Immobilization of anti-galectin-3 onto polysiloxane-polyvinyl alcohol disks for tumor prostatic diseases diagnosis

Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2010 Apr;160(8):2198-207. doi: 10.1007/s12010-009-8753-2. Epub 2009 Sep 2.

Abstract

This work aimed to immobilize the antibody anti-galectin-3 onto polysiloxane-polyvinyl alcohol (POS-PVA) support, to evaluate its capacity to capture the serum antigen galectin-3 and to quantify by ELISA the antigen levels in sera from patients with prostatic adenocarcinoma (PA) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and healthy individuals. Also, for comparative effect, the galectin-3 expression in the prostate tissue through immunohistochemistry was evaluated. The optical density (galectin-3 level) values established for the sera from PA and BPH patients were lower compared with those found for the healthy individuals. Galectin-3 immunohistochemically showed a significant increase and reduction of the cytoplasmatic protein expression in BPH and PA, respectively, compared with the normal prostate. These results showed that POS-PVA disks could be used as solid phase to immobilize serum galectins and in immunoassays procedures for the correspondent IgG anti-galectins detection in human sera.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biopsy
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods
  • Galectin 3* / blood
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polyvinyl Alcohol / chemistry*
  • Prostate / cytology
  • Prostate / metabolism
  • Prostate / pathology
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia* / blood
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia* / diagnosis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms* / blood
  • Prostatic Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Siloxanes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Galectin 3
  • Siloxanes
  • Polyvinyl Alcohol