title: Adaptation of the troponin T ELISA test to a microplate immunoassay reader.
abstract: Troponin T concentration in serum is usually measured by the automated method developed by Boehringer Mannheim for the ES-series of analysers. These instruments need at least 140 microliters of serum and 700 microliters of reagents for a single analysis, which takes 90 min. We describe an alternative procedure, using streptavidin-coated microtitre plates, troponin T reagents of Boehringer Mannheim and an ELISA-reader to measure the concentration of troponin T. The present assay needs only 30 microliters of sample and 200 microliters of reagents, and it takes 75 min; the detection limit is 0.10 microgram/l. We also assessed the microtitre plate method for sensitivity and precision and compared the results with those measured by an ES-300 automatic analyser. Both methods have the same measurement range for troponin T of 0.1 to 15 micrograms/l. For daily routine use of the microtitre plate method we recommend duplicate determinations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Penttilä
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirvonen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Julkunen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Penttilä
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rantanen
mesh_terms: D001322:Autoanalysis; D015415:Biomarkers; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014336:Troponin / Q000097:blood*; D020107:Troponin T
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014336:Troponin; D020107:Troponin T