Determination of immunoreactive fraction of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies: what is an appropriate method?

Determination of the immunoreactive fraction (IF) of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies (MAb) is essential to the understanding of the effects of radiolabeling and subsequent target-specific tumor localization. There has been generally no accepted method of determining the IF of MAbs. The conventional method is based on a radioimmunoassay technique in which the fraction of radiolabeled MAb bound to antigen under conditions of "antigen excess" is determined.