WO1986006493A1 - Method and device for carrying out immunological assays - Google Patents

Method and device for carrying out immunological assays Download PDF

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WO1986006493A1
WO1986006493A1 PCT/FI1986/000041 FI8600041W WO8606493A1 WO 1986006493 A1 WO1986006493 A1 WO 1986006493A1 FI 8600041 W FI8600041 W FI 8600041W WO 8606493 A1 WO8606493 A1 WO 8606493A1
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Juhani Luotola
Tapani Tiusanen
Jukka Savonlahti
Hannu Harjunmaa
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C—MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C1/00—Magnetic separation
    • B03C1/02—Magnetic separation acting directly on the substance being separated
    • B03C1/28—Magnetic plugs and dipsticks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C—MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C1/00—Magnetic separation
    • B03C1/005—Pretreatment specially adapted for magnetic separation
    • B03C1/01—Pretreatment specially adapted for magnetic separation by addition of magnetic adjuvants
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N33/00—Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/00 - G01N31/00
    • G01N33/48—Biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Haemocytometers
    • G01N33/50—Chemical analysis of biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Testing involving biospecific ligand binding methods; Immunological testing
    • G01N33/53—Immunoassay; Biospecific binding assay; Materials therefor
    • G01N33/543—Immunoassay; Biospecific binding assay; Materials therefor with an insoluble carrier for immobilising immunochemicals
    • G01N33/54313—Immunoassay; Biospecific binding assay; Materials therefor with an insoluble carrier for immobilising immunochemicals the carrier being characterised by its particulate form
    • G01N33/54326—Magnetic particles
    • G01N33/54333—Modification of conditions of immunological binding reaction, e.g. use of more than one type of particle, use of chemical agents to improve binding, choice of incubation time or application of magnetic field during binding reaction
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N35/00—Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups G01N1/00 - G01N33/00; Handling materials therefor
    • G01N35/0098—Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups G01N1/00 - G01N33/00; Handling materials therefor involving analyte bound to insoluble magnetic carrier, e.g. using magnetic separation

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  • the present invention is concerned with a fluorometric or phosphori etric im unoassay method in which small polymer particles are used as the solid phase,
  • the method in accordance with the invention can be used, besides for immunoassays in general, also for blood group determinations.
  • the separation of the solid phase from the reaction solution always includes washing of the solid phase, which at present, as a rule, requires manual operations. If small polymer particles are used, like in the method of the present invention, these operations include centrifuging or magnetic deposition.
  • the object of the present' invention is to provide a simple manual method for the determination of antibodies or antigens , which said method is also suitable for use with such antibodies or antigens as are placed on the surface of cells or other particles of organic origin.
  • tracer that emits radiation which said tracer may be in soluble form or preferably on polymer particles, is, together with particles that contain a magnetic mate ⁇ rial, immobilized on the antibody (or antigen) to be determined by means of an immunological bond.
  • the magnetic particles and everything that has been immobilized on them by means of the immuno ⁇ logical bonds are pulled onto the face of a magnet to be submerged into the reaction solution.
  • the magnet belonging to the apparatus in accordance with the inven- tion is preferably placed at the end of a rod, and the magnet is preferably provided with a protective cover, onto which the particles become positioned.
  • the rod and the particles ahdering to it are pulled out of the reac ⁇ tion solution, and thereinafter the rod can be submerged into any washing and fixing solutions that may be needed.
  • the rod with the particles adhering to it are, if desired, provided with a second protective cover and placed in a reading apparatus in accordance with the invention, wherein the radiation from the particle mass is measured in a way in itself known.
  • the protective covers or one of them may be, in advance, provided with a substance affecting the intensity of the radiation signal, such as, e.g., a substrate of the enzyme used as the tracer, which substrate is made fluorescent by the enzyme.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a reaction solution, in which, besides the sample to be studied, there are also magnetic and fluorescent particles.
  • Figure 2 illustrates pulling of the particle mass onto the end of the magnetic rod.
  • Figure 3 shows the reading apparatus.
  • Figure 4 shows the rod with the magnet and with the protective covers attached to it.
  • Figure 5 shows a protective cover to be placed on the magnet.
  • a sample which contains antibody 1 and which has been diluted appropriately is placed in a reaction vessel 6 (Fig. 1).
  • Magnetic particles 2 and fluorescent par- tides 3 are also administered into the vessel, both of which have been coated with an antigen 4 corresponding to the antibody 1.
  • Ordinary incubation is carried out.
  • the antibody 1 to be determined adheres both to the magnetic particles 2 and to the fluorescent particles 3, also causing adherence of these particles to each other. Without the intermediate of the antibody, the magnetic and the fluorescent particles cannot adhere to each other.
  • a magnetic rod 5 (Fig. 2) is submerged into the reaction solution.
  • the magnetic particles 2 and the fluorescent particles 3 pos ⁇ sibly adhering to them are collected by the effect of the magnet 11 onto the end of the rod 5.
  • the rod 5 is lifted ' off the reaction solution and submerged in a washing solution. After washing, the rod 5 is placed into a measurement opening 8 provided in the reading apparatus 7 (Fig. 3) , in which said opening the fluorescence of the particle mass is measured by using an excitation light of suitable colour and by detecting the fluorescent radiation emitted from the particle mass.
  • FIG. 4 shows the magnetic rod to be used in particular in the method.
  • the rod comprises a tubular outer sleeve 9, composed of two parts connected to each other, and an inner rod 10 gliding in the sleeve. At the bottom end of the inner rod 10, there is a permanent magnet 11.
  • the bottom end of the rod is conical, and onto the bottom end cup-shaped protective covers 12 and 13, placed one inside the other, have been pressed by means of a friction joint.
  • the inner cover 12 is placed into its position before the rod is submerged into the reaction solution, and the outer cover 13 is pushed onto the inner cover after the washing stage.
  • the protective covers are preferably disposable, and by their use it is possible to prevent contamination and wetting of the rod proper, on one hand, and of the measurement apparatus, on the other hand.
  • the protective covers joined together can also be detached from the rod before measurement.
  • the top end of the inner rod 10 extends to outside the outer sleeve 9, thus forming a press knob 14 by whose depression the covers 12 and 13 can be detached.
  • a spiral spring 16 is fitted between the annular flange 15 and the bottom tip of the outer sleeve, which said spring pushes the inner rod to its upper position.
  • the outer sleeve 9 is further provided with a limiter flange 17, and the inner rod with a shoulder 18, which prevent removing of the inner rod out of the sleeve.
  • Figure 5 is a more detailed view of the pro ⁇ tective cover used on the rod.
  • the cover is a cup made of a suitable material not interfering with the measure ⁇ ment, the bottom of the said cup being provided with feet 19.
  • This sub ⁇ stance may be, e.g., a substrate of the enzyme used as the tracer, which substrate is made fluorescent by the enzyme.
  • a fluorescent substance may also be placed into the cover, for which substance the radiation emitted from the sample acts as excitation radiation. In this way it is possible to transfer the signal to a longer, more readily detectable wavelength.
  • a rod it is also possible to use an object of some other form which is provided with a magnet.
  • the magnet may also be an electric magnet, in which case the rod must, of course, be provided with the necessary connection for the supply of electricity.
  • Such an embodiment may be concerned if it is desirable to eliminate the magnetic field in between.
  • the reading apparatus may be provided with automatic means which start the measurement immediately after the rod has been inserted into the measurement opening.
  • the measurement equipment itself comprises a source of light, from which the excitation radiation is passed to the sample, a detector, into which the emission radiation is passed, as well as the necessary optics and equipment for the processing and display of the measurement result.
  • reaction vessel can be shaped such that the rod can be pushed into it only up to a certain depth, whereby only the protective cover placed at the end of the rod becomes wet.
  • the substance to be determined may, of course, be an antibody equally well as an antigen, and the radiation of the tracer may be, e.g., phosphorescent or radioactive radiation.

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Method and equipment for carrying out immunoassays, wherein to a solution containing the antibody to be determined, magnetic particles (2) coated with the corresponding antigen as well as tracer particles (3) coated with the corresponding antigen are added, after the immunological reaction the magnetic particles and the tracer particles adhering to them by the intermediate of the antibody are separated from the reaction solution, and the radiation emitted by the separated particles is measured. The magnetic particles are separated from the reaction solution by pushing a magnetic piece (5) into the solution and by pulling it out of the solution after the magnetic particles have adhered to it, whereupon the radiation emitted by the separated particles is measured.

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Method and device for carrying out immunological assays
The present invention is concerned with a fluorometric or phosphori etric im unoassay method in which small polymer particles are used as the solid phase, The method in accordance with the invention can be used, besides for immunoassays in general, also for blood group determinations.
In prior art, methods are known which are based on immobilization of an antibody or antigen on an antigen or antibody in advance placed on a solid face as well as on the use of an antibody or antigen labelled with a tracer. Such methods are, e.g., RIA (Radioimmuno- assay) and SP-FIA (Solid Phase Fluoroimmunoassay) . In all of these methods, the solid face on which the immuno¬ logical reaction has taken place and the reaction solu¬ tion must be separated from each other before the signal of the tracer is measured in order that the excess* tracer present in the reaction solution should not cover the signal of the tracer present in the antibody or antigen immobilized on the solid phase. The signal concerned may be, e.g., radioactivity (RIA), fluores¬ cence signal (FIA) or even enzyme activity (EIA) .
The separation of the solid phase from the reaction solution always includes washing of the solid phase, which at present, as a rule, requires manual operations. If small polymer particles are used, like in the method of the present invention, these operations include centrifuging or magnetic deposition. The object of the present' invention is to provide a simple manual method for the determination of antibodies or antigens , which said method is also suitable for use with such antibodies or antigens as are placed on the surface of cells or other particles of organic origin.
In the assay method in accordance with the invention, tracer that emits radiation, which said tracer may be in soluble form or preferably on polymer particles, is, together with particles that contain a magnetic mate¬ rial, immobilized on the antibody (or antigen) to be determined by means of an immunological bond. After the immobilization, the magnetic particles and everything that has been immobilized on them by means of the immuno¬ logical bonds are pulled onto the face of a magnet to be submerged into the reaction solution. The magnet belonging to the apparatus in accordance with the inven- tion is preferably placed at the end of a rod, and the magnet is preferably provided with a protective cover, onto which the particles become positioned. The rod and the particles ahdering to it are pulled out of the reac¬ tion solution, and thereinafter the rod can be submerged into any washing and fixing solutions that may be needed. Finally, the rod with the particles adhering to it are, if desired, provided with a second protective cover and placed in a reading apparatus in accordance with the invention, wherein the radiation from the particle mass is measured in a way in itself known. The protective covers or one of them may be, in advance, provided with a substance affecting the intensity of the radiation signal, such as, e.g., a substrate of the enzyme used as the tracer, which substrate is made fluorescent by the enzyme.
A preferred exemplifying embodiment of the invention with its apparatuses is illustrated by means of the accompanying figures.
Figure 1 illustrates a reaction solution, in which, besides the sample to be studied, there are also magnetic and fluorescent particles.
Figure 2 illustrates pulling of the particle mass onto the end of the magnetic rod.
Figure 3 shows the reading apparatus. Figure 4 shows the rod with the magnet and with the protective covers attached to it.
Figure 5 shows a protective cover to be placed on the magnet.
A sample, which contains antibody 1 and which has been diluted appropriately is placed in a reaction vessel 6 (Fig. 1). Magnetic particles 2 and fluorescent par- tides 3 are also administered into the vessel, both of which have been coated with an antigen 4 corresponding to the antibody 1. Ordinary incubation is carried out. The antibody 1 to be determined adheres both to the magnetic particles 2 and to the fluorescent particles 3, also causing adherence of these particles to each other. Without the intermediate of the antibody, the magnetic and the fluorescent particles cannot adhere to each other. Upon completion of the reaction, a magnetic rod 5 (Fig. 2) is submerged into the reaction solution. The magnetic particles 2 and the fluorescent particles 3 pos¬ sibly adhering to them are collected by the effect of the magnet 11 onto the end of the rod 5. Hereupon the rod 5 is lifted' off the reaction solution and submerged in a washing solution. After washing, the rod 5 is placed into a measurement opening 8 provided in the reading apparatus 7 (Fig. 3) , in which said opening the fluorescence of the particle mass is measured by using an excitation light of suitable colour and by detecting the fluorescent radiation emitted from the particle mass.
Figure 4 shows the magnetic rod to be used in particular in the method. The rod comprises a tubular outer sleeve 9, composed of two parts connected to each other, and an inner rod 10 gliding in the sleeve. At the bottom end of the inner rod 10, there is a permanent magnet 11.
The bottom end of the rod is conical, and onto the bottom end cup-shaped protective covers 12 and 13, placed one inside the other, have been pressed by means of a friction joint. The inner cover 12 is placed into its position before the rod is submerged into the reaction solution, and the outer cover 13 is pushed onto the inner cover after the washing stage. Thus, the particles adhering to the rod from the reaction solution remain between the protective covers 12 and 13. The protective covers are preferably disposable, and by their use it is possible to prevent contamination and wetting of the rod proper, on one hand, and of the measurement apparatus, on the other hand. The protective covers joined together can also be detached from the rod before measurement. The top end of the inner rod 10 extends to outside the outer sleeve 9, thus forming a press knob 14 by whose depression the covers 12 and 13 can be detached. Around the inner rod 10, a spiral spring 16 is fitted between the annular flange 15 and the bottom tip of the outer sleeve, which said spring pushes the inner rod to its upper position. The outer sleeve 9 is further provided with a limiter flange 17, and the inner rod with a shoulder 18, which prevent removing of the inner rod out of the sleeve. Figure 5 is a more detailed view of the pro¬ tective cover used on the rod. The cover is a cup made of a suitable material not interfering with the measure¬ ment, the bottom of the said cup being provided with feet 19. Into the cover, it is possible to place a substance affecting the fluorescence signal. This sub¬ stance may be, e.g., a substrate of the enzyme used as the tracer, which substrate is made fluorescent by the enzyme. If desired, a fluorescent substance may also be placed into the cover, for which substance the radiation emitted from the sample acts as excitation radiation. In this way it is possible to transfer the signal to a longer, more readily detectable wavelength. In stead of a rod, it is also possible to use an object of some other form which is provided with a magnet.
The magnet may also be an electric magnet, in which case the rod must, of course, be provided with the necessary connection for the supply of electricity. Such an embodiment may be concerned if it is desirable to eliminate the magnetic field in between.
The reading apparatus may be provided with automatic means which start the measurement immediately after the rod has been inserted into the measurement opening. The measurement equipment itself comprises a source of light, from which the excitation radiation is passed to the sample, a detector, into which the emission radiation is passed, as well as the necessary optics and equipment for the processing and display of the measurement result.
If desired, the reaction vessel can be shaped such that the rod can be pushed into it only up to a certain depth, whereby only the protective cover placed at the end of the rod becomes wet.
The substance to be determined may, of course, be an antibody equally well as an antigen, and the radiation of the tracer may be, e.g., phosphorescent or radioactive radiation.

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WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. Method for carrying out immunoaεsays, in which said method to a solution containing the anti- body (1) to be determined, magnetic particles (2) coated with the corresponding antigen (4) as well as tracer particles (3) emitting radiation and coated with the cor¬ responding antigen are added, after the immunological reaction the magnetic particles and the tracer particles adhering to them by the intermediate of the antibody are separated from the reaction solution, and the radiation emitted by the separated particles is measured, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the magnetic particles are separated from the reaction solution by pushing a magnetic piece (5) into the solution and pulling it out of the solution after the magnetic particles have adhered to it, whereupon the radiation emitted by the separated particles is measured.
2. Method as claimed in claim 1, c h a r - a c t e r i z e d in that before the magnetic piece is inserted int the reaction solution, an inner protective cover (12) is attached to the piece, which said cover prevents contamination of the magnetic piece.
3. Method as claimed in claim 1 , c h a r - a c t e r i z e d in that the radiation emitted by the separated particles is measured when the particles still adhere to the magnetic piece and that, before measure¬ ment, an outer protective cover (13) is attached onto the magnetic piece, which said cover (13) prevents con- tamination of the measurement apparatus used.
4. Method as claimed in claim 2, c h a r ¬ a c t e r i z e d in that, before the radiation is measured, an outer protective cover (13) is attached onto the inner protective cover (12).
5. Equipment for carrying out the method as claimed in claim 1 , w h i c h comprises a reaction vessel (6) , a magnetic piece (5) to be inserted into the reaction vessel, as well as a measurement apparatus (7) for the measurement of the fluorescence of the particles adhering to the magnetic piece.
6. Equipment as claimed in claim 5, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the magnetic piece is a rod (5), whose bottom tip is provided with a magnet (11)
7. Equipment as claimed in claim 6, c h a r ¬ a c t e r i z e d in that the magnet is a permanent magnet (11-) .
8. Equipment as claimed in claim 6, c h a r ¬ a c t e r i z e d in that the rod (5) is provided with a tubular outer sleeve (9) and with an inner rod (10) placed inside the said sleeve, the bottom tip of the said inner rod being provided with a magnet (11), and that the inner rod can move at least a certain distance to underneath the bottom tip of the outer sleeve.
9. Equipment as claimed in claim 8, c h a r ¬ a c t e r i z e d in that the rod (5) is provided with a spring (16), which presses the upper rod (10) to its upper position.
10. Equipment as claimed in claim 6, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the bottom tip of the rod (5) is conical.
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