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Hapten-heterologous conjugates evaluated for application to free thyroxine immunoassays.

M J Khosravi, A Papanastasiou-Diamandi
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We evaluated the effect of hapten heterology on free thyroxine (FT4) immunoassays involving the biotin-streptavidin system and time-resolved fluorometry. We compared protein derivatives of thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) as solid-phase antigen or biotinylated protein-tracer conjugate for competitive (or sequential) binding to a mouse anti-T4 monoclonal antibody. In both one- and two-step assays, the heterologous combination of the antibody and T3 conjugates showed superior standard curve sensitivity but up to eightfold lower zero standard signal (B(o)) when the same amounts of antibody and conjugates were used. The improved sensitivity was not altered when the amount of coupled T3 was increased to obtain a B(o) value similar to that of the homologous combination of antibody and T4 conjugates. In the two-step format, the sensitivity of the homologous assay was insufficient for routine use, consistent with displacement of bound T4 during the antibody back-titration step (demonstrated in the T4 displacement experiment with excess conjugate). Results from the one-step (labeled antibody) heterologous assay for approximately 85 clinical samples correlated well with those from an immunofluorometric assay and a two-step radioimmunoassay. The assay was not affected by a wide variation in endogenous serum concentrations of T4-binding globulin and albumin.

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