Enzyme immunoassay of H-Y antigen: experimental and clinical applications.
A newly developed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was applied for studying H-Y antigen in buffaloes, cattle, horses and humans. A monoclonal H-Y antibody was absorbed with cells from males or females and was then tested against fluid samples known to contain soluble H-Y antigen. In this system, positive absorption manifested itself by a fall in optical density relative to the optical density scored using unabsorbed antibody; this finding signified the presence of H-Y in the absorbing cells. In each of the four species, the fall in optical density was pronounced after absorption with male cells, but some decrease was also evident after absorption with female cells, indicating a degree of nonspecific attachment of the antibody.
Center for Reproductive Biology, Collierville, TN 38017.
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D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002020:Buffaloes; D002417:Cattle; D002645:Chickens; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006182:H-Y Antigen / Q000032:analysis*; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D012737:Sex Factors; D013045:Species Specificity
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D006182:H-Y Antigen