This application relates to a detection
reagent, kit, and method that simultaneously improves sensitivity and broadens the detection range in
competitive immunoassay. The
reagent includes a detection
antibody bound to luminescent microspheres that specifically binds to
analyte molecules in the sample, and two sets of labeled antigens containing the same competing
antigen and labeled molecules of different molecular weights bound to it. The competing
antigen competes with the
analyte molecule for binding to the detection
antibody, and the affinity of the competing
antigen for binding to the detection
antibody is higher than that of the
analyte molecule for binding to the detection antibody. The technical solution of this application, by using two sets of labeled antigens with different affinities, ensures that the labeled antigens that play a dominant role in samples with varying concentrations of analyte molecules differ. This is suitable for
competitive immunoassay of
small molecule antigens or haptens in both low-concentration and high-concentration samples, and can broaden the detection range while ensuring high functional sensitivity.