A Model On-line Flow Injection Fluorescence Immunoassay Using a Protein a Immunoreactor and Lucifer Yellow

Abstract
A heterogeneous on-line fluorescence immunoassay has been developed for a model analyte (transferrin) using a flow injection analysis system containing a controlled pore glass protein A immunoreactor. Lucifer yellow VS (LYVS) a 4-aminonaphthalimide with a large stokes shift and pH independence was the fluorophore. For each assay the antibody-protein A reaction takes place at near neutral pH, and the complexes are eluted at acid pH. Transferrin levels in human serum has been determined by this method, and good within assay variations have been achieved.