title: Characterization of human prostatic acid phosphatase radioiodinated by four different procedures.
abstract: Prostatic acid phosphatase was labeled by four different iodination procedures: chloramine-T, insoluble or soluble lactoperoxidase, and Bolton-Hunter. Enzyme labeled by the chloramine-T procedure had suboptimal precipitation characteristics in immunoassays, with 36 to 67% of the tracer precipitated in antibody excess. Analysis of the tracer on 7.5% sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel showed that as much as 30% of the radioactivity migrated away from the protein within 6 minutes after the electrophoretic run was begun. The nature of this fast migrating radioiodinated component was not determined. The failure to obtain a tracer labeled by the chloramine-T procedure with optimal immunoprecipitation characteristics led to investigation of alternate radioiodination procedures. Insoluble or soluble lactoperoxidase was less effective than chloramine-T in producing a tracer suitable for radioimmunoassay. In contrast, the Bolton-Hunter procedure produced a tracer that had optimal precipitation characteristics; 88 to 91% of the tracer was precipitated in antibody excess. The tracer was further purified by affinity chromatography to minimize the possibility of other protein contaminants compromising the specificity of a radioimmunoassay for the enzyme.
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007467:Iodoproteins / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000201:enzymology*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007467:Iodoproteins; D000135:Acid Phosphatase