title: Technicon Immuno 1 PSA assay measures both free and alpha-1-antichymotrypsin-complexed prostate-specific antigen on an equimolar basis.
abstract: In this study, we investigated the immunoreactivity of the Technicon Immuno 1 PSA assay, a monoclonal-polyclonal sandwich immunoassay, with free and ACT-complexed PSA. Assay calibrators prepared with free PSA (standard Immuno 1 calibrators) and calibrators consisting of 90% ACT-complexed and 10% free PSA (90:10 calibrators) yielded virtually identical PSA recoveries at all concentrations tested. Concentrations of total PSA at approximately 4 and 10 ng/mL, prepared in varying ratios of free PSA to PSA-ACT complex, recovered from 92-104% at 4 ng/mL and from 98-102% at 10 ng/mL. Additionally, an excellent correlation of serum total PSA values from a panel of 40 prostatic cancer patient samples was obtained using calibration curves generated with the standard Immuno 1 calibrators or the 90:10 calibrators. These results demonstrate that the Technicon Immuno 1 PSA assay measures free and ACT-complexed PSA on an equal molar basis.
authors.affiliation: Immunodiagnostics Business Unit, Bayer Corporation, Tarrytown, New York 10591-5097, USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Very
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Allard
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Yeung
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D002138:Calibration; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011485:Protein Binding; D012044:Regression Analysis; D000514:alpha 1-Antichymotrypsin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000514:alpha 1-Antichymotrypsin; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen