A sandwich immunoassay for human prolyl 4-hydroxylase using monoclonal antibody.

Monoclonal antibody was used in a sandwich enzyme immunoassay and in a radioimmunoassay for human serum immunoreactive prolyl 4-hydroxylase. The enzyme immunoassay utilized a monoclonal antibody as a solid phase and horseradish peroxidase-labeled rabbit antibody (Fab') to human prolyl 4-hydroxylase as a conjugate. Sensitivity was 0.1 ng (0.4 fmol) of enzyme per tube. With a conjugate purified by an enzyme-bound affinity column, sensitivity was increased to 0.01 ng (0.04 fmol) per tube, and linearity was obtained between 0.01 to 30 ng (0.04-125 fmol) per tube. The radioimmunoassay used a 125I-labeled rabbit antibody (IgG) as the conjugate. Sensitivity of this technique was 0.4 ng of enzyme per tube. The enzyme immunoassay gave reproducible quantitation and evidenced a higher enzyme concentration in the serum of patients with liver disorders. Protein immunoblotting showed that the serum immunoreactive prolyl 4-hydroxylase trapped in the sandwich immunoassay was mainly the beta-subunit.