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Claims for Patent: 4,097,586


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Summary for Patent: 4,097,586
Title: Immunochemical assay method
Abstract:Haptens and antigen derivatives are coupled, through an azo bond, to proteins to form a conjugated material. The conjugate is injected into laboratory animals to raise antibodies which are useful in immunochemically assaying for the original haptens and antigen derivatives. Included among the immunochemical assay methods are radio-immune assays and fluorescence methods.
Inventor(s): Gross; Stanley Joseph (Encino, CA)
Assignee: Biological Developments, Inc. (Encino, CA)
Application Number:05/658,180
Patent Claims:1. In a quantitative immunoassay for the presence of a target in a sample comprising producing a mixture of the sample, a known quantity of an antibody which is immunologically specific for the target, and a known quantity of a standard immunologically homologous to the target, so as to bind with said antibody competitively, one of said antibody and said standard having a covalently bonded derivative capable of emitting radiation from the mixture, providing for competitive antibody binding to take place and measuring the radiation emitted from a portion of the derivative, which radiation measurement is indicative of the relative proportions of target and standard binding with the antibody, and thus the amount of target present, the improvement comprising employing as the antibody, antibody raised by and specific to the hapten portion of a synthetic antigen comprising a plurality of hapten moieties covalently bound to a carrier, said moieties being immunologically homologous with the target and the hapten being bound by a --N.dbd.N-- group coupled directly to an otherwise unsubstituted ring atom of the hapten.

2. The immunoassay of claim 1 wherein the target is a compound selected from the group consisting of estrone, estradiol, estriol, morphine, tetrahydrocannabinol, amphetamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, a diazepoxide, angiotensin, thyroxin, aldosterone, thyrotropic release hormone, luteinizing hormone, adrenocorticotropin, and testosterone.

3. The immunoassay of claim 1 wherein the carrier is a protein selected from the class consisting of keyhole limpet hemocyanin, bovine serum albumin, and human gamma globulin.

4. In a quantitative immunoassay for the presence of a target in a sample comprising producing a mixture of the sample, a known quantity of an antibody which is immunologically specific for the target, and a known quantity of a standard immunologically homologous to the target, so as to bind with said antibody competitively, one of said antibody and said standard having a covalently bonded derivative capable of emitting radiation from the mixture, providing for competitive antibody binding to take place and measuring the radiation emitted from a portion of the derivative, which radiation measurement is indicative of the relative proportions of target and standard binding with the antibody, and thus the amount of target present, the improvement comprising employing as the antibody, antibody raised by and specific to an antigen of formula:

in which "carrier" is an immunogenic carrier; Ar is an arylene radical to which the immunogenic carrier is linked through a connective group; the hapten is immunologically homologous to the target when coupled to the carrier through the arylene and azo groups, and has a ring with an unsubstituted ring atom bonded directly to the azo group; and n is an integer not exceeding the number of functional moieties available on the carrier to partake in forming said connective group.

5. The immunoassay of claim 4 wherein the target is a compound selected from the group consisting of estrone, estradiol, estriol, morphine, tetrahydrocannabinol, amphetamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, a diazepoxide, angiotensin, thyroxin, aldosterone, thyrotropic release hormone, luteinizing hormone, adrenocorticotropin, and testosterone.

6. The immunoassay of claim 4 wherein the carrier is a protein selected from the class consisting of keyhole limpet hemocyanin, bovine serum albumin, and human gamma globulin.

7. The immunoassay of claim 1 wherein the synthetic antigen employed is one with a purity of at least 98%.

8. The immunoassay of claim 1 wherein the synthetic antigen is an antigen prepared by a method including coupling of an immunogenic carrier with an azo-hapten compound and in which said azo-hapten compound has a purity of at least 98%.

9. The immunoassay of claim 4 wherein the synthetic antigen employed is one with a purity of at least 98%.

10. In a quantitative radioimmune assay for the presence of a target in a sample comprising providing a mixture of the sample, a known quantity of a antibody which is immunologically specific for the target, and a known quantity of a standard immunologically homologous to the target so as to bind with said antibody competitively, one of the antibody and the standard having a covalently bonded radioisotopic derivative, providing for competitive antibody binding, separating bound derivative compound from unbound derivative compound and measuring the radiation emanating from one of said separated and unseparated derivative compounds to indicate the proportion of antibody bound to the standard, and thus the amount of target present, the improvement which comprises employing as the antibody, antibody raised by and specific to the hapten portion of a synthetic antigen comprising a plurality of hapten moieties covalently bound to a carrier, said moieties being immunologically homologous with the target and the hapten being bound by a --N.dbd.N-- group coupled directly to an otherwise unsubstituted ring atom of the hapten.

11. The immunoassay of claim 10 wherein the target is a compound selected from the group consisting of estrone, estradiol, estriol, morphine, tetrahydrocannabinol, amphetamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, a diazepoxide, angiotensin, thyroxin, aldosterone, thyrotropic release hormone, luteinizing hormone, adrenocorticotropin, and testosterone.

12. The immunoassay of claim 10 wherein the carrier is a protein selected from the class consisting of keyhole limpet hemocyanin, bovine serum albumin, and human gamma globulin.

13. The immunoassay of claim 10 wherein the synthetic antigen employed is one with a purity of at least 98%.

14. The immunoassay of claim 10 wherein the synthetic antigen is an antigen prepared by a method including coupling of an immunogenic carrier with an azo-hapten compound and in which said azo-hapten compound has a purity of at least 98%.

15. The radioimmune assay of claim 10 wherein the separation is a phase separation, one of the standard and the antibody carrying said radioisotopic derivative and the other being insolubilized.

16. The radioimmune assay of claim 10 wherein the radioisotopic derivative is covalently bound to one of the antibody and the carrier portion of the standard, the standard being a hapten-carrier conjugate.

17. In a quantitative radioimmune assay for the presence of a target in a sample comprising providing a mixture of the sample, a known quantity of an antibody which is immunologically specific for the target, and a known quantity of a standard immunologically homologous to the target so as to bind with said antibody competitively, one of the antibody and the standard having a covalently bonded radioisotopic derivative, providing for competitive antibody binding, separating bound derivative compound from unbound derivative compound and measuring the radiation emanating from one of said separated and unseparated derivative compounds to indicate the proportion of antibody bound to the standard, and thus the amount of target present, the improvement which comprises employing as the antibody, antibody raised by and specific to an antigen of formula:

in which "carrier" is an immunogentic carrier; Ar is an arylene radical to which the immunogenic carrier is linked through a connective group; the hapten is immunologically homologous to the target when coupled to the carrier through the arylene and azo groups, and has a ring with an unsubstituted ring atom bonded directly to the azo group; and n is an integer not exceeding the number of functional moieties available on the carrier to partake in forming said connective group.

18. The immunoassay of claim 17 wherein the target is a compound selected from the group consisting of estrone, estradiol, estriol, morphine, tetrahydrocannabinol, amphetamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, a diazepoxide, angiotensin, thyroxin, aldosterone, thyrotropic release hormone, luteinizing hormone, adrenocorticotropin, and testosterone.

19. The immunoassay of claim 17 wherein the carrier is a protein selected from the class consisting of keyhole limpet hemocyanin, bovine serum albumin, and human gamma globulin.

20. The immunoassay of claim 17 wherein the synthetic antigen is an antigen prepared by a method including coupling of an immunogenic carrier with an azo-hapten compound and in which said azo-hapten compound has a purity of at least 98%.

21. The radioimmune assay of claim 17 wherein the separation is a phase separation, one of the standard and the antibody carrying said adioisotopic derivative and the other being insolubilized.

22. The radioimmune assay of claim 17 wherein the radioisotopic derivative is covalently bound to one of the antibody and the carrier portion of the standard, the standard being a hapten-carrier conjugate.

Details for Patent 4,097,586

Applicant Tradename Biologic Ingredient Dosage Form BLA Approval Date Patent No. Expiredate
Grifols Therapeutics Llc ALBUKED, PLASBUMIN-20, PLASBUMIN-25, PLASBUMIN-5 albumin (human) For Injection 101138 10/21/1942 ⤷  Try a Trial 1990-11-16
Baxalta Us Inc. BUMINATE, FLEXBUMIN albumin (human) Injection 101452 03/03/1954 ⤷  Try a Trial 1990-11-16
Csl Behring Ag ALBURX albumin (human) Injection 102366 07/23/1976 ⤷  Try a Trial 1990-11-16
>Applicant >Tradename >Biologic Ingredient >Dosage Form >BLA >Approval Date >Patent No. >Expiredate

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