Intrinsic tritium labeling of the capsular polysaccharide antigen of Haemophilus influenzae type B.
J Immunol, 1978/3;120(3):866-70.
PMID: 75930
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Abstract
The capsular polysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae type b was intrinsically labeled with tritium by a microculture technique with 6-3H-D-glucose and was isolated in radioantigenically pure form by a combination of selective precipitation and molecular sieve chromatography. Labeling with tritated sugar residues approached one-fourth maximum and produced a specific activity 10-fold that previously described for extrinsic labeling methods. In radioantigen-binding assays for antibody, sensitivity depended on the size of the antigen; preparations were readily made that could detect 0.01 microgram Ab/ml in serum samples of 25 microliter. Stability of the labeled antigen appears limited only by the primary radiodecomposition of tritium.
MeSH terms
Animals; Antigens, Bacterial; Binding Sites, Antibody; Chloramphenicol; Chromatography, Gel; Epitopes; Haemophilus influenzae; Humans; Polysaccharides, Bacterial; Rabbits; Tritium
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