Method for increasing the sensitivity of immunoassay system through pretreatment of urine with denaturant
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for increasing the sensitivity of an immunoassay system. In order to achieve the object, the present inventors have discovered that the sensitivity of an immunoassay system can be increased by pretreating urine and thus have completed the present invention.
1. An immunoassay method for measuring a protein in a urine specimen, comprising pretreating the urine specimen by mixing the urine specimen with cysteine and urea, or cysteine and sodium n-dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS), and then measuring the protein in the urine specimen by performing immunoassay, thereby improving assay sensitivity for the protein.
2. The immunoassay method according to claim 1 , comprising pretreating the urine specimen by mixing the urine specimen with 0.0625 mM to 16 mM cysteine and 5 mM to 320 mM urea, or 0625 mM to 16 mM cysteine and 1.43 mM to 5.74 mM sodium n-dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS), and then measuring the protein in the urine specimen by performing immunoassay.
3. The immunoassay method according to claim 1 , wherein the protein is megalin.
4. An immunoassay method for measuring a protein in a urine specimen, comprising pretreating the urine specimen by mixing the urine specimen with penicillamine and urea or penicillamine and sodium n-dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS), and then measuring the protein in the urine specimen by performing immunoassay, thereby improving assay sensitivity for the protein.
5. The immunoassay method according to claim 4 , comprising pretreating the urine specimen by mixing the urine specimen with 0.0625 mM to 64 mM penicillamine and 5 mM to 320 mM urea, or 0625 mM to 64 mM penicillamine and 1.43 mM to 5.74 mM sodium n-dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS), and then measuring the protein in the urine specimen by performing immunoassay.
6. The immunoassay method according to claim 4 , wherein the protein is megalin.