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A rapid and sensitive microassay for bacterial collagenase and other proteolytic activities on collagenous substrates

by Frank Green
Most of the frequent substrate digestion assays have the drawback of being tedious and costly, thus aggravating serial determinations of collagenase exercise. Within the assay introduced right here, the proteolytic response proceeds on a sheet of chromatographic paper bearing spots of dried gelatin or collagen options. After utility of the enzyme pattern, the sheets are incubated in a water-saturated ambiance for 45 min and the response merchandise are visualized by spraying with chromatographic, ninhydrin-containing peptide reagents. By its particular yellow staining, the exercise of bacterial collagenase will be discriminated from the grey, brown, pink, or violet spots that are produced by eight examined noncollagenolytic proteases.
The detection restrict for collagenase exercise reaches all the way down to 0.002 U in a pattern quantity of 1-2 microliters dropped onto a spot of 25 microliters gelatin resolution (3%), thus corresponding with the sensitivity of a traditional radioassay. The sensitivity for noncollagenolytic proteases is healthier than 2 ng per pattern, herewith exceeding a standard casein-agar diffusion take a look at. The tactic can also be evaluated for native collagen. Inside 1.5 h, 100 samples will be assayed. An instance for the applying in a collagenase purification step (ion change chromatography) can also be introduced.

A fast microassay for dirofilarial antibodies through the use of antigen-coated nitrocellulose paper

This research describes an enzyme (horseradish peroxidase)-linked immunosorbent assay utilizing nitrocellulose (NC) paper (Dot-ELISA) for the detection of antibodies towards Dirofilaria immitis in canines. Dirofilarial antigens ready had been immediately certain on NC paper set right into a microfiltration equipment to make sure their uniformity. Of the 23 contaminated canines examined, 21 had been decided optimistic by visible statement of brown-colored spots on NC paper. The optimistic and detrimental readings had been additional confirmed through the use of a densitometer.
Sera from 15 non-infected and 17 different parasite-infected canines had been all detrimental, i.e. no false optimistic readings and low cross-reactivities had been discovered utilizing this system. Additionally, numerous samples may very well be assayed concurrently inside 1.5 h. The Dot-ELISA method reported right here could also be helpful to veterinarians and likewise could also be a method of area surveying human filariasis.

Detection of human immunodeficiency virus and different retroviruses in cell tradition supernatants by a reverse transcriptase microassay.

A micromethod for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and different retroviruses in cell tradition supernatants is described which applies a DEAE ion exchanger for restoration of polynucleotides synthesized in vitro by the retroviral reverse transcriptase. Cell tradition, pattern preparation, and take a look at efficiency together with the washing step are tailored to microtitre plates. In comparison with the usual methodology this system produced much less non-specific reactions, leading to a greater than 3-fold larger sensitivity, a better reproducibility resulting from decrease intrarun variations and allowed a rise within the every day pattern accomplishment per particular person 3- to 4-fold at decrease prices per pattern.
A easy and quick hemolytic microassay was developed for the willpower of classical pathway complement exercise in mouse serum. The assay is predicated on hemolysis of sheep pink blood cells (SRBC) which are sensitized with polyclonal mouse antibodies.
  • The diploma of hemolysis was measured within the response supernatants by photometric studying in an ELISA plate scanner at 405 nm wavelength. It was discovered that some batches of unpurified mouse anti-SRBC antibodies gave inadequate hemolysis.
  • Evaluation of two antibody preparations indicated that this is perhaps attributable to anti-complementary elements within the ascites fluid, and by an extra of non-complement fixing IgG1 antibodies.
  • For optimum and standardized outcomes, elimination of anticomplementary elements and enrichment for complement fixing IgG2 antibodies was required and was achieved utilizing protein A purified anti-SRBC IgG.
  • In our assay it’s attainable to find out CH50 titers in triplicate in 80 microliters samples of particular person mouse sera with excessive sensitivity. Utilizing this fast one-step methodology giant numbers of exams may very well be carried out in 1 day.

 

Easy, fast, quantitative, syncytium-forming microassay for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus neutralizing antibody

A easy, fast, quantitative syncytium-forming microassay for the detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-I) isolates is described. A virus-syncytial delicate clone of CEM cells (CEM-SS) was recognized and made adherent to flat backside 96-well microtiter dishes. Following the addition of virus, these cells develop simply quantifiable, adherent syncytia on a background of confluent, regular CEM-SS monolayer in Four to six days. One-hit kinetics for syncytia formation had been obtained at varied multiplicities of an infection.
Syncytia are related to full virion manufacturing and cytoplasmic localization of the p24 core protein (detected by immunofluorescence). Complete infectious virus will be precisely decided on this assay; these outcomes confirmed an in depth correlation with p24 and gp120 induction when microtiter properly supernatants had been handed to recent cells and evaluated by aggressive radioimmunoassay.
Research of p24 antigen induction at and past the top level of syncytia formation indicate that there are not any detectable nonsyncytial variants in customary HIV-I shares. Six divergent HIV-I isolates (HTLV-IIIB, -RFII, -MN, -RUTZ, -CC, and LAV-1), in addition to HTLV-IIIB and LAV-1 reisolated from persistently contaminated chimpanzees, produce quantifiable syncytia which fluctuate barely of their developmental morphology.
Correct neutralization titers are readily obtained from simply constructed multiplicity curves derived from serial dilutions of take a look at sera. Inherent inside this method is a versatile methodology for finding out varied kinetics of antibody/virus interactions, in addition to blocking and interference research with any candidate antiviral compounds.
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Microassay for nuclear binding of steroid receptors with use of intact cells from small samples of avian and human tissue

A micro model of a nuclear binding assay to evaluate the organic exercise of receptors for steroid hormones was developed for utility to small (needle) biopsies of human tumors for the aim of predicting responses to steroid remedy.
This simpler assay requires 10-fold much less tissue than the unique nuclear binding assay described for progesterone receptors within the avian oviduct, endometrium, and endometrial carcinomas (Spelsberg TC, et al., Endocrinology 1987;121:631). We describe the applying of this micro assay to regular avian oviduct and cancers of the human breast, and we exhibit a tissue specificity and saturation of nuclear binding.
The micro assay reliably measured as little as 0.5 mg equivalents of tissue per assay tube. Outcomes for breast tumors decided to be estrogen-receptor-positive by the usual dextran-coated charcoal methodology had been additionally decided with this nuclear binding assay. As described beforehand for progesterone receptors in endometrial carcinomas, some receptor-positive breast biopsies displayed negligible capability for nuclear binding. Subsequently, with the current assay we’ve got recognized nonfunctional receptors in these biopsies, which can be helpful for correct prediction of sufferers’ responses to remedy with hormones.

 

Frank Green