[Improvement of total prostate specific antigen(PSA) assay from the "Skewed molar-response" to the "Equimolar-response" by utilizing anti free-PSA monoclonal antibodies]

Rinsho Byori. 2002 Feb;50(2):202-6.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Prostate specific antigen(PSA) is widely used as a marker for screening and monitoring prostate cancer. However, there are several assay methods, which often give different PSA values for the same patient sample. A possible cause of these discrepancies might be the varied immunoreactivity with free-PSA and complex-PSA among methods. This study revealed that pre-treatment of samples with anti-free-PSA monoclonal antibodies improved polyclonal antibodies-based non equimolar PSA assay to equimolar assay. This might be achieved by that the monoclonal antibodies bind to free-PSA and then change its reactivities with polyclonal antibodies to those similar to complex-PSA.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / blood*
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen