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ASSAY AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES
Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 319-327Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/adt.2005.3.319
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A bispecific enzyme-linked signal-enhanced immunoassay (BiELSIA) was developed with markedly increased sensitivity. Antimyosin, the detection antibody, was linked to the signal probe-specific antibody. Probes consisted of diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acids attached to polylysine modified wit up to seven or eight horseradish peroxidase (HRP) units. Each bispecific antibody bound two polymer probes, providing twice the signal. Using BiELSIA in a competitive inhibition immunoassay format with an average of 1.5, 3, 4.5, 6, and 7.5 HRP units per polymer-probe, the sensitivity of standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (10(-13) mole) was increased to 10(-15), 10(-18), 10(-19), 10(-20), and 10(-21) mol (<= 1,000 molecules), respectively. BiELSIA detected cardiac myosin heavy chain fragments in sera of patients obtained at the time of emergency department admission for acute myocardial infarction, but not in normal sera. This technology should be applicable for detection of cancer, human immunodeficiency virus, prion, and other antigens that are present in concentrations too low for detection by current immunoassays.
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