title: Study on the method of quantitative analysis of serum ferritin and soluble transferrin receptor with protein microarray technology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish and evaluate a protein microarray method for combined measurement of serum ferritin (SF) and soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR).
  
  
  METHODS
  Microarrayer was used to print both anti-SF antibodies I and anti-sTfR antibodies I on each protein microarray. Anti-SF antibodies II and anti-sTfR antibodies II were used as detection antibodies and goat antibodies coupled to Cy3 were used as antibodies III. The detection conditions of the quantitative analysis method for simultaneous measurement of SF and sTfR with protein microarray were optimized and evaluated. The protein microarray was compared with commercially available traditional tests with 26 serum samples.
  
  
  RESULTS
  By comparison experiment, mouse monoclonal antibodies were chosen as the probes and contact printing was chosen as the printing method. The concentrations of SF and sTfR probes were 0.5 mg/mL and 0.5 mg/mL respectively, while those of SF and sTfR detection antibodies were 5 μg/mL and 0.36 μg/mL respectively. Intra- and inter-assay variability was between 3.26% and 18.38% for all tests. The regression coefficients comparing protein microarray with traditional test assays were better than 0.81 for SF and sTfR.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study has established a protein microarray method for combined measurement of SF and sTfR.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Ji Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Wen Xian
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun Sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Huo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000032:analysis; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D051379:Mice; D040081:Protein Array Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D011817:Rabbits; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin; D005293:Ferritins