Abstract
A specific and sensitive time-resolved fluorometric sandwich immunoassay for human growth hormone (hGH) in serum and urine is described. A monoclonal anti-hGH IgG1 (5802)-coated polystyrene ball was incubated with serum or dialyzed urine and subsequently with europium ion-labeled monoclonal anti-hGH IgG1 (5801). Europium ion bound to the polystyrene ball was measured by time-resolved fluorometry. The detection limit of hGH was 0.3 pg/tube, which was 15-fold higher than that by sandwich enzyme immunoassay using horseradish peroxidase as label. The assay range of serum hGH was 15-15,000 ng/liter using 20 microliters of serum. The assay range of urinary hGH was 2-2,000 ng/liter using 150 microliters of dialyzed urine. The detection limits of hGH in serum and urine by this immunoassay were satisfactory for measuring hGH levels in serum and urine of healthy children and in serum of healthy adults and higher levels but not in urine of healthy adults and in serum and urine of patients with hGH deficiency.
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