title: Sensitive time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay of nerve growth factor and the disappearance of nerve growth factor from rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cell culture medium.
abstract: A sensitive time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay of nerve growth factor (NGF) has been developed. The method is based on the unique property of the lanthanides for delayed fluorescence, which reduces substantially the endogenous fluorescence of biological substances, because the excitation of the sample and detection of the fluorescence signal are separated in time and in wavelength. Using the europium-conjugated antibodies to the NGF from Vipera lebetina (snake) venom and to the beta NGF from mouse submandibular gland in a solid-phase quantitative two-site fluoroimmunoassay, we obtained a maximal sensitivity of 10 pg/ml (0.38 pM)for mouse NGF and 40 pg/ml (1.2 pM) for snake NGF. Using this method, we investigated the disappearance of NGF from rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cell culture medium. Mouse beta NGF (5-10 ng/ml) disappeared completely after 12 h of incubation, whereas snake NGF was not substantially internalized even after 48 h.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Estonian Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Arumäe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Neuman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sinijärv
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saarma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D003470:Culture Media / Q000032:analysis; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D051379:Mice; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012911:Snakes; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003470:Culture Media; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors