Glucose-6-phosphatase assay

Chemiluminescence and bioluminescence are also used in immunoassays to detect conventional enzyme labels (eg, alkaline phosphatase, P-galactosidase, glucose oxidase, glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, horseradish peroxidase, microperoxidase, xanthine oxidase). The enhanced chemiluminescence assay for horseradish peroxidase (luminol-peroxide-4-iodophenol detection reagent) and various chemiluminescence adamantyl 1,2-dioxetane aryl phosphate substrates, eg, (11) and (15) for alkaline phosphatase labels are in routine use in immunoassay analyzers and in Western blotting kits (261—266). 

The major enzymes used in ELISA technology include horseradish peroxidase (HRP), alkaline phosphatase (AP), (3-galactosidase (P-gal), and glucose oxidase (GO). See Chapter 26 for a detailed description of enzyme properties and activities. HRP is by far the most popular enzyme used in antibody-enzyme conjugates. One survey of enzyme use stated that HRP is incorporated in about 80 percent of all antibody conjugates, most of them utilized in diagnostic assay systems. 

Perhaps the most common conjugates of (strept)avidin involve attaching enzyme molecules for use in ELISA systems. As in the case of antibody-enzyme conjugation schemes (Chapter 20), by far the most commonly used enzymes for this purpose are HRP and alkaline phosphatase. Other enzymes such as (3-galactosidase and glucose oxidase are used less often, especially with regard to assay tests for clinically important analytes (Chapter 26). 

On the other hand, the main types of immunoassays that can be performed by using labelled antibodies or antigens are direct sandwich, competitive and indirect assays. The labels can be enzymes (alkaline phosphatase, peroxidise or glucose oxidase) metal NPs (gold) fluorescent or electrochemiluminescent probes. 

Luminescent endpoints are available for all of the commonly used enzyme labels, including horseradish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glucose oxidase, and P-galactosidase. Detection limits in the subattomolar range have been attained (34). Chemiluminescent assays for novel enzyme labels such as xanthine oxidase have also been developed (50). 

Detection limits in EIA are ultimately determined by how low one can measure the label s concentration via an activity assay. Sensitivity in such a kinetic determination is dependent upon the turnover number of the enzyme molecule and the method employed to detect the product of the catalyzed reaction. Purified urease obtained from Sigma Chemical Co. has considerably higher activity on a molar basis (international units per mole of enzyme) than the best available commercial preparations of some other common enzyme labels such as alkaline phosphatase, /8-galactosi-dase, peroxidase, - and glucose oxidase. This is due to the high mo-... 

In the indirect method, crystalline phosphorylase a is incubated with the enzyme preparation to be assayed, aliquots are withdrawn, diluted (which stops the phosphatase reaction), and the diluted solutions are assayed in the absence of 5 -AMP for remaining phosphorylase a activity by incubation with glucose-l-phosphate and glycogen and determining the inorganic phosphate released. 

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