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  • Title: Solid-phase sandwich enzyme immunoassays of human chorionic gonadotropin using monoclonal antibodies.
    Author: Gupta SK, Guesdon JL, Avrameas S, Talwar GP.
    Journal: J Immunol Methods; 1985 Oct 24; 83(1):159-68. PubMed ID: 3902969.
    Abstract:
    A two-site sandwich enzyme immunoassay for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) employing monoclonal antibodies directed against beta- and alpha-subunits is described. Monoclonal anti-beta-hCG antibody was used for coating microtitration plates and monoclonal anti-alpha-hCG antibody labelled with 1 of the 3 enzymes namely horseradish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase or beta-galactosidase was used as tracer. The assay is able to detect up to 1 ng hCG/ml. No significant difference was observed with respect to sensitivity and range of assay with the 3 enzymes. The assay can be performed as a 'two-step' assay or reduced to a 'one-step' procedure with a linear relationship between absorbance and hormone concentration up to 31.25 ng hCG/ml. Beyond these concentrations an inflection of the dose curve was observed. This can, however, be avoided by increasing the concentration of antibody-enzyme conjugate. A higher sensitivity enabling detection up to 0.25 ng hCG/ml was attained in the sandwich enzyme immunoassay with the use of biotin-avidin interface. The hCG values obtained on 47 human urine samples either by the 'one-step' or 'two-step' procedure were similar with a correlation coefficient of 0.996. Results obtained by 'two-step' sandwich enzyme immunoassay on 22 human urine samples correlated well (r = 0.968) with the values obtained by radioimmunoassay.
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