Eg. Matveeva et al., Development of a homogeneous phosphorescent immunoassay for the detection of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, ANAL LETTER, 34(13), 2001, pp. 2311-2320
A homogeneous immunoassay for dioxins was developed using a phosphorescent
label for detection. A dioxin derivative was conjugated to Pt-coproporphyri
n. In the assay, when the antibodies against dioxin (DD3) were bound to the
phosphorescent conjugate, the signal from Pt-coproporphyrin was quenched.
The interaction between antibody and the conjugate was studied by time-reso
lved luminescence spectroscopy. As concentrations of dioxin standards incre
ased from 39 pg/well to 2.5 ng/well the lifetime of the phosphorescence of
the short-lived component increased from 25.6 microseconds to 58.9 microsec
onds. This increase in half-life was associated with a dose dependent quenc
hing of the phosphorescence. The inhibition obtained is similar to that for
a reported enzyme-based immunoassay, but the data were obtained in minutes
instead of hours.