Magnetizable solid-phase fluoroimmunoassay of thyroxine by a sequential addition technique.

R D Nargessi; J Ackland; M Hassan; G C Forrest; D S Smith; J Landon

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Magnetizable solid-phase fluoroimmunoassay of thyroxine by a sequential addition technique.

R D Nargessi·J Ackland·M Hassan·G C Forrest·D S Smith·J Landon

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We describe a simple fluoroimmunoassay for the determination of thyroxine concentrations in serum. The method, "sequential addition, separation fluoroimmunoassay," involves both thyroxine labeled with fluorescein and magnetizable cellulose/iron oxide particles to which antibodies to thyroxine have been covalently linked. Serum sample or standard is incubated with an excess of the solid-phase antibody; the particles, which now carry most of the antigen in the sample, are sedimented onto a magnet and the supernate, which contains endogenous fluorophores and other interfering factors, is removed and discarded. Excess labeled thyroxine is then added, and, after incubation, the fluorescence in the supernate (free fraction), which is related directly to the amount of thyroxine in the sample is measured. For the whole procedure, including fluorometry, each sample is treated entirely within disposable polystyrene test tubes. Correlation studies with two different radioimmunoassays showed good agreement.

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R D Nargessi, J Ackland, M Hassan, G C Forrest, D S Smith, J Landon. 1980. Magnetizable solid-phase fluoroimmunoassay of thyroxine by a sequential addition technique.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7000390/

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