title: Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for measurement of serum-associated ALX40-4C.
abstract: ALX40-4C is an antiretrovirus agent that has been found to have some inhibitory properties against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication in vitro. The compound was designed as a competitor of the HIV Tat protein for TAR binding. In addition to its anti-HIV properties, it has demonstrated the ability to inhibit in vitro replication of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 as well as human cytomegalovirus. Subsequently, in vivo pharmacokinetic evaluation of ALX40-4C necessitated the establishment of a detection system for the measurement of ALX40-4C in subject serum. For this purpose, an indirect-competition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with generated rabbit anti-ALX40-4C antiserum was developed. The original assay took 12 h to complete and required many manipulations. Herein, we describe alterations to the system that resulted in the overall reduction in assay time and manipulation. We demonstrate that our alterations do not affect the specificity or sensitivity of the assay compared to that of the original system. ALX40-4C levels in spiked serum samples as well as drug levels from patient samples were used to validate the assay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Payette
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cormier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dabek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yungblut
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Presseault
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Climie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sahai
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Filion
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000097:blood*; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000097:blood*; D001360:Avidin / Q000378:metabolism; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001710:Biotin / Q000378:metabolism; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000378:metabolism; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000097:blood*; D011817:Rabbits; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; C094365:N-alpha-acetyl-nona-D-arginine amide acetate; D009842:Oligopeptides; D001360:Avidin; D001710:Biotin