title: Development of ultra-sensitive soybean peroxidase-based CL-ELISA for the determination of human thyroglobulin.
abstract: Serum thyroglobulin (Tg) is a main marker of thyroid cancer relapses after total or near-total thyroidectomy of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma. In this study, we developed a chemiluminescent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (CL-ELISA) for detecting Tg in human serum. Soybean peroxidase (SbP) in combination with 3-(10'-phenothiazinyl)propane-1-sulfonate (SPTZ) and 4-morpholinopyridine (MORPH) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) with p-iodophenol (PIP) were used as detection systems in the sandwich CL-ELISA. Comparison of these two systems showed that a lower detection limit (LOD) of CL-ELISA with SbP/SPTZ/MORPH was 10 times lower than for the immunoassay with HRP/PIP. The LOD value for SbP-based CL-ELISA of 0.2 ng/mL was identical to LOD value typical of CL-ELISA Immulite kit produced with alkaline phosphatase. The sensitivity of Tg CL-ELISA using SbP/SPTZ/MORPH completely satisfies the requirements of modern endocrinology. Comparative study of clinical serum specimens assayed by the SbP-based CL-ELISA (x) and Immulite kit (y) for detecting Tg showed a good correlation between these two immunoassays (y=1.15 x -0.14, R=0.99). The obtained results open good perspectives for use of SbP/SPTZ/MORPH system in the development of ultra-sensitive immunoassays.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Enzymology Department, Faculty of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
authors.forename: Marina M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Vdovenko
authors.forename: Alexander V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Zubkov
authors.forename: Galina I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Kuznetsova
authors.forename: Leopoldo Della
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Ciana
authors.forename: Nina S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Kuzmina
authors.forename: Ivan Yu
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Sakharov
mesh_terms: D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000737:chemistry*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013025:Glycine max / Q000201:enzymology*; D013954:Thyroglobulin / Q000097:blood*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D013954:Thyroglobulin; D009195:Peroxidase