Magnetic gel suitable to immunoenzymatic determinations
AssigneeEtablissement declare d'Utilite Publique diti Institut Pasteur
InventorsStratis Avrameas, Jean-Luc Guesdon
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Abstract
The invention relates to a magnetic gel which is useful for immunoezymatic determinations. Said gel consisting, for example, of polyacrylamideagarose and magnetic particles, coupled with an antibody, can be used for rapid determinations of the antigens contained in a biological liquid, the presence of magnetic particles permitting rapid separation of the gel from the reaction medium by means of a magnetic field and considerably shortening the time required for determinations.
Claims5
A method for the immunoenzymatic assay of a biological liquid containing antibodies or antigens which comprises incubating said liquid in contact with a magnetic gel comprising particles of about 50 to 500 .mu.m of a gel selected from the group consisting of polyacrylamide, agarose and mixtures thereof, magnetic particles embedded within the gel, protein molecules, and a coupling agent chemically linking the gel with embedded magnetic particles to the protein molecules, washing the gel so incubated, magnetically separating the gel from the washing medium, incubating the gel with enzyme-labelled antibodies or antigens, magnetically separating the gel, and and measuring the enzyme activity of the gel, which indicates the content of antibodies or antigens contained in the liquid being assayed.
A magnetic gel for immunoassays comprising particles of about 50 to 500 .mu.m of a polyacrylamideagarose gel, magnetic particles embedded within the gel, said particles being selected from the group consisting of magnetite, ferrite and iron powder particles, protein molecules, and a coupling agent chemically linking the gel with embedded magnetic particles to the protein molecules.
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