|
|
||||||||
Technical Briefs |
1
Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale and
2
Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, CHUR de Rouen, 76031 Rouen cedex, France
a author for
correspondence: fax 33-2-32-88-87-80, e-mail
alain.lavoinne@chu-rouen.fr
Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is now regarded as one of the most specific markers for cardiac injury, and an increasing number of commercial methods are available. We report here a study of the Immulite cTnI assay manufactured by DPC.
The Immulite cTnI assay is a sandwich immunoassay that uses a
monoclonal antibody immobilized on beads and a goat polyclonal antibody
labeled with alkaline phosphatase as a tracer (1); both
antibodies recognize epitopes localized in the N-terminal part
(residues 33110) of the protein. The chemiluminescent
substrate used for the enzymatic reaction is an ester of adamantyl
dioxetane phosphate. We used as calibrators purified human cTnI in
horse serum. The within- and between-run imprecisions (CV) were <3.9%
and 3.6%, respectively, at a mean cTnI of 1.5 µg/L (n = 20).
The minimal cTnI value quantified was 0.2 µg/L, and no detectable
cTnI was observed in 20 runs of assay diluent. The lowest
Acknowledgments
References
The following articles in journals at HighWire Press have cited this article:
![]() |
A. Lavoinne, B. Cauliez, H. Eltchaninoff, C. Tron, and A. Cribier Release of Macromolecular Cardiac Troponin I Complex after Successful Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction Clin. Chem., March 1, 2003; 49(3): 505 - 507. [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
V. Scharnhorst, H. L. Vader, and F. van der Graaf Characteristics of the Cardiac Troponin I Assay on the Immulite 2000 Analyzer Clin. Chem., September 1, 2002; 48(9): 1626 - 1627. [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |