnose: TH-Books Verlagsgesellschaft Frankfurt/Main (2000). 3
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7 Population percentages Reference ranges (healthy adults) automated BC#1 automated BC#2 automated BC#3 Lymphocytes (% leukocytes) % (1) 33.9 % 39.4 % 37.1 % Monocytes (% leukocytes) % (1) 6.5 % 6.7 % 9.8 % Granulocytes (% leukocytes) % (1) 59.6 % 53.9 % 53.1 % CD3 T cells (% lymphocytes) % (2) 66.7 % 72.9 % 67.1 % CD4 T cells (% lymphocytes) % (2) 29.7 % 55.3 % 41.8 % CD19 B cells (% lymphocytes) 3-13 % (2) 11.1 % 10.9 % 14.3 % Table 1: Flow cytometry analysis of leukocyte subpopulations present in automatically prepared buffy coats from 3 different healthy adult donors. Flow cytometry experiments were performed on a BD Influx cytometer using the following antibodies: anti-human CD3 APC-conjugated antibody (Immunotools, ref ) for Pan T cells detection, anti-human CD4 PE-conjugated antibody (Immunotools, ref ) for T cell subset detection, anti-human CD19 PE-conjugated antibody (Immunotools, ref ) for B cell detection, anti-human CD14 FITC-conjugated antibody (Immunotools, ref ) for monocyte detection, anti-human CD15 PE-conjugated antibody (Immunotools, ref ) for granulocyte detection, anti-human CD45 FITC-conjugated antibody (Immunotools, ref ) for total leukocyte detection. Isotype controls for IgG1, IgG2a and IgG2b were performed.
8 A DNA yield (µg) obtained from automatically extracted BC DNA yield (µg) obtained from manually extracted BC Buffy coat (BC) prepared from Median 25% 75% n Median 25% 75% n 4 ml blood (1 st script) ml blood (1 st script) ml blood (optimized script) NP B p-value (Mann- Whitney test) significance at =0.05 Comparison Automatically extracted BC from 4ml blood versus manually extracted BC from 4ml blood p=0.029 significant Automatically extracted BC from 8ml blood versus manually extracted BC from 8ml blood p=0.967 not significant Automatically extracted BC from 8ml blood: optimized script versus previous script p<0.001 highly significant Table 2: A. 5 different populations were studied (n=80, n=26, n=156, n=53, n=49). DNA extractions were performed with an automated process based on magnetic bead extraction (Chemagic DNA Blood 4ml kit special) on a MSM I instrument (Chemagen). DNA eluates were quantified using spectrophotometry on a Synergy Mx monochromator instrument. B: DNA yield data were compared using a Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Test.NP: not performed.
9 donor 1 (male, 25 years) automated BC manual BC measured parameter WBC (10⁶) % % RBC (10⁶) % % HGB (g) % % PLT (10⁶) % % donor 2 (male, 60 years) automated BC manual BC measured parameter WBC (10⁶) % % RBC (10⁶) % % HGB (g) % % PLT (10⁶) % % donor 3 (female, 44 years) automated BC manual BC measured parameter WBC (10⁶) % % RBC (10⁶) % % HGB (g) % % PLT (10⁶) % % measured parameter automated BC manual BC Comparison tot quantity recovery (%) vs whole blood tot quantity recovery (%) vs whole blood automated BC vs manual BC mean StDev mean StDev mean StDev WBC (10⁶) % % p=0.008 RBC (10⁶) % % NS HGB (g) % % NS PLT (10⁶) % % p=0.043 Table 3: Complete blood cell count data for, automated buffy coat (optimized script) and manual buffy coat prepared from the 3 same healthy donors (WBC: white blood cells, RBC: red blood cells, HGB: haemoglobin, PLT: platelets). Blood cell counting was performed on a Horiba ABX Micros CRP 200 instrument. Statistical t-test analysis on mean values of the three donors for WBC, RBC, HGB and PLT (NS=non significant).
10 donor 1 (male, 25 years) measured parameter automated BC manual BC Recovery: automated vs manual (%) DNA Yield (ug) % ratio A260/A % donor 2 (male, 60 years) measured parameter automated BC manual BC Recovery: automated vs manual (%) DNA Yield (ug) % ratio A260/A % donor 3 (female, 44 years) measured parameter automated BC manual BC Recovery: automated vs manual (%) DNA Yield (ug) % ratio A260/A % measured parameter automated BC manual BC Comparison: automated vs manual mean StDev mean StDev Average DNA yield (ug) NS Average A260/A280 ratio NS Table 4: DNA extraction yields and ratio from individual donors and average values, statistical analysis t-test, NS=non significant
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