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The standardisation of a direct radioimmunoassay for progesterone using an125I labeled progesterone prepared by iodinating the tyrosine methyl ester (TME) conjugated to a progesterone hemiphthalate derivative and an antibody prepared using progesterone linked to bovine serum albumin through 11α hemisuccinate derivative is described. The hemiphthalate derivative of progesterone was prepared by reacting 11α-hydroxy progesterone with phthalic anhydride which was then conjugated to TME by using isobutyl chloroformate. The conjugate was iodinated with125I using chloramine-T as oxidising agent and purified by thin layer chromatography. Radiochemical purity of the tracer was >95% in all batches. The tracer gave 70–75% binding with excess antibody. Assays were optimised with 8-anilino-1-naphthalene sulphonic acid (ANS) and sodium salicylate as blocking agents to release the progesterone from binding proteins. The assay optimised with sodium salicylate as blocking agent has a sensitivity of 0.25 ng/ml and a working range of 0.25–50 ng/ml, whereas the assay with ANS has a sensitivity of 0.75 ng/ml and a working range of 0.75–100 ng/ml. Serum samples were analysed and compared with the values obtained with a homologous bridge assay.
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Kothari, K., Pillai, M.R.A. Direct radioimmunoassay of serum progesterone using heterologous bridge tracer and antibody. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 231, 77–83a (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388009
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