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Claims for Patent: 4,692,404


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Summary for Patent: 4,692,404
Title: Method of measuring biological ligand by the use of enzymes
Abstract:A method is provided which is highly sensitive and specific, and is suitable as a clinical test for the determination of physiological substances and trace components in humoral fluid. The method employs a conjugate of an enzyme capable of acting on a water-insoluble macromolecular substance and an antibody against the ligand (1) to be measured or a ligand (2) having an antigenic determinant common to one of the antigenic determinant(s) of the ligand (1). In the method of the invention, steric hindrance of the conjugate is emphasized by the enzyme reaction which is carried out at the boundary between solid phase and liquid phase.
Inventor(s): Ashihara; Yoshihiro (Tokyo, JP), Kasahara; Yasushi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Fujirebio Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP)
Application Number:06/670,764
Patent Claims:1. A method of determining a biological ligand which comprises,

using an antibody or ligand binding fragments thereof, against the ligand to be measured and an enzyme capable of acting on a water-insoluble macromolecular substrate and which conjugates with said antibody or ligand binding fragments thereof,

contacting said antibody or ligand binding fragments thereof, with said ligand,

contacting said enzyme with a water-insoluble macromolecular substrate, and

thereafter measuring the change in activity of the enzyme after it has acted on said substrate, relating said change in the activity of the enzyme to the concentration of the ligand.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said ligand (1) and said ligand (2) are the same.

3. A method of determining a biological ligand using an antibody or ligand binding fragment thereof against the ligand (1) to be measured and an enzyme capable of acting on a water-insoluble macromolecular substrate and which conjugates with

a ligand (2) having an antigenic determinant common to one of the antigenic determinant(s) of said ligand (1), which method comprises:

contacting said antibody or ligand binding fragment thereof with said ligands (1) and (2),

contacting said enzyme with a water-insoluble macromolecular substrate, and

thereafter measuring the change in activity of the enzyme after it has acted on said substrate, relating said change in the activity of the enzyme to the concentration of the ligand (1).

4. The method of claim 1 or claim 3, wherein said antibody or ligand binding fragments thereof conjugates with a macromolecular compound which is water-soluble and which has a molecular weight greater than 100,000 daltons.

5. The method of claim 1 or claim 3, wherein said ligand is a member selected from the group consisting of hormones derived from endocrine glands, plasma proteins, viral antigens, bacteria, .alpha.-fetoprotein, and carcinoembryonic antigens.

6. The method of claim 1 or claim 3, wherein said antibody is a monoclonal antibody.

7. The method of claim 1 or claim 3, wherein said enzyme is a member selected from the group consisting of .alpha.-amylase, cellulase, collagenase, mannase, protease, elastase, and lipase.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said macromolecular substance is insoluble starch and said enzyme is .alpha.-amylase.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein said macromolecular substance is cellulose and said enzyme is cellulase.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein saidmacromolecular substance is collagen and said enzyme is collagenase.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein said macromolecular substance is mannan and said enzyme is mannase.

12. The method of claim 7 wherein said macromolecular substance is an insoluble protein and said enzyme is protease.

13. The method of claim 7 wherein said macromolecular substance is elastin and said enzyme is elastase.

14. The method of claim 7 wherein said macromolecular substance is lipid and said enzyme is lipase.

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