Performance evaluation and cross-reactivity from insulin analogs with the ARCHITECT insulin assay.
BACKGROUND
Insulin measurement is used for the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and for insulin pharmacokinetic evaluations. We assessed the analytical and clinical performance of the ARCHITECT insulin assay, a chemiluminescent immunoassay recently introduced for the ARCHITECT i2000 fully automated immunoassay analyzer (Abbott Laboratories). We also tested whether major insulin analogs cross-reacted with the immunoassay reagents.


METHODS
We used Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute protocols to assess the analytical performance of the ARCHITECT insulin assay and compared its accuracy with that of the E-test TOSOH II (IRI) from TOSOH Corporation. We used 3 recombinant insulin analogs (lispro, aspart, and glargine) to evaluate the cross-reactivity of insulin analogs with the ARCHITECT immunoassay reagent.


RESULTS
The total CV for the ARCHITECT assay was < 5%. Correlation between the ARCHITECT insulin assay and the E-test TOSOH II (IRI) was satisfactory in the measured range, but we detected a slope deviation between the assays. The ARCHITECT insulin assay showed low cross-reactivity to the insulin analog aspart, whereas it detected the other insulin analogs, lispro and glargine, in concentrations as high as the theoretical concentrations.


CONCLUSIONS
The ARCHITECT insulin assay showed favorable basic performance, including reproducibility, dilution linearity, detection limit, and effects of interfering substances. When interpreting results, clinicians and laboratory pathologists should be aware of the cross-reactivity of the ARCHITECT and other immunoassays to specific insulin analogs prescribed to diabetes patients.
Moriyama
Masako
M
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Hayashi
Nobuhide
N
Ohyabu
Chinami
C
Mukai
Masahiko
M
Kawano
Seiji
S
Kumagai
Shunichi
S
D001322:Autoanalysis; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D007328:Insulin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D000069036:Insulin Glargine; D061268:Insulin Lispro; D049528:Insulin, Long-Acting; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
D007328:Insulin; D061268:Insulin Lispro; D049528:Insulin, Long-Acting; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D000069036:Insulin Glargine