title: Development of time-resolved immunofluorometric assay of vascular permeability factor.
abstract: We describe a two-site time-resolved immunofluorometric assay for guinea pig vascular permeability factor (VPF) for quantifying VPF in different biological fluids. Antibody against the carboxy terminus (C-IgG) is immobilized on microtiter wells, and antibody against the amino terminus (N-IgG) is labeled with Eu(3+)-chelate. Line 10 tumor culture medium, known to be rich in VPF, is assayed in a two-step incubation. Bound Eu3+ is then quantified by dissociation into a fluorescent enhancement solution, with measurement of the time-resolved fluorescence. The analytical sensitivity is 0.35 VPF unit, and the intra-assay CV is about 20%. The assay is specific for VPF, because pre-treatment with the appropriate C- or N-peptide, or pre-extraction of VPF, greatly decreases fluorescence. The VPF immunoassay is highly correlated (r2 = 0.94) with the Miles permeability assay, the classical bioassay of VPF. In addition, the immunofluorometric assay is about 30-fold more sensitive than the Miles assay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Yeo
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Sioussat
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Faix
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Senger
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Yeo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D016228:Endothelial Growth Factors / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D005063:Europium; D015200:Fluoroimmunoassay / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D042442:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
chemical_list: D016228:Endothelial Growth Factors; D008222:Lymphokines; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D042442:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors; D005063:Europium