Abstract
The specificity of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(s) is thought to depend on the specificity of the antibody used in the assay system. Therefore, the association of broadly reactive antigens like endotoxin with enzyme conjugates or other enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay reagents has the potential of altering the specificity of reactions in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Using the Limulus amoebocyte lysate assay, we demonstrated that commercially prepared conjugates of goat anti-human immunoglobulin G peroxidase, goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin G alkaline phosphatase, rabbit anti-human immunoglobulin G, and other enzyme conjugates contained endotoxin. Furthermore, the staphylococcal protein A, horseradish peroxidase, and bovine alkaline phosphatase used to prepare enzyme conjugates also contained endotoxin. Commercially obtained bovine alkaline phosphatase contained as much as 1.0 μg of endotoxin per ml of enzyme solution. Both commercially prepared enzyme conjugates and those prepared by us contained endotoxin as determined by their absorption to immobilized monoclonal antibody to lipid A or to immobilized Limulus amoebocyte lysate. The results of this study further suggest that the endotoxin was associated with the enzyme component of the conjugate. In a competitive inhibition enzyme immunoassay, 10 μg of lipid A per ml inhibited binding of the enzyme conjugate to absorbed Limulus amoebocyte lysate, thereby confirming that endotoxin mediated the binding of the conjugate in that system. The potential significance of endotoxin bound to enzyme conjugates may be far reaching because of the ubiquity of endotoxin in conjugates and the prevalence of antibodies to endotoxin in mammalian serum.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1050-1053 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - 1983 |
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Endotoxin contamination of enzyme conjugates used in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. / Bryant, Richard; Chamovitz, B. N.; Morse, S. A.; Apicella, M. A.; Morthland, V. H.
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T1 - Endotoxin contamination of enzyme conjugates used in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays
AU - Bryant, Richard
AU - Chamovitz, B. N.
AU - Morse, S. A.
AU - Apicella, M. A.
AU - Morthland, V. H.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - The specificity of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(s) is thought to depend on the specificity of the antibody used in the assay system. Therefore, the association of broadly reactive antigens like endotoxin with enzyme conjugates or other enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay reagents has the potential of altering the specificity of reactions in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Using the Limulus amoebocyte lysate assay, we demonstrated that commercially prepared conjugates of goat anti-human immunoglobulin G peroxidase, goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin G alkaline phosphatase, rabbit anti-human immunoglobulin G, and other enzyme conjugates contained endotoxin. Furthermore, the staphylococcal protein A, horseradish peroxidase, and bovine alkaline phosphatase used to prepare enzyme conjugates also contained endotoxin. Commercially obtained bovine alkaline phosphatase contained as much as 1.0 μg of endotoxin per ml of enzyme solution. Both commercially prepared enzyme conjugates and those prepared by us contained endotoxin as determined by their absorption to immobilized monoclonal antibody to lipid A or to immobilized Limulus amoebocyte lysate. The results of this study further suggest that the endotoxin was associated with the enzyme component of the conjugate. In a competitive inhibition enzyme immunoassay, 10 μg of lipid A per ml inhibited binding of the enzyme conjugate to absorbed Limulus amoebocyte lysate, thereby confirming that endotoxin mediated the binding of the conjugate in that system. The potential significance of endotoxin bound to enzyme conjugates may be far reaching because of the ubiquity of endotoxin in conjugates and the prevalence of antibodies to endotoxin in mammalian serum.
AB - The specificity of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(s) is thought to depend on the specificity of the antibody used in the assay system. Therefore, the association of broadly reactive antigens like endotoxin with enzyme conjugates or other enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay reagents has the potential of altering the specificity of reactions in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Using the Limulus amoebocyte lysate assay, we demonstrated that commercially prepared conjugates of goat anti-human immunoglobulin G peroxidase, goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin G alkaline phosphatase, rabbit anti-human immunoglobulin G, and other enzyme conjugates contained endotoxin. Furthermore, the staphylococcal protein A, horseradish peroxidase, and bovine alkaline phosphatase used to prepare enzyme conjugates also contained endotoxin. Commercially obtained bovine alkaline phosphatase contained as much as 1.0 μg of endotoxin per ml of enzyme solution. Both commercially prepared enzyme conjugates and those prepared by us contained endotoxin as determined by their absorption to immobilized monoclonal antibody to lipid A or to immobilized Limulus amoebocyte lysate. The results of this study further suggest that the endotoxin was associated with the enzyme component of the conjugate. In a competitive inhibition enzyme immunoassay, 10 μg of lipid A per ml inhibited binding of the enzyme conjugate to absorbed Limulus amoebocyte lysate, thereby confirming that endotoxin mediated the binding of the conjugate in that system. The potential significance of endotoxin bound to enzyme conjugates may be far reaching because of the ubiquity of endotoxin in conjugates and the prevalence of antibodies to endotoxin in mammalian serum.
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