申请人:The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
公开号:US06252087B1
公开(公告)日:2001-06-26
Nitroaromatic compounds and immunogenic conjugates comprising a novel nitroaromatic compound and a carrier protein are disclosed. The invention further presents monoclonal antibodies highly specific for the claimed nitroaromatic compounds, the compounds' protein conjugates, the compounds' reductive byproducts, and adducts formed between the compounds and mammalian hypoxic cell tissue proteins. The invention is further directed to methods for detecting tissue hypoxia using immunohistological techniques, non-invasive nuclear medicinal methods, or nuclear magnetic resonance. Diagnostic kits useful in practicing the methods of claimed invention are also provided.
本发明公开了一种硝基芳香化合物和免疫原性结合物,其包括一种新的硝基芳香化合物和载体蛋白。本发明进一步提供高度特异性的单克隆抗体,用于检测所述硝基芳香化合物、化合物的蛋白结合物、化合物的还原副产物以及化合物与哺乳动物低氧细胞组织蛋白之间形成的加合物。本发明还涉及使用免疫组织化学技术、非侵入性核医学方法或核磁共振检测组织缺氧的方法。本发明还提供了在实施所述发明方法中有用的诊断试剂盒。