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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
Up-Converting Phosphor Technology (UPT) is based on lanthanide-containing, submicrometer-sized, ceramic particles that can absorb infrared light and emit visible light. Biological matrices do not up-convert; hence, there is no contribution to test background from sample autofluorescence. Up-converting phosphors do not photobleach and are inert to common assay interferants such as hemoglobin. A reader called UPlink has been developed to interrogate lateral flow test strips that utilize UPT labels. The reader contains a miniaturized, 1-W, infrared laser with peak emission at 980 nm. Preliminary assays that use up-converting phosphor labels, including tests for a drugs of abuse panel and Escherichia coli O157:H7, have been developed. In a "sandwich" assay format, 10(3) org/mL E. coli O157:H7 organisms were detectable in a negative control background of 10(9) other organisms per milliliter of culture medium. Coefficients of variation in concentrations tested from 0 to 10(7) org/mL were all < or =10%. In a competitive inhibition assay format, a multiplexed test simultaneously detected amphetamine, methamphetamine, phencyclidine, and opiates in saliva. For all assays, the percent displacement at 10 ng/mL was > or =40% demonstrating performance comparable with lab-based, commercially available EIAs. All assays were complete in 10 min. The development of rapid tests using UPT creates new applications for on-site testing with sensitivity not available using other label technologies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0003-2697
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
293
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
22-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Amphetamine-Related Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Antibodies, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Central Nervous System Stimulants, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Colorimetry, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Cross Reactions, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Escherichia coli O157, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Immunoenzyme Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Liposomes, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Luminescent Measurements, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Methamphetamine, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Narcotic Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Narcotics, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Phencyclidine, pubmed-meshheading:11373074-Sensitivity and Specificity
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of analytes by immunoassay using up-converting phosphor technology.
pubmed:affiliation
OraSure Technologies, Inc., 150 Webster Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-1389, USA. sniedbala@orasure.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article