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Clinical Chemistry 50: 1378-1382, 2004. First published May 20, 2004; 10.1373/clinchem.2004.031799
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(Clinical Chemistry. 2004;50:1378-1382.)
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Endocrinology and Metabolism

Evaluation of Two Nonisotopic Immunoassays for Determination of Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase and Tyrosine Phosphatase Autoantibodies in Serum

Xavier Palomer1,2, Dídac Mauricio2,4, José Rodríguez-Espinosa3, Edgar Zapico3, Carme Mayoral3, Francesc González-Sastre3,5, Alberto de Leiva2,5 and Francisco Blanco-Vaca1,3,a

1 Institut de Recerca, 2 Serveis d’Endocrinologia, and 3 Bioquímica, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. 4 Hospital de Sabadell, Institut Universitari Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain. 5 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

aAddress correspondence to this author at: Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Servei de Bioquímica, Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain. Fax 34-93-2919196; e-mail fblancova{at}hsp.santpau.es.

Background: Autoantibodies for the 65-kDa form of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65) and protein tyrosine phosphatase-like protein (IA-2) are measured for risk prediction and diagnosis of autoimmune diabetes mellitus. There is a lack of adequate nonisotopic alternatives to the most widely used method for both autoantibodies, which is a radiobinding assay (RBA).

Methods: We compared two commercially available immunoassays, an ELISA and a time-resolved immunofluorometric assay (TR-IFMA), with RBA.

Results: We found excellent agreement between the RBA and ELISA for measurement of GAD65 autoantibodies (GADAs); they showed comparable analytical precision in the cutoff range and achieved similar diagnostic specificity. The ELISA identified more GADA-positive individuals among patients with new-onset type 1 diabetes than did the RBA [89% (95% confidence interval, 78–95%), vs 71% (58–82%); P <0.03]. For IA-2 autoantibodies (IA-2As), only the TR-IFMA achieved analytical performance and diagnostic accuracy comparable to that of the RBA. These results with the GADA ELISA and IA-2A TR-IFMA were consistent with those obtained blindly in the Diabetes Antibody Standardization Program 2003. The performance of the GADA TR-IFMA and IA-2A ELISA was unsatisfactory, and these tests were not subjected to clinical evaluation.

Conclusions: The GADA ELISA and IA-2A TR-IFMA behave comparably with RBA and are thus suitable for use in the clinical laboratory.




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