title: An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for heparin cofactor II (HCII). Application to the measurement of HCII in clinical materials.
abstract: Heparin cofactor II (HCII) is a thrombin inhibitor in human plasma, the activity of which is enhanced by heparin and dermatan sulfate. To measure the plasma antigen concentration of HCII, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed, and this is based on the use of polyclonal anti-HCII IgG, both as the antigen-capturing antibody and as the labelled antibody. The intra- and inter-assay reproducibilities have been calculated to be less than 6%. HCII antigen concentrations evaluated with this ELISA technique in clinical plasma samples correlated well with those determined by electroimmunodiffusion and with HCII activities evaluated using a functional assay (r = 0.909 and r = 0.930, P less than 0.0001). Since the correlation between HCII deficiency and thrombosis is still a controversial issue, the ELISA technique described in this report could be a useful tool for the large-scale studies needed to determine the prevalence of HCII deficiency in healthy individuals and in patients with a history of thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toulon
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amiral
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000941:Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D015844:Heparin Cofactor II / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D015844:Heparin Cofactor II