Author:
Bernard A M,Foidart J M,Mahieu P,Viau C,Lauwerys R R
Abstract
Abstract
We describe a latex particle agglutination assay for detecting circulating antibodies against laminin, a noncollagenous glycoprotein of basement membranes. Polystyrene latex particles on which laminin has been adsorbed are incubated with serum for about 25 min at 42-45 degrees C. The agglutination is then measured by counting residual unagglutinated particles. Polyethylene glycol 6000 enhances the agglutination. The assay is fully automated, yielding results in about 45 min, for 50 samples per hour. Addition of purified laminin abolishes the agglutination of laminin-coated particles in practically all positive sera. The anti-laminin antibody titers obtained by this latex immunoassay and by radioimmunoassay correlated well in 161 sera from patients with suspected or established renal diseases. The agglutination assay more frequently gave positive results for cases of glomerulonephritis with linear deposits (20/22 cases) than for glomerulonephritis with granular deposits (7/68) or glomerulonephritis with no glomerular deposits (2/13). The finding of low anti-laminin antibody titers in sera from about 15% (34/230) of the healthy subjects suggests that these autoantibodies are pathogenic only in certain circumstances.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Biochemistry (medical),Clinical Biochemistry
Cited by
11 articles.
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