title: Time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay of human pancreatic phospholipase A2.
abstract: We describe an immunofluorometric assay for human pancreatic phospholipase A2 based on time-resolved fluorescence. The labeled antibody technique in combination with the time-resolved 1-s fluorometric detection of the europium label, which essentially eliminates all background fluorescence, resulted in a high sensitivity (20 ng/L) and a wide (5000-fold) linear range. Nonspecific binding was minimized by treating the solid-phase antibody with NaSCN before coating, to remove endogenous antigen, and by immunosorbent purification of the antibody before labeling with europium. This is a one-incubation, multi-site, solid-phase assay on polystyrene microtiter strips, even though a polyclonal antibody was used. As measured by this assay, activity of immunoreactive phospholipase A2 was found to be above normal in sera of patients suffering from acute pancreatitis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D005063:Europium; D005260:Female; D005470:Fluorometry; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000097:blood*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000097:blood*; D054467:Phospholipases A2
chemical_list: D005063:Europium; D010740:Phospholipases; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D000681:Amylases