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Immunofluorometric assay for sensitive and specific measurement of human prostatic glandular kallikrein (hK2) in serum

Piironen, T. ; Lövgren, Janita LU ; Karp, M. ; Eerola, R. ; Lundwall, Åke LU ; Dowell, B. ; Lovgren, T. ; Lilja, Hans LU orcid and Pettersson, K. (1996) In Clinical Chemistry 42(1). p.41-1034
Abstract
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and human prostatic glandular kallikrein (hK2) have 79% identity with the primary structure. When we used recombinant hK2 protein, only 7 of 23 monoclonal anti-PSA IgGs (monoclonal antibodies, MAbs) cross-reacted with hK2, which enabled us to design a novel immunofluorometric MAb-MAb assay for the specific detection of hK2. In the first incubation, an excess of MAb 2H11, which does not cross-react with hK2, is added to prevent both free and complexed PSA from reacting in subsequent immunoreactions. In the second incubation, biotinylated MAb H50, which cross-reacts with hK2 by an epitope overlapping with MAb 2H11, served to bind only hK2 to the microtitration wells coated with streptavidin. In the third step,... (More)
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and human prostatic glandular kallikrein (hK2) have 79% identity with the primary structure. When we used recombinant hK2 protein, only 7 of 23 monoclonal anti-PSA IgGs (monoclonal antibodies, MAbs) cross-reacted with hK2, which enabled us to design a novel immunofluorometric MAb-MAb assay for the specific detection of hK2. In the first incubation, an excess of MAb 2H11, which does not cross-react with hK2, is added to prevent both free and complexed PSA from reacting in subsequent immunoreactions. In the second incubation, biotinylated MAb H50, which cross-reacts with hK2 by an epitope overlapping with MAb 2H11, served to bind only hK2 to the microtitration wells coated with streptavidin. In the third step, Eu-labeled MAb H117, which cross-reacts with hK2, detected the immobilized hK2. The hK2 assay was calibrated with recombinant hK2. The detection limit of the assay was 0.1 microgram/L, and the cross-reactivity with recombinant PSA was < or = 0.7%. The concentration of hK2 was measured in serum samples from 334 males with total PSA concentrations ranging from 1 to 3400 microgram/L. Most of the samples (57%) had hK2 concentrations below the detection limit. The proportions of hK2 relative to total PSA were 0-2% in 79%, 2-5% in 14%, 5-10% in 4%, and >10% in 3% of the samples. Gel filtration of 10 serum samples with increased hK2 concentrations showed a single peak of hK2 immunoreactivity with an apparent molecular size of approximately 30 kDa, corresponding to that of recombinant hK2 and free PSA. (Less)
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Prostate-Specific Antigen/blood, Molecular Weight, Male, Kallikreins/*analysis/chemistry, Humans, Fluoroimmunoassay/*methods/statistics & numerical data, Female, Epitopes/immunology, Comparative Study, Gel, Chromatography, Monoclonal/immunology, Antibodies, Antibody Specificity, Recombinant Proteins, Reference Values, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Sensitivity and Specificity, Tissue Kallikreins
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Clinical Chemistry
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42
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41 - 1034
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American Association for Clinical Chemistry
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0009-9147
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  author       = {{Piironen, T. and Lövgren, Janita and Karp, M. and Eerola, R. and Lundwall, Åke and Dowell, B. and Lovgren, T. and Lilja, Hans and Pettersson, K.}},
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  keywords     = {{Prostate-Specific Antigen/blood; Molecular Weight; Male; Kallikreins/*analysis/chemistry; Humans; Fluoroimmunoassay/*methods/statistics & numerical data; Female; Epitopes/immunology; Comparative Study; Gel; Chromatography; Monoclonal/immunology; Antibodies; Antibody Specificity; Recombinant Proteins; Reference Values; Research Support; Non-U.S. Gov't; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tissue Kallikreins}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{41--1034}},
  publisher    = {{American Association for Clinical Chemistry}},
  series       = {{Clinical Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Immunofluorometric assay for sensitive and specific measurement of human prostatic glandular kallikrein (hK2) in serum}},
  url          = {{http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=8674186}},
  volume       = {{42}},
  year         = {{1996}},
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