title: Homogeneous time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay of 3,5,3'-triiodo-l-thyronine in human serum by using europium fluorescence energy transfer.
abstract: A sensitive homogeneous time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay method for 3,5,3'-triiodo-l-thyronine (T3) based on the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) from a fluorescent Eu(3+) complex, {[(4,6-dichloro-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino-biphenyl-4'''-yl]-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-6,6''-diyl}bis(methylenenitrilo) tetrakis(acetate)-Eu(3+) (DTBTA-Eu(3+)) (lambda(ex,max)=335nm, lambda(em,max)=615nm), to an organic fluorescence dye Cy5 has been developed. The new assay system combined the use of DTBTA-Eu(3+)-labeled T3-bovine serum albumin (BSA) conjugate and Cy5-labeled anti-T3 monoclonal antibody for a competitive-type immunoassay. After the competitive reactions of DTBTA-Eu(3+)-labeled T3-BSA and T3 sample with Cy5-labeled anti-T3 antibody, the T3 concentration was measured with a time-resolved mode by monitoring the sensitized emission of Cy5 derived from FRET in a homogeneous format. The method gives the detection limit of 0.26ng/ml. The coefficient variations of the method are less than 2.0% and the recoveries are in the range of 80-111% for serum sample measurement. The concentrations of T3 in 30 human serum samples were determined, and the results were compared with those of the independently determined by a radio-immunoassay method. A good correlation was obtained with a correlation coefficient of 0.989.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
authors.forename: Guilan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jingli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Xiaodan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hai
authors.forename: Kazuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto