Immobilization of antibodies on alginate-chitosan beads

An anti-hapten IgG was covalently immobilized on glutaraldehyde-activated a lginate-chitosan gel beads. The antibody immobilization efficiency was infl uenced by glutaraldehyde-bead reaction time, IgG concentration and pH. In a ddition, immobilization conditions such as glutaraldehyde, and antibody con centrations influenced antibody hapten binding affinity. The immobilized Ig G on the beads was stable and no reduction in the percent binding to hapten was noticed following 25 days of storage. It was concluded that antibodies could be successfully immobilized on alginate-chitosan gel beads. Such a s ystem can be applied for the development of immunoaffinity purification and immunoassays. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.