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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 37, 1248-1251, Copyright © 1991 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Stabilization of turbidimetric immunoassay by covalent coupling of antibody to latex particles

H Thakkar, CL Davey, EA Medcalf, L Skingle, AR Craig, DJ Newman and CP Price
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, London Hospital Medical College, U.K.

Turbidimetric immunoassay is commonly used to quantify serum proteins. Latex-particle enhancement of this type of assay has been primarily associated with increasing assay sensitivity. However, covalent coupling of an antibody to a latex particle can offer other advantages that are also pertinent in measurement of high concentrations of analytes. By using a common antibody with IgG as a model analyte, we describe the development of a nonenhanced and a latex-particle-enhanced turbidimetric assay for measuring serum IgG. Both assays show adequate analytical recovery and parallelism, and results compare well with those by rate nephelometry. The latex-enhanced assay has equivalent sensitivity, working range, and interassay precision, but much greater signal change and calibration stability than the nonenhanced assay. In addition, with latex particles, less antiserum is needed. Coupling antibodies to latex particles offers considerable advantages, even when an improved assay detection limit is not required.


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