Enzyme-linked immunoassay

Many different methods have been developed in recent years for miniaturized ELISA, most of them dealing with improving the immobilization of antibodies that 

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Biomedical Applications. TRIS AMINO is used for a number of purposes in its pure form, it is an acidimetric standard the USP grade can be utilized intraveneously for therapeutic control of blood acidosis TRIS AMINO also is useful in genetic engineering as a buffering agent for enzyme systems, industrial protein purification, and electrophoresis. AMP has found use as a reagent in enzyme-linked immunoassays. The primary appHcation is for alkaline phosphatase assays. 

The sensitivity of enzyme assays can also be exploited to detect proteins that lack catalytic activity. Enzyme-linked immunoassays (ELlSAs) use antibodies covalently finked to a reporter enzyme such as alkafine phosphatase or horseradish peroxidase, enzymes whose products are readily detected. When serum or other samples to be tested are placed in a plastic microtiter plate, the proteins adhere to the plastic surface and are immobilized. Any remaining absorbing areas of the well are then blocked by adding a nonantigenic protein such as bovine serum albumin. A solution of antibody covalently linked to a reporter enzyme is then added. The antibodies adhere to the immobilized antigen and these are themselves immobilized. Excess free antibody molecules are then removed by washing. The presence and quantity of bound antibody are then determined by adding the substrate for the reporter enzyme. 

Monitoring enzyme catalyzed reactions by voltammetry and amperometry is an extremely active area of bioelectrochemical interest. Whereas liquid chromatography provides selectivity, the use of enzymes to generate electroactive products provides specificity to electroanalytical techniques. In essence, enzymes are used as a derivatiz-ing agent to convert a nonelectroactive species into an electroactive species. Alternatively, electrochemistry has been used as a sensitive method to follow enzymatic reactions and to determine enzyme activity. Enzyme-linked immunoassays with electrochemical detection have been reported to provide even greater specificity and sensitivity than other enzyme linked electrochemical techniques. 

Pool the fractions containing antibody and immediately mix with an amount of maleimide-activated enzyme to obtain the desired molar ratio of antibody-to-enzyme in the conjugate. Use of a 4 1 (enzymerantibody) molar ratio in the conjugation reaction usually results in high-activity conjugates suitable for use in many enzyme-linked immunoassay procedures. Higher molar ratios also have been used with success. 

Kato, K., Hamaguchi, Y., Fukui, H., and Ishikawa, E. (1975a) Enzyme-linked immunoassay. I. Novel method for synthesis of the insulin-b-D-galactosidase conjugate and its applicability for insulin assay. /. Biochem. (Tokyo) 78, 235. 

Fig. 8.9 Enzyme linked immunoassays, with protein yields expressed as %TSP and pg of FI V per gram of fresh leaf material. For the continuous illumination experiment, leaf material was sampled on days 0, 1, 3 and 5. Young, mature, and old samples were taken for each experiment. The figure shows average levels of FIVantigen for Samples 1 -4 (Day 0 (1) young, (2) mature, (3) old, and (4) wild type leaf samples) Samples 5-8 (Day 1 (5) young, (6) mature,...

Metcalf et al. [543] used enzyme linked immunoassay (ELISA) to measure microcystine in marine water. 

Kaware M, Bronshtein A, Safi J, Van Emon JM, Chuang JC, Hock B, Kramer K, Altstein M (2006) Enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) and sol-gel-based immunoaffinity purification (IAP) of the pyrethroid bioallethrin in food and environmental samples. J Agric Food Chem 54 6482-6492... 

Binding assays including the following immunoassays such as radio immunoassay (RIA), fluorescence immunoassay (FIA), enzyme immunoassay (EIO), enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA and EMIT)... 

Biosensors Biosensors are used in the final measurement stage of immunoassays such as an electrochemistry-based enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) or the measurement of catalyse-labelled antigens at an antibody-coated oxygen electrode. 

Beckman Robotic Biomek 1000 automated laboratory The Biomek 1000 integrates the work formerly done by four instruments sample preparation system, diluter/dispenser, plate washer and a spectrometer finish. In can handle assays such as radio-immunoassays (RIA), fluorescence immunoassays (FIA), enzyme immunoassays EIA and enzyme-linked immunoassays (ELISA). 

Schaap, A. P., Akhavan, H., and Romano, L. J., Chemiluminescent substrates for alkaline phosphatase Application to ultrasensitive enzyme-linked immunoassays and DNA probes. Clin. Chem. (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 35, 1863-1864 (1989). 

Abbreviations RIA, radioimmunoassay ELISA, enzyme-linked immunoassay NIA, nephelometric immunoassay TIA, turbidimetric immunoassay EIA, electroimmunoassay RID, radial im-munodiffusion. 

In addition to these research applications of fluorescence, there is a continuing use of fluorescence detection to replace analytical methods based on radioactivity, as can be judged from the recent books and conferences on fluorescence sensing methods. (7 n) These emerging applications of fluorescence can be seen by the growth and introduction of improved methods for immunoassays, enzyme-linked immunoassays... 

Cell components or metabolites capable of recognizing individual and specific molecules can be used as the sensory elements in molecular sensors [11]. The sensors may be enzymes, sequences of nucleic acids (RNA or DNA), antibodies, polysaccharides, or other reporter molecules. Antibodies, specific for a microorganism used in the biotreatment, can be coupled to fluorochromes to increase sensitivity of detection. Such antibodies are useful in monitoring the fate of bacteria released into the environment for the treatment of a polluted site. Fluorescent or enzyme-linked immunoassays have been derived and can be used for a variety of contaminants, including pesticides and chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbons. Enzymes specific for pollutants and attached to matrices detecting interactions between enzyme and pollutant are used in online biosensors of water and gas biotreatment [20,21]. 

The basis for this procedure is the antigen-antibody "reaction"—i e., specific binding of an antibody to the molecule being assayed. Among the many different immunoassay techniques that have been developed—e.g., radioimmunoassay (RIA), and chemoluminescence immunoassay (CIA)—a version of the enzyme-linked immunoassay (ElA) is shown here. 

Synthesis of Haptens and the development of an enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) for the olive fruit fly pheromone, Bactrocera oleae has been reported. 

Che, Y., Li, Y., and Slavik, M. (2001). Detection of Campylobacter jejuni in poultry samples using an enzyme-linked immunoassay coupled with an enzyme electrode. Biosens. Bioelectron. 16, 791-797. 

Mild conjugation reactions have been used in an enzyme-linked immunoassay for detecting cephalexin residues in milk, hen tissues, and eggs. The assay was a double-antibody separation procedure based on use of a rabbit antiserum... 

Bisgaad, K., Linme, A., and Rolsted, H. 1993. Polymeric conjugates for enhanced signal generation in enzyme linked immunoassays. XXIVth Annual Meeting of Scandinavian Society for Immunology (abstract). University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark. 

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