ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENT ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY
    5.
    发明公开
    ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENT ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY 失效
    电化学发光酶免疫分析

    公开(公告)号:EP0871887A4

    公开(公告)日:2000-04-26

    申请号:EP96923291

    申请日:1996-06-06

    申请人: IGEN INT INC

    摘要: Electrochemiluminescent-labels and enzyme substrates, which preferably are conjugated, are used in immunoassays and electrochemiluminescence is generated catalytically. In conventional electrochemiluminescence immunoassays, an anti-analyte antibody molecule can give rise to typically 6-8 electrochemiluminescence-active ruthenium atoms, while in the present invention, each enzyme-labeled anti-analyte molecule can give rise to thousands of electrochemiluminescence-active ruthenium atoms per second. An exemplary immunoassay is based on a catalytic process employing lactamase-conjugated anti-analytes which enzymatically hydrolyze electrochemiluminescent-labeled substrates, making them strongly electrochemiluminescent. The electrochemiluminescence signal generated by each anti-analyte molecule (i.e., each analyte molecule) is much greater than with the conventional method. Accordingly, greater sensitivity can be gained in the measurement of low concentrations of a given immunoassay analyte.

    ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENT ENZYME BIOSENSORS
    9.
    发明公开
    ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENT ENZYME BIOSENSORS 失效
    电化学生物传感器的酶

    公开(公告)号:EP0837949A4

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-17

    申请号:EP96923261

    申请日:1996-06-06

    申请人: IGEN INT INC

    发明人: MARTIN MARK T

    摘要: Electrochemiluminescent enzymes, their preparation and use as biosensors are disclosed. Specifically, two appendages are covalently attached to a desired dehydrogenase enzyme; (1) a nicotinamide adenine cofactor or analog thereof, and (2) a luminescent ruthenium complex. For example, glucose concentration is the following way. A doubly-modified glucose dehydrogenase could oxidize glucose with concomitant reduction of the attached NAD to NADH. Because NADH, but not NAD , is able to interact with surface ruthenium to promote ECL, only enzyme molecules that have reacted with glucose will emit light from their ruthenium label in an ECL instrument. The relative close proximity of NADH and ruthenium on the enzyme surface enhances light emission as compared to the same concentrations in free solution. When NADH reduces ruthenium, it returns to become NAD , permitting multiple cycles of ECL light emission from a single enzyme molecule. Such biosensors can be used in solution or bound to a solid surface. Assays employing the biosensor molecules can be performed on an IGEN Origen3 Analyzer.