PMID: 8969632Dec 1, 1996Paper

Microtiter plate immunoenzymometric assay for estrogen receptor

Clinical Chemistry
V DelageS Saez

Abstract

The estrogen receptor (ER) status of breast cancer is used both as a prognostic factor and as a predictor of response to endocrine therapy. An immunoenzymometric assay for ER was developed on 96-well microtiter plates (EIA96). This technique involves two monoclonal antibodies directed against different epitopes in the B domain of ER. The two-step protocol (16-18 h and 3 h at 4 degrees C) requires 100 microL of cytosol. This assay showed a detection limit of 0.58 pmol/L. Intra- and interassay CVs of clinical specimens were < or = 5% except for the least concentrated sample (6.5 pmol/L, CV = 6.7%). In a comparison study involving cytosols of breast adenocarcinoma tissue biopsies, we compared the EIA96 with the radioligand assay (RLA) and the Abbott ER-EIA, widely used techniques for determining ER concentration in cytosols of breast cancer tumors. The two EIAs showed excellent agreement; however, two samples showed discrepant results by EIA96 and RLA.

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