The effect of the bridge heterologous combination between antiserum and enzymelabeled steroid on sensitivity in heterogeneous enzyme immunoassay for 11-deoxycortisol has been investigated. Four 11-deoxycortisol derivatives possessing different bridges at C-4 were employed for the preparation of both antisera and enzyme-labeld antigens. They were 4-(carboxymethylthio)-11-deoxycortisol, 4-(2-carboxyethylthio)-11-deoxycortisol, 4-(2-hemisuccinoyloxyethylthio)-11-deoxycortisol, and 4-hemisuccinoyloxy-11-deoxycortisol. The N-succinimidyl esters of the carboxylated derivatives were reacted with β-galactosidase to give enzyme-labeled antigens. The antisera to 11-deoxycortisol used were those raised against the conjugates of these haptenic derivatives with bovine serum albumin. The sensitivities obtainable with four homologous and twelve heterologous systems were tested. When thioether derivatives were used for enzyme labeling, the effectiveness of heterology on assay sensitivity was dependent upon the length of the bridge. It was found that the heterologous system using the enzyme-labeled steroid obtained from a hapten having a bridge shorter than that used for antibody production resulted in an increase in sensitivity of the assay, whereas the use of a longer bridge was not effective. This finding is in good agreement with that obtained in our previous study on enzyme immunoassay for cortisol.
抗血清和酶标记类
固醇桥异构体组合对11-去氧
皮质醇异质酶免疫分析灵敏度的影响已经过研究。四种在C-4处具有不同桥的11-去氧
皮质醇衍
生物被用于制备抗血清和酶标记抗原。它们分别是4-(羧甲基
硫代)-11-去氧
皮质醇、4-(2-羧乙基
硫代)-11-去氧
皮质醇、4-(2-半琥珀酰氧乙基
硫代)-11-去氧
皮质醇和4-半琥珀酰氧基-11-去氧
皮质醇。羧基化衍
生物的N-琥珀
酰亚胺酯与
β-半乳糖苷酶反应,生成酶标记抗原。11-去氧
皮质醇抗血清是通过这些半抗原衍
生物与
牛血清白蛋白的共轭物产生的。四种同源和十二种异源系统的灵敏度进行了测试。当
硫醚衍
生物用于酶标记时,异源性对检测灵敏度的有效性取决于桥的长度。研究发现,异源系统使用从桥短于用于产生
抗体的桥的半抗原获得的酶标记类
固醇,可提高检测灵敏度,而使用更长的桥则无效。这一发现与我们之前对
皮质醇酶免疫分析的研究结果非常一致