Abstract:
The invention is drawn to a diagnostic assay for lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme LD1 in a sample containing lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes LD1-LD5. The disclosed assay involves the following steps: (A) adding a high molecular weight polyol, preferably polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of 8000, to the sample to stabilize isoenzyme LD1 but not isoenzymes LD2-LD5; (B) adding an ionic amphiphile to the sample to selectively inactivate isoenzymes LD2-LD5; (C) adding sodium lactate and NAD to the sample; (D) determining LD1 by measuring a change in absorbance of the sample at 340 mm.
Abstract:
An assay for photometrically detecting and/or quantitating the presence of an analyte in a sample in which the signal generated by a label associated with the analyte is photometrically detected in the presence of a suspended solid support.
Abstract:
A method is provided for enhancing the stability and increasing the activity of polymer particle reagents by incubating a polymer particle which has been covalently bound to a compound of biological interest, such as a drug, with a modifying agent that will place a negative charge on the surface of the polymer particle and reduce residual functional groups. The modifying agent is preferably an anionic nucleophile selected from the group consisting of β-mercaptoacetic acid and the thiosulfates.
Abstract:
The invention provides a reactive derivative of dialkyl amino compounds, particularly dialkyl amino drugs, for facilitating the conjugation of the drug, directly or through a bifunctional spacer, to a carrier compound such as proteinaceous materials. The derivative has formula (a) wherein D is the drug and n is an integer greater than 1, and preferably equal to 2. The drug derivative carrier conjugate can be used as an immunogen for production of antibodies specific to the drug. Additionally, the conjugate can be coupled to a solid support, such as a polymer particle, for use as a particle reagent in immunoassays specific to the drug.
Abstract:
Immunoassays and DNA probe assays utilizing a non-immune, reversible binding displacement system are provided. In the assay, a releasable ligand, a binding partner for the releasable ligand, an analyte of interest, an analytically detectable (reporter) group, and at least one binding partner for the analyte, are first attached to an insoluble phase so as to form reporter-labeled complex bound to an insoluble phase, followed by the addition of a displacer ligand which displaces the releasable ligand along with some portion of the reporter-labeled complex, so that the released reporter is analytically detectable in a free liquid medium and can be related to the concentration of analyte in the sample.