title: Preparation of monoiodinated interleukin-1 beta and its use in a radioimmunoassay.
abstract: Polyclonal anti-interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) sera raised in sheep and in rabbits bound to unlabelled IL-1 beta. IL-1 beta radioiodinated using chloramine-T or Bolton-Hunter procedures was bound by the anti-IL-1 beta sera but was not displaced by unlabelled IL-1 beta suggesting that IL-1 beta was damaged during iodination procedures, resulting in alterations to the immunological properties of the tracer. Iodination using the mild oxidant N-bromosuccinimide, followed by extensive tracer purification to remove the unlabelled IL-1 beta, produced a tracer with a specific activity of 89 microCi/micrograms (0.83 atoms iodine/molecule IL-1) which was fully displaced by unlabelled IL-1 beta, allowing the development of a sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay for IL-1 beta. The radioimmunoassay has been used to quantify intracellular IL-1 beta and IL-1 beta release by peripheral blood monocytes stimulated with endotoxin.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, Herts, U.K.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Bristow
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rafferty
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Selkirk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Poole
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000032:analysis*; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011817:Rabbits / Q000276:immunology; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D012756:Sheep / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D007106:Immune Sera; D007375:Interleukin-1; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins