TY - JOUR
T1 - Transient nature of interference effects from heterophile antibodies
T2 - Examples of interference with cardiac marker measurements
AU - Kazmierczak, Steven C.
AU - Catrou, Paul G.
AU - Briley, Kimberly P.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Two-site immunoassay methods have become the standard technique for measurement of a wide variety of drugs, hormones, and cell proteins. One limitation of these methods is their susceptibility to interference from heterophilic antibodies present in the sera of some patients. Human anti-murine antibodies represent a common heterophile antibody that can bind to mouse immunoglobulin and as well as to immunoglobulin from other species. While the mechanism of human anti-murine antibody interference has been well characterized, the time course over which this interference occurs and the susceptibility of different immunoassay procedures to human anti-murine antibody interference from patients with human anti-murine antibody have not been as well described. We report on the time course of interference in assays for cardiac markers for two patients with human anti-murine antibodies. We measured creatine kinase MB isoenzyme (CKMB) and troponins I and T using three different vendors' immunoassay procedures. Our results demonstrate that assay interference due to human anti-murine antibody interference is a transient phenomenon. In one of our patients, human anti-murine antibody interference appeared suddenly, peaked approximately 9 days following its appearance, and gradually resolved over the next 3 weeks. In addition, we found that immunoassay methods from different vendors can show highly variable interference effects when human anti-murine antibody-containing specimens are analyzed.
AB - Two-site immunoassay methods have become the standard technique for measurement of a wide variety of drugs, hormones, and cell proteins. One limitation of these methods is their susceptibility to interference from heterophilic antibodies present in the sera of some patients. Human anti-murine antibodies represent a common heterophile antibody that can bind to mouse immunoglobulin and as well as to immunoglobulin from other species. While the mechanism of human anti-murine antibody interference has been well characterized, the time course over which this interference occurs and the susceptibility of different immunoassay procedures to human anti-murine antibody interference from patients with human anti-murine antibody have not been as well described. We report on the time course of interference in assays for cardiac markers for two patients with human anti-murine antibodies. We measured creatine kinase MB isoenzyme (CKMB) and troponins I and T using three different vendors' immunoassay procedures. Our results demonstrate that assay interference due to human anti-murine antibody interference is a transient phenomenon. In one of our patients, human anti-murine antibody interference appeared suddenly, peaked approximately 9 days following its appearance, and gradually resolved over the next 3 weeks. In addition, we found that immunoassay methods from different vendors can show highly variable interference effects when human anti-murine antibody-containing specimens are analyzed.
KW - Cardiac marker measurement
KW - Human anti-murine antibodies
KW - Interference
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U2 - 10.1515/CCLM.2000.006
DO - 10.1515/CCLM.2000.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 10774959
AN - SCOPUS:0034026889
SN - 1434-6621
VL - 38
SP - 33
EP - 39
JO - Zeitschrift fur klinische Chemie und klinische Biochemie
JF - Zeitschrift fur klinische Chemie und klinische Biochemie
IS - 1
ER -