Abstract
A highly specific enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of lactate dehydrogenase-1 (LD-1) has been developed. A competition assay is described with polyclonal antibody to LD-1 passively adsorbed on an ELISA 96-well plate, with non-labelled and labelled LD-1 antigen competing The LD-1 antigen is conjugated to alkaline phosphatase (ALP) using the one step glutaraldehyde method. A linear range of 10–4000 U/L was obtained, and cross-reactivity was only observed with LD-2 It was possible to eliminate this cross-reactivity by carrying out the final incubation step at 65°C. The developed assay was applied to the analysis of spiked serum and plasma samples and the recoveries obtained were acceptable.