Noncompetitive Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay for Protein Determination

Anal Chem. 2020 Nov 3;92(21):14393-14397. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02300. Epub 2020 Oct 23.

Abstract

Fluorescent polarization immunoassay (FPIA) is a single-step immunoassay method that is applicable to point-of-care testing; however, its applicability to large biomolecules has been restricted because ordinary FPIA is a competitive assay. Here, we report a noncompetitive FPIA using the variable domain from the heavy chain of a camelid antibody (VHH antibody). FPIA with VHH was successfully used to quantitate rabbit immunoglobulin G (IgG) and demonstrated a wider response range than that observed with antibody-binding (Fab) fragment. Then, using a portable FPIA instrument, a VHH-based immunoassay of human IgG in a human serum certified reference material was demonstrated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay / methods*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis*
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Limit of Detection
  • Rabbits
  • Single-Domain Antibodies / immunology

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Single-Domain Antibodies