A Monoclonal Antibody-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Determination of Homoharringtonine.

Homoharringtonine (HHT), also known as omacetaxine, is a natural compound found in the genus and is a promising pharmaceutical drug used for the treatment of chronic or accelerated phase chronic myeloid leukemia. As a tool for the quantitative determination of HHT, a specific monoclonal antibody against HHT (MAb 6A1) was generated by conjugates prepared via sodium periodate-mediated oxidation. The developed indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (icELISA) using MAb 6A1 was found to be highly specific and sensitive with a limit of detection for HHT of 48.

Ultrasensitive immunoassay for monocrotaline using monoclonal antibody produced by N, N'-carbonyldiimidazole mediated hapten-carrier protein conjugates.

Monocrotaline (MCT) is a naturally occurring pyrrolizidine alkaloid mainly produced in plant genus Crotalaria (Fabaceae), in which various toxicities have been reported. Recently, demand of quantitative analysis for determination/detection of MCT has increased because MCT in plants can be transferred to human by food chain, leading to intoxication. In this study, monoclonal antibody (MAb) against MCT (MAb 4B8) was produced by unique one-pot conjugation between hydrolysate of MCT, retronecine (RN) and consecutive lysine residues of bovine-serum albumin (BSA) through N,N'-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) mediated method.

A new approach of indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for determination of D-glutamic acid through in situ conjugation.

We propose a new approach of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for determination of D-glutamic acid (D-Glu) using a monoclonal antibody against D-glutamic acid (D-Glu-MAb), which recognizes D-Glu-glutaraldehyde (GA) molecule but not D-Glu molecule. Human serum albumin (HSA) was coated on an immunoplate and reacted with D-Glu via GA to produce D-Glu-GA-HSA conjugates in situ in the well to be recognized by D-Glu-MAb, which enabled the development of an indirect ELISA for the determination of free D-Glu. In this indirect ELISA, D-Glu can be specifically detected with limit of detection of 7.