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Dual-label one-step immunoassay for simultaneous measurement of free and total prostate-specific antigen concentrations and ratios in serum

Mitrunen, Katja ; Pettersson, Kim ; Piironen, Timo ; Björk, Thomas LU ; Lilja, Hans LU orcid and Lövgren, Timo (1995) In Clinical Chemistry 41(8). p.1115-1120
Abstract
We developed a simple one-step dual-label immunoassay for simultaneous measurement of the free, noncomplexed form of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and total PSA. The assay is based on time-resolved fluorescence and includes a stable fluorescent chelate of Eu to label a monoclonal antibody (mAb) that detects only free PSA, whereas a second mAb labeled with a fluorescent chelate of Tb provides equimolar detection of both free PSA and PSA complexed to alpha 1-antichymotrypsin. A third mAb on a solid phase captures the free and complexed forms of PSA in an equimolar fashion. The simultaneous measurement of the free-to-total PSA ratio (F/T) with the one-step dual assay is not sensitive to variations in the sample volume. The discrimination... (More)
We developed a simple one-step dual-label immunoassay for simultaneous measurement of the free, noncomplexed form of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and total PSA. The assay is based on time-resolved fluorescence and includes a stable fluorescent chelate of Eu to label a monoclonal antibody (mAb) that detects only free PSA, whereas a second mAb labeled with a fluorescent chelate of Tb provides equimolar detection of both free PSA and PSA complexed to alpha 1-antichymotrypsin. A third mAb on a solid phase captures the free and complexed forms of PSA in an equimolar fashion. The simultaneous measurement of the free-to-total PSA ratio (F/T) with the one-step dual assay is not sensitive to variations in the sample volume. The discrimination between benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer patients, i.e., the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve, increased from 0.64 (total PSA assay) to 0.78 and 0.81 when the F/T ratio was measured with single and dual assays, respectively. (Less)
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prostate cancer/benign prostatic hyperplasia/timeresolved fluorescence immunoassay/monoclonal antibodies
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Clinical Chemistry
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41
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8
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1115 - 1120
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American Association for Clinical Chemistry
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  • pmid:7543033
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0009-9147
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English
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  author       = {{Mitrunen, Katja and Pettersson, Kim and Piironen, Timo and Björk, Thomas and Lilja, Hans and Lövgren, Timo}},
  issn         = {{0009-9147}},
  keywords     = {{prostate cancer/benign prostatic hyperplasia/timeresolved
fluorescence immunoassay/monoclonal antibodies}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{8}},
  pages        = {{1115--1120}},
  publisher    = {{American Association for Clinical Chemistry}},
  series       = {{Clinical Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Dual-label one-step immunoassay for simultaneous measurement of free and total prostate-specific antigen concentrations and ratios in serum}},
  url          = {{http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/reprint/41/8/1115}},
  volume       = {{41}},
  year         = {{1995}},
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