title: A sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for human interleukin-8.
abstract: In order to quantify human interleukin-8 (IL-8), which is chemotactic for T cells and basophils as well as neutrophils, we developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Since binding inhibition tests indicated that three monoclonal antibodies (mAbs; BS-1, WS-4, WS-6) blocked the binding of 125I-labelled IL-8 to neutrophils, we tested an ELISA using these mAbs as primary antibodies, rabbit anti-IL-8 Ab as the secondary antibody, and alkaline phosphatase-labelled goat anti-rabbit Ab as the conjugate. Among the three mAbs tested, WS-4 was the most sensitive with a detection limit of 16 pg/ml. Several other cytokines, including monocyte chemotactic and activating factor (MCAF), which is structurally related to IL-8, showed no cross-reactivity in this system, indicating that this ELISA is specific for IL-8. The coefficients of variation for the intra- and interassays were below 10%. Furthermore, this ELISA also detected natural IL-8 (including both 72 and 77 amino acid forms) produced by cultured human cells and cell lines stimulated with IL-1, suggesting that this system will be useful in the detection of natural IL-8 in various body fluids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-ken, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mukaida
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panyutich
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Voitenok
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kasahara
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002460:Cell Line; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D002630:Chemotactic Factors / Q000276:immunology; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000276:immunology; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000276:immunology; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D002630:Chemotactic Factors; D007375:Interleukin-1; D016209:Interleukin-8; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine