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- the present invention relates, in general, to the field of assays of analytes from biological samples and, more particularly to the calibration of such assay methods. Specifically, the present invention relates to a new process for obtaining a single calibration system, making it possible to simultaneously quantify several analytes, whatever their number and in the same reaction medium.
- single calibration system is meant a single system regardless of the number of analytes sought simultaneously.
- the conventional techniques consist in assaying each analyte separately and, to do this, in carrying out for each of said analytes a proper calibration of the system used. This results in a large number of manipulations and a significant consumption of reagents, which results in a relatively high price.
- This technique is based on the use of different categories of fluorescent particles, each category of particles being sensitized by ligands having different properties, said ligands being adapted to bind directly or indirectly to the analytes and generally consisting of antibodies or antigens.
- the reaction between ligand and analytes is quantified by means of a fluorescent compound with excitation and emission wavelengths different from those of the fluorescent particles.
- this quantification requires beforehand the construction of as many calibration systems as analytes to be assayed, that is to say to carry out X * Y assays reserved for calibration, X being the number of analytes to measure simultaneously (or the number of particles sensitized by ligands with different properties) and Y the number of calibration points.
- This method therefore involves not only an additional handling cost, but also a practical management problem, due to the size of the wells of the micro-titration plates, (the tests being generally carried out on ELISA micro-titration plates of 96 wells), as well as an increase in handling time.
- this system involves the constitution of 10 different calibration systems, i.e. for 100 samples tested, an additional consumption of reagents ranging from 10 to 40% depending on the number of calibration points, and an obvious problem of congestion.
- the present invention aims to remedy the drawbacks of the prior art by proposing a new unique, rapid, simple and reproducible calibration method making it possible to reduce the consumption of reagents devoted to calibration, while also reducing the size of the plates. of titration.
- This object is achieved in the sense that the present invention relates to a calibration method, requiring only one calibration system, making it possible to simultaneously quantify several analytes in the same biological sample, a method which is based on the preparation and use of a specific immunological reagent.
- a first aspect of the present invention relates to a method for the preparation of an immunological reagent used in the composition of a calibration system applied to the assay of multiple analytes in the same biological sample, said method implementing different categories of particles, each category of particles being sensitized by association with a specific ligand of one of the analytes to be assayed, said method comprising the steps which consist in: a) determining, for each category of sensitized particles and for each of n quantities ligand data associated with said particles, the response curve as a function of the concentration of homologous compound over a range of concentrations corresponding to the known measurement range of the analyte to be assayed; b) select, for each category of sensitized particles, the curve corresponding to the smallest quantity of ligand which gives a significant response signal and which is compatible with the use of a sample dilution and a labeling reagent common to all the analytes simultaneously dosed; c) evaluating, for each category
- the method which is the subject of the present invention therefore applies to assay methods using different categories of sensitized particles. More particularly, such methods consist mainly of immunoassays of the type:
- the reaction developed by bringing the different categories of particles, each sensitized by a ligand, into contact with the analytes to be assayed is measured by flow cytometry according to different modes of particle identification. Mention may be made, for example, of particles of different colors and of uniform size (identified according to their specific color, with quantification of the analyte-ligand reactions by addition of an external compound with excitation and emission lengths different from those of particles), particles of different sizes and identical color (identified according to their size, with quantification of the analyte-ligand reactions by measuring the size of the resulting aggregates) or particles of different sizes and of identical color (classified according to their size , with quantification of the analyte-ligand reactions by adding an external compound with excitation and emission wavelengths different from those of the particles). In practice, one or the other of these methods is selected as a function of the more or less large number of parameters to be tested.
- These particles generally consist of polystyrene. However, they can also be made of any polymer which gives them specific physicochemical properties (functionality, density or even solubility) such as styrene-maleic acid, styrene-methacrylic acid, styrene-acrylamide or poly (methyl methacrylate). ).
- ligand is meant an antigen, an antibody, mono- or polyclonal, or any molecule capable of binding to the particles and which is capable of interacting, in any way whatsoever, directly or indirectly, with analyte to be assayed.
- antigen means any substance from which the production of antibodies can be generated. Among these substances, mention may be made of proteins, haptens, allergens, peptides, medicaments or even drugs.
- homologous compound it is necessary to understand an antibody, an antigen or any molecule capable of binding to a given ligand and whose interaction site with said ligand is similar to the interaction site between 1 analyte to be assayed and said ligand.
- the homologous compound can be the analyte itself.
- the first step of the process therefore consists in determining for each category of sensitized particles, as described above, the correlation which exists, for a given quantity of ligand fixed to the particles, between the quantity of homologous compound and the magnitude of the signal emitted, representative of ligand / analyte interactions.
- several tests are carried out by fixing a given quantity, different for each test, of the same ligand to said particles, then bringing the particles thus sensitized into contact with different quantities of homologous compound, identical for all the tests, and by measuring the signal resulting from their interaction.
- the quantities of ligand used vary in steps from 2 to 4.
- the different quantities of homologous compound are selected so as to be included in the measurement range of the analyte which it is sought to assay.
- one seeks to assay an analyte whose concentration can vary between 0 and 100 biological units, one will choose, for example, six given quantities of homologous compound corresponding to 0, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 biological units .
- a population of samples characterized and certified on clinical-biological criteria is used, that is to say the presence or absence of a given analyte is validated by a clinical diagnosis and / or by the estimation of the analyte by one or more other assay method (s).
- the result of this operation results in obtaining a dose / response curve between the quantity of homologous compound and the signals obtained for each of the n given quantities of ligand.
- the concept of expression of the concentration in biological units is based on the assignment, for example, of a range 0-150 to the measurement range of each of the analytes to be assayed. It is understood that these measurement ranges differ, in absolute terms, from one analyte to another and that, consequently, the same concentration of different analytes expressed in biological units, for example 95 biological units (for short 95 UB) does not correspond to the same concentration, in absolute terms, in these same analytes.
- the concentration of homologous compounds is expressed, in the same way, in biological units over an identical range for all the analytes.
- the sensitization of the particles can be carried out in various ways, namely by covalence, by means of an intermediate molecular layer biologically and / or chemically reactive, or by the use of a system. of affinity interaction.
- the sensitized particles insofar as they contain a reactive functionality, can be sensitized by covalence.
- numerous immobilization protocols have been described as involving, without limitation, the following functional groups between the particles and the ligand:
- the activation can be carried out by water-soluble carbodiimides, and be carried out in a single stage or, according to a particularly preferred embodiment, in two stages, with the carbodiimide alone or in the presence of N-hydroxysuccinimide. It is followed by the elimination of the excess activator before fixing the ligand.
- a homo- or hetero-bifunctional spacer arm having reactive chemical functions at each end, respectively identical or different, can be attached to the previously activated particles.
- These arms of variable length and functionality can be activated and covalently coupled, firstly, to the particles by one end, and secondly, to the compound to be fixed, by the other end.
- Chemically or biologically active intermediates can also be used for sensitization. They create an intermediate molecular layer on the surface of the microparticles consisting of a protein (such as albumin), a mixture of proteins or a polymer (such as polylysine). This process is particularly used in the case of small particles which can then be coupled via bonding agents on the functions of this intermediate layer.
- a protein such as albumin
- a polymer such as polylysine
- Another sensitization pathway consists in using, without limitation, affinity interaction systems: - the biotin-avidin system, using particles coupled to avidin which are brought into contact with compounds having been previously biotinylated, - protein A or protein G, having a receptor for the Fc fragment of the immunoglobulins, allowing the immobilization of an antibody and the outward orientation of its fragments Fab, responsible for antigenic recognition, or - indirect immobilization via an antibody specific for the compound to be fixed.
- affinity interaction systems - the biotin-avidin system, using particles coupled to avidin which are brought into contact with compounds having been previously biotinylated, - protein A or protein G, having a receptor for the Fc fragment of the immunoglobulins, allowing the immobilization of an antibody and the outward orientation of its fragments Fab, responsible for antigenic recognition, or - indirect immobilization via an antibody specific for the compound to be fixed.
- the sensitization medium consists of buffered water having a pH between 5 and 9 and an ionic strength between 0.01 and 0.1.
- the ligand can be suspended in the same medium before carrying out said sensitization.
- the dose / response curves have been obtained, it is determined, for each category of sensitized particles, as described in step b), the curve corresponding to the smallest quantity of ligand giving, graphically, a significant read signal compatible with the use of a sample dilution as well as a common labeling reagent for all the analytes simultaneously detected.
- “Significant response signal” means a signal which is sufficiently high to ensure reading accuracy over the entire measurement range.
- the curve selected must be substantially linear and have a sufficiently high measurement amplitude.
- Each type of particle is therefore sensitized by one of the techniques described above using the quantity of ligand determined above.
- the next step c) then consists in determining the mean signal (SM) associated with a concentration in biological units, identical for all the analytes.
- a point characteristic of the dose / response curve used in step b) is selected and the signal corresponding graphically to said point is taken as the mean signal SM.
- the characteristic point otherwise called positive point or point of high positivity, is chosen arbitrarily in the upper quarter of the linear part of the curve.
- the average signals SM obtained for the different categories of sensitized particles are then compared with one another and, if necessary, readjusted so that they are all included in a ratio of 1 to 5.
- the reactivity is then readjusted by selecting in the dose / response curve another quantity of ligand and recommencing the operation of sensitizing said particles with this new quantity of ligand until the resulting SM enters the ratio of 1 to 5 above.
- the SM of the different sensitized particles constituting the immunological reagent are all included in a ratio of 1 to 5 is decisive for ensure a relatively equivalent immunological reactivity for each type of sensitized particles used and therefore to obtain, in a range of measurements compatible with biological reality, values sufficiently close to allow the use of a single calibration system common to all the analytes.
- the immunological reagent is then constituted by mixing, in a solvent, the different types of sensitized particles thus obtained.
- solvents mixtures of proteins and amino acids or else a mixture of proteins inert with respect to the analytes to be assayed and allowing particle stabilization.
- the solvents used are selected so as to allow the conservation of all the sensitized particles, and their choice is therefore dictated by the nature of the most restrictive ligands. Therefore, said solvent can be defined so that it is suitable and common to all of the ligands.
- the experimental sensitization conditions namely the pH, the ionic strength, the volume, the temperature or even the duration of the coupling, are previously fixed and standardized for all the particles. Only the quantity of ligand to be adjusted then varies, as described above.
- the solvent used is buffered at a pH of between 7 and 9 and has an ionic strength of between 0.01 and 0.1.
- the latter relates to an immunological reagent intended for the determination of multiple analytes in biological samples, said reagent comprising a solvent and, mixed within said solvent, different categories of particles, each of which is sensitized by association with a given quantity of a specific ligand of one of the analytes to be assayed, with, for each of the categories of particles, and for a given concentration of compound homolog of the ligand, as expressed in biological units, the said given quantity of ligand resulting in a signal called "average signal", which is included in a ratio of 1 to 5 with the average signals obtained for the other categories of particles.
- the present invention relates to a kit for assaying multiple analytes in biological samples using different categories of particles, each category of particles being sensitized by a specific ligand for one of the analytes to be assayed, which comprises : i) an immunological reagent resulting from the process as described above, ii) at least one calibration standard consisting of a single homologous compound reacting with one of the categories of particles entering into the composition of the immunological reagent, iii) a correlation table between the concentration, expressed in biological units, of the homologous compound constituting the calibration standard and that of each of the compounds homologous to the other ligands attached to the other categories of particles entering into the composition of the immunological reagent, and iv) a labeling reagent.
- said calibration standard comprises a homologous compound reacting directly or indirectly with the ligand attached to the sensitized particle.
- Indirect fixation can be done, for example, via a protein used to saturate the binding sites of the particle not occupied by the ligand.
- This protein must be chosen so as not to interfere with the specific system and be present on a single particle category.
- the quantification medium must contain a specific labeling reagent for the analytes to be assayed (consisting of one or more compounds) and a specific labeling reagent for the inert protein.
- said homologous compound is of the same origin as the analyte to be assayed, for example, of human origin.
- said homologous compound and the analyte to be assayed are of different origins.
- the analyte to be assayed is of human origin, such as autoantibodies present in human blood samples
- the homologous compound may be, for example, of animal origin as long as it is capable of reacting specifically with the ligand.
- the quantification medium must, in this case, contain both a specific labeling reagent for samples of human origin and a specific labeling reagent for the standard of animal origin.
- the preparation of the calibration standard involves prior optimization of its concentration so as to produce an SM comprised in a ratio of 1 to 5 compared to the SM obtained for each category of particles sensitized during the preparation of the immunological reagent.
- the “correspondence table” consists of a reference system, which can be in the form of a table, a graph, etc., which gives the different concentrations, expressed in biological units, of the homologous compound constituting the calibration standard and that of each of the compounds homologous to the other ligands attached to the other categories of particles entering into the composition of the immunological reagent.
- the correspondence table is produced empirically, prior to the preparation of the kits, in the following manner.
- the signal obtained during the reaction between the calibration standard and the immunological reagent is likewise measured and the concentration, expressed in biological units, corresponding to this same signal value, is noted on each curve previously obtained. .
- a calibration range that is to say from several calibration standards each consisting of the same homologous compound, but according to different concentrations.
- labeling reagent this consists of an immunological compound capable of quantifying the reaction between the analytes and the immunological reagent, said immunological compound being coupled to a marker which is preferably a fluorochrome.
- immunological compound any compound, natural or synthetic, capable of complexing specifically with a complementary compound, such as antibodies and antigens.
- said labeling reagent reacts with the complex of homologous compound or analyte to be assayed / ligand, in which case the assay is direct, or with the uncomplexed ligand, in which case the assay is indirect.
- the labeling reagent can be prepared from a single compound, reacting with, for example, an antigen specificity common to all of the homologous compounds, or result from the mixture of different compounds reacting specifically with different homologous compounds.
- the present invention relates to a method for assaying analytes present in a biological sample and, more particularly, a method for implementing the kit as described above which consists in measuring the signals resulting from the interaction between the immunological reagent and, on the one hand, the biological sample, on the other hand, the calibration standard, and determining and applying, to the various resulting signals, a correction factor so as to obtaining the titration, expressed in biological units, of each analyte in the sample, said correction factor being the ratio between the signal obtained for the calibration standard and the concentrations from the correspondence table.
- the method of implementing the kit according to the present invention therefore rests on three steps, namely a first step of determining the different signals emitted by flow cytometry, a second step of calculation to determine the different correction factors from the signal emitted by the calibration standard and a third calculation step for the titration of each analyte in the sample from the correction factor previously obtained and the signals emitted by the different samples tested.
- the method which is the subject of the present invention comprises the following steps: a) incubating, on the one hand, the biological sample and, on the other hand, the calibration standard, with a predetermined quantity of immunological reagent; b) add the labeling reagent; c) measuring, by flow cytometry, the signals emitted, on the one hand, by the calibration standard, on the other hand by the sample; d) determining, for each category of sensitized particles, a correction factor which corresponds to the ratio between the concentration in biological units of each analyte to be assayed as given by the correspondence table and the signal corresponding to the calibration standard and measured at step c); e) multiply by said correction factor, calculated for each analyte, the signal emitted by each category of particles and measured in step c) to deduce therefrom the concentration in biological units of each analyte in the test sample.
- the method which is the subject of the present invention can be applied to direct dosages.
- the labeling reagent is specific to the analytes which it is desired to assay and, therefore, the amount of analytes included in a sample is directly proportional to the signal emitted by said labeling reagent.
- a first application to the simultaneous and direct quantification of antibodies of different antigen specificities is envisaged with said analytes to be assayed which consist of antibodies, said ligands in antigens and said labeling reagent consists of one or more second antibodies labeled with a fluorochrome reacting specifically with the antibodies that one seeks to assay.
- the immunological reagent consists of different categories of particles each sensitized by a specific antigen.
- the antibodies which one seeks to assay will complex with the said antigen (s) attached to the particles.
- the labeling reagent which consists of one or more second antibodies labeled with a fluorochrome and specific for the antibodies that one seeks to assay, will bind to said antibodies previously complexed with the antigens forming the particle awareness layer.
- the signal emitted by the fluorochrome associated with each category of particles is proportional to the quantity of antibodies present in the sample.
- second antibodies it is necessary to understand any substance capable of complexing with the antibodies which it is sought to assay, that is to say capable of reacting with an epitope of said antibodies different from that used to ensure their fixation to the ligand.
- a second application to the simultaneous and direct quantification of different antigens is envisaged with said analytes to be assayed which consist of antigens, said ligands in antibodies and said labeling reagent in a mixture of second antibodies labeled with a fluorochrome reacting specifically with antigens that we are trying to dose.
- the method which is the subject of the present invention can be applied to so-called dosages indirect.
- Such assays are no longer based solely on the complementarity between two immunological species, but on the competition between two close immunological species to complex with a third immunological species.
- the immunological reagent consists of different categories of particles each sensitized by a specific antibody.
- the antigens that one seeks to assay will then enter into competition with the said antigen (s), labeled with a fluorochrome, constituting the labeling reagent.
- the increase in the concentration of antigen which it is sought to assay results in the increase in the concentration of antigen complexes which it is sought to assay / fixed antibody, to the detriment of the formation of labeled antigen / fixed antibody complexes. , with a corresponding decrease in signal.
- the signal emitted by the fluorochrome associated with each category of particles is inversely proportional to the quantity of antigens present in the sample.
- a second application to the simultaneous and indirect quantification of different antibodies is envisaged with said analytes to be assayed which consist of antibodies, said ligands in antigens and said labeling reagent in a mixture of antibodies labeled with a fluorochrome competing with the analytes to be assayed to complex with the ligands.
- the system of sensitized particles used in the examples below belongs to the Luminex system.
- the particles used are of uniform size
- the detection system for these particles is a flow cytometer interfacing with a computer system for processing the signal emitted by different lasers: a first laser, classifying each category of particles on the basis of its unique fluorescence intensity, allows identify which compound is being analyzed. In parallel, a green laser excites an external fluorescent compound used to quantify the reaction specifically associated with each category of colored particles.
- lasers other than a green laser can also be used.
- Example 1 Simultaneous determination of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) directed against the following antigens: SSA, SSB, Sm. Sm / RNP, Scl70. Pretty. dsDNA, centromere.
- ANA antinuclear antibodies
- the particles thus activated are then sensitized by different antigens, depending on the category of particles, by suspension of each solution of activated particles in a volume of 1 ml containing 50 to 500 ⁇ g of different antigens.
- the immunological reagent then consists of a mixture of an aliquot of 500 ⁇ l of each category of colored and sensitized particles, and it is stored at + 4 ° C until use.
- Figures 1 and 2 give, by way of example, three dose / response curves obtained for two types of ligands (respectively SSA and SSB) expressing the fluorescence signal emitted (Y axis) as a function of the concentration of homologous compound in biological units (X axis). These curves make it possible to select the smallest quantity of ligand corresponding to a significant response signal, this over a measurement range from 0 to 150 biological units approximately.
- the three curves shown A, B and C correspond respectively to concentrations of SSA antigens of 300, 150 and 75 ⁇ g / ml of particles.
- the curve used for the SSA system is curve B, corresponding to a concentration of 150 ⁇ g of SSA antigen per ml of particles.
- the higher concentration of 300 ⁇ g (curve A) results in saturation of the antigen-antibody reaction for the high values.
- curve C does not make it possible to obtain a response of sufficient amplitude, hence a potential imprecision of the results.
- the three curves represented A ', B' and C correspond respectively to SSB antigen concentrations of 100, 50 and 25 ⁇ g / ml of particles.
- the curve used for the SSB system is curve B ′, corresponding to 50 ⁇ g of SSB antigen per ml of particles.
- the higher concentration of 100 ⁇ g (curve A ') resulting in an almost identical curve is not retained.
- the lower concentration of 25 ⁇ g (curve C) does not make it possible to obtain a response of sufficient amplitude, in particular at low values.
- the calibration standard that is to say the homologous compound, is here a solution, diluted in phosphate buffer pH 7.4, of human antibodies purified and directed against the SSA antigen.
- an average signal is obtained by flow cytometry, tested at least in duplicate , corresponding to 80, for example.
- the above concentrations expressed in biological units in the correspondence table, are divided by the value of the signal measured for the calibration standard, i.e. say the value obtained with the particles 1 sensitized with the SSA antigen (80).
- EXAMPLE 2 Simultaneous determination of anti-cytoplasm antibodies of neutrophils (ANCA) directed against the following antigens: myeloperoxidase (MPO) and proteinase 3 (PR3).
- MPO myeloperoxidase
- PR3 proteinase 3
- the immunological reagent is then constituted by a mixture of an aliquot of 500 ⁇ l of each category of colored particles. It is stored at + 4 ° C until use.
- b) Calibration For calibration, according to the very principle of the invention, a single calibration standard is used. In this example, the category of particles fixed to the MPO antigen is chosen.
- the calibration standard that is to say the homologous compound, is here a solution, diluted in phosphate buffer pH 7.4, of human antibodies purified and directed against the MPO antigen.
- the protocol is the same as that used in Example 1.
- the correspondence table for this calibration standard is as follows:
- the titer of the PR3 analyte can be determined by multiplying the value of this signal by the correction factor associated with the PR3 analyte (here 1.66).
- Example 3 evaluation of the reagents prepared in examples 1 and 2 and comparison with reference methods.
- the specificity was assessed from 50 serum samples from blood donors and 34 samples selected for their potential biological interference (hypergammaglobulinelia, monoclonal gammopathies, other autoantibodies, plasma samples ). These samples constitute group 1.
- the sensitivity was evaluated from serum samples, selected for each multiparametric assay, clinically characterized and resulting from the routine analysis of an immunology laboratory (Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France). These samples constitute group 2, that is 57 and 35 samples respectively for the detection of ANA and ANCA.
- This protocol consists in taking 50 ⁇ l of immunological reagent prepared in example 1 and mixing it, on the one hand, with 100 ⁇ l of calibration standard (deposited in duplicate) and, on the other hand, with 100 ⁇ l d 'samples prediluted to 1/200 in phosphate buffer (PBS type, pH 7.4).
- PBS type, pH 7.4 phosphate buffer
- the deposits and mixtures are made in a 96-well microplate having at their base a 1.2 ⁇ m filter membrane.
- One well is reserved for mixing the immunological reagent with the buffer, alone, in order to constitute the “reagent blank”, making it possible to evaluate the signal associated with each category of particles which will then be systematically subtracted from the signal obtained for the other wells.
- the following steps consist of:
- labeling reagent consisting of a goat antibody reacting specifically with human immunoglobulins G and conjugated with phycoerythrine. Its concentration is adapted to all the "ligand-homologous compound" systems to be detected simultaneously,
- At least 200 particles from each category are analyzed for 15 to 25 seconds depending on the number of categories present simultaneously.
- the computer system classifies each of the particles according to its color and then determines the average fluorescence emitted by the conjugate for each specificity of antibodies.
- ANCA detection all the samples in group 1 were found negative by the multiparametric test using the reagents prepared in example 2; only one result was discordant using an ELISA kit: it was a false positive for the determination of the PR3 antigen specificity developed by a sample from a patient with hypergammaglobulinemia IgG.
- Detection of ANA it was carried out on 57 clinically characterized samples for 'detecting ANA from the group 2. A match of 98.7% was obtained of 399 tests carried out simultaneously with the multi-test using the reagents prepared in 'example 1 and with an ELISA kit.
- Figure 3 attached shows the comparative results obtained, expressed in biological units (BU), for the multi-parameter test (Y axis) compared to the individual ELISA test (X axis). The correlation coefficients are between 0.92 and 0.97 for the ANA specificities. For the centromere, total agreement was obtained with the indirect immunofluorescence (10 positive samples and 47 samples negative).
- the indirect immunofluorescence method consists of a semi-quantitative method using as substrate human transfected Hep-2 tumor cells.
- the autoantibodies attached to the substrate are revealed using a human anti-immunoglobulin conjugate labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate.
- the presence of anti-centromere antibodies results in a speckled fluorescence on the nucleus at the interphase.
- the reading is carried out under a fluorescence microscope, determining the last dilution of the sample where this fluorescence remains visible.
- ANCA detection it was carried out on 35 samples clinically characterized for the detection of ANCA and from group 2. A concordance of 97.1% was obtained on 70 tests carried out simultaneously with the multi-parameter test using the reagents prepared in the example 2 and with an ELISA kit.
- Figure 4 appended presents the comparative results obtained, expressed in biological units (BU), for the multiparametric test
- the correlation coefficients are between 0.87 and 0.85 for the ANCA specificities. These lower coefficients than those of ANA detection are due to the strong amplification of positive values in the case of multiparametric dosing.
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