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Chemiluminescence enhancer

a technology of enhancing agent and enhancing agent, which is applied in the field of enhancing agent, can solve the problems of reducing the sensitivity of the measurement method, unable to obtain precise measurement value, and extremely low level, and achieves enhanced permeability of the enhancing agent of invention, enhanced luminescence (signal), and favorable dispersibility.

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-03-15
FUJIREBIO CO LTD
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[0025] The fine solid carriers are not particularly limited thereto, and proper carriers are selected depending on a purpose of each measurement and a constitution of a kit used. So long as it is the carrier used in the solid phase immunoassay, the effects of the invention are exerted by the chemiluminescence enhancer.
[0026] The chemiluminescence enhancer according to the invention can be prepared by the treatment using the reagent having the oxidation or reduction property. An oxidizing agent or reducing agent used here includes ammonium persulfate, sodium periodate, sodium sulfite, sodium hypochlorite, hydrogen peroxide, sodium metaperiodate, potassium permanganate, potassium dichromate, and the like. The particularly preferable oxidizing agent or reducing agent can include ammonium persulfate, sodium sulfite, sodium hypochlorite, and sodium metaperiodate, and more preferably can include sodium sulfite and sodium hypochlorite.
[0027] When the chemiluminescence enhancer according to the invention is prepared, a chemiluminescence enhancer of the above general formula [I] or [II] manufactured by the known method or the chemiluminescence enhancer of a commercially available article is treated with the above oxidizing or reducing agent under an appropriate condition. As the treatment condition, by considering chemical species, molecular weight, concentration and the like of the chemiluminescence enhancer, it is possible to appropriately select the reagent concentration, the reaction time, the reaction temperature, the solvent system used and the like of the oxidizing agent or the reducing agent. The condition is not particularly limited, and for example, when the chemiluminescence enhancer is at an amount of about several g to some hundreds g, the chemiluminescence enhancer according to the invention can be obtained by the treatment with 5 mM sodium sulfite at room temperature for one hour, or 0.1% sodium hypochlorite at room temperature for two hours, or 1 mM ammonium persulfate and 1 mM sodium metaperiodate at 60° C. for two hours, or 15% hydrogen peroxide at room temperature for 17 hours, or 1 mM potassium permanganate and 1 mM potassium dichromate at 80° C. for two hours. It is known that sodium sulfite exhibits the oxidation property or the reduction property depending on the condition.
[0028] As exemplified in the following Examples, it is desirable that the chemiluminescence enhancer of the invention is purified using a dialysis membrane which cuts off ones with and less than the molecular weight of about 14,000 after the treatment with sodium hypochlorite. It has been shown that many of the untreated chemiluminescence enhancers can not pass through a 300,000 molecular weight cut-off ultrafiltration filter whereas the chemiluminescence enhancer of the invention can pass through it. Furthermore, it has been found that even in the chemiluminescence enhancer whose permeability through the filter is low depending on the condition of oxidation / reduction, the permeability of the chemiluminescence enhancer of the invention is enhanced by changing a condition of a dialysis solution.
[0029] As exemplified in the following Examples, it has been shown that when the chemiluminescence enhancer of the invention is added to the fine solid carriers, i.e., for example, a dispersion system of magnetic particles, dispersibility is improved, compared to the addition of the untreated chemiluminescence enhancer. It is believed that the favorable dispersibility of such fine solid carriers brings enhancement and stabilization of luminescence (signal) by the enzymatic reaction of the chemiluminescent substrate having dioxetane.EXAMPLES
[0030] Hereinafter, the invention is concretely explained based on Examples. However, the invention is not limited to the following Examples.

Problems solved by technology

In the measurement methods of certain test samples, e.g., nucleic acids, a viral antibody and other proteins, in which a detection at a low level is required, the chemiluminescence reduced by the quenching reaction in combination with unavoidable background signals reduces the sensitivity of the measurement method, and thus in some cases, those at an extremely low level can not be detected.
In the case of being used for a signal detection in a solid phase immunoassay using antigen or / and antibody immobilized onto a fine solid carrier dispersible in a liquid medium, when the carriers are once physically aggregated, for example, in order to wash after an immune reaction, these polymers prevent the fine solid carriers from dispersing thereafter, inhibit luminescence caused by an enzymatic reaction of the chemiluminescent substrate having dioxetane depending on the concentration of the subject substance to be detected, and have sometimes had a problem in that no precise measurement value can be obtained.

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Effect of Untreated TBQ and Oxidized / Reduced TBQ on Chemiluminescence Measurement

[0031] To 2 ml of TBQ solution (35.2 mg / ml), 2 ml of 2 mM sodium sulfite solution, 0.015% (effective chlorine concentration) sodium hypochlorite solution, 2 mM sodium metaperiodate or 2 mM ammonium persulfate was added, mixed, and subsequently treated at 60° C. for 4 hours. This treated TBQ was dispensed in a dialysis membrane (molecular weight cut-off, 12,000 to 14,000, supplied from Sanko Junyaku Co., Ltd.), and then dialyzed using MilliQ water (ultrapure water) as an external solution to make the treated TBQ. Next, 0.4 mg / ml AMPPD solution (0.2 M diethanolamine (DEA), 1 mM magnesium chloride (MgCl2), 0.05% sodium azide (NaN3), pH 10.0) containing 0.8 mg / ml untreated TBQ or treated TBQ was prepared (substrate solution). Magnetic particles (200 μl) binding 0.015% alkali phosphatase (ALP) was dispensed in a reaction vessel, and the particles were attracted to a magnet by putting the magnet close to the...

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Effect of Untreated TBQ and Oxidized / Reduced TBQ on Particle Dispersion

[0032] DEA solution (0.1 M, pH 10.0) containing 0.8 mg / ml untreated TBQ or treated TBQ was prepared. Then, 100 μl of 0.03% magnetic particles were dispensed in a reaction vessel, and the particles were attracted to a magnet by putting the magnet close to the particles and the supernatant was eliminated. The DEA solution (200 μl) including the above TBQ was added and stirred for 30 seconds. Fifteen seconds after stirring, 150 μl was taken from a solution surface by a Pipetman (supplied from Gilson, a micropipette), dispensed in a cell for a spectrophotometer, and after 10 seconds, a turbidity (OD500) was measured by the spectrophotometer (UV-1200, supplied from Shimadzu Corporation). This result is shown in Table 2. Compared to the untreated TBQ, in the treated TBQ group, the turbidity was higher and the dispersion of particles was enhanced.

TABLE 2Treated TBQAmmoniumUntreated TBQNa sulfiteNa hypochloriteNa meta...

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Effect of Untreated TBQ and Oxidized / Reduced TBQ on Chemiluminescence Measurement

[0033] To 2 ml of 35.2 mg / ml TBQ solution, 2 ml of a solution including 0.005%, 0.05%, or 0.5% sodium hypochlorite as an effective chlorine concentration was added, mixed, and subsequently left at 25° C. for 24 hours. Next, a mixture is dispensed in a dialysis membrane (molecular weight cut-off, 12,000 to 14,000 supplied from Sanko Junyaku Co., Ltd.), and subsequently the dialysis using MilliQ water as an external solution was performed to make the treated TBQ. Then, 0.2 mg / ml AMPPD solution (0.1 M DEA, 1 mM MgCl2, 0.05% NaN3, pH 10.0) containing 0.8 mg / ml untreated TBQ or treated TBQ was prepared (substrate solution). Next, 200 μl of 0.015% ALP-binding magnetic particles were dispensed in a reaction vessel, and the particles were attracted to a magnet by putting the magnet close to the particles, and the supernatant was eliminate and washed. Then, 200 μl of the above substrate solution was added and m...

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Abstract

The present invention provides a chemiluminescence enhancer treated to retain favorable dispersibility of fine solid carriers and stably exert a chemiluminescence enhancing action. The invention provides a chemiluminescence enhancer used for signal detection in a solid phase immunoassay using antigen or / and antibody immobilized onto fine solid carriers dispersible in a liquid medium, consisting of a water soluble macromolecular quaternary ammonium salt, a quaternary sulfonium salt or a quaternary phosphonium salt in order to enhance emission of light caused by an enzymatic reaction of a chemiluminescent substrate having dioxetane, wherein the chemiluminescence enhancer is given an aggregation inhibition treatment of the fine solid carriers by the treatment with an oxidizing agent or a reducing agent, and a chemiluminescence method and a kit using the chemiluminescence enhancer.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a chemiluminescence enhancer used for enhancing chemiluminescence which is caused by enzymatic action of a chemiluminescent substrate in signal detection in a solid phase immunoassay using antigen or / and antibody immobilized onto fine solid carriers dispersible in a liquid medium. BACKGROUND ART [0002] In the field of measuring trace components, particularly in the field of clinical diagnostics, measurement methods of applying principles of immunology are utilized and immunoassays using fine solid carriers as a solid phase are widely used. The fine solid carriers include erythrocytes, gelatin particles, latex particles and the like, and a quantitative analysis is performed by absorbing antigen or / and antibody on the surface thereof and reacting immunologically the antibody or / and the antigen against antigen or / and antibody in a test sample. It is well-known that the immunoassays using these fine solid carriers are also commonly...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G01N33/551C07D305/02G01N21/76G01N33/532G01N33/533
CPCG01N21/76G01N33/533G01N33/532
Inventor MORIYAMA, KAZUSHIGETANIMOTO, TETSUJIMATSUNO, TATSUKIASHIHARA, YOSHIHIRO
Owner FUJIREBIO CO LTD