title: [Development of enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for erythropoietin.].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of our study was to optimize and establish erythropoietin (EPO) enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system.
  
  
  METHODS
  We prepared several monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies specific to human-EPO. The best combinations of antibodies for coating and detecting antibodies were selected for the establishment of ELISA. We tested several methods such as a competitive EIA and a sandwich ELISA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The best sandwich ELISA was optimized compared to competitive EIA when purified polyclonal antibody (PoAb) was used as a coating antibody and biotinylated PoAb as a detecting antibody. This sandwich ELISA easily detected EPO when PoAb pairs were used compared to the ELISA using monoclonal antibody and PoAb. There were no significant differences between the effects of various blocking solutions on the performance of sandwich ELISA using biotinylated antibody. The ELISA system using PBST containing 3% BSA as a blocking solution can sensitively detect EPO (10 mU/mL) in a broad range of EPO concentrations (10-2,000 mU/mL) and there were cross-reactions with other cytokines).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  EPO can be easily determined by using biotinylated PoAb as a detecting antibody and another PoAb as a coating antibody.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioscience and Biotechology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. dcmoon@chungbuk.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Ki Hong
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Min Chul
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jeong Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hyo Eun
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Do Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Jong Wan
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong Ju
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Jae Woong
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Eun Sook
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Jin Tae
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Dong Cheul
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Moon