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Development of a homogeneous immunoassay for the detection of fentanyl in urine.
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PMID:  20801588     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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OBJECTIVE: Fentanyl is an extremely potent synthetic opioid that is widely used for chronic pain treatment; it is highly addictive and prone to abuse. The objective is to develop a high throughput homogeneous enzyme immunoassay (HEIA) for the rapid detection of fentanyl in human urine.
METHODS: The HEIA is based on an immunoassay format in which both the antibody and enzyme-drug conjugate are in ready-to-use solution. In the absence of the target analyte in the specimen, enzyme-labeled drug conjugate binds to the antibody and results in a decrease of the enzyme (G6PDH) activity; hence there is lower absorbance at 340nm. If the target analyte is present in the specimen, it competes with the enzyme-labeled drug to bind to limited amount of specific antibody that result in more enzyme activity and yields an increased absorbance at 340nm. A polyclonal "in-house" antibody was selected that is capable of measuring fentanyl at low concentrations thus the assay detection limit was determined to be 1ng/mL. The assay was validated with clinical urine specimens that previously confirmed positively or negatively for fentanyl/norfentanyl by LC-MS/MS.
RESULTS: The intra-day (n=20) and inter-day (n=100) precision of the assay was less than 1% CV. No interferences from structurally unrelated and commonly ingested drugs were observed at a concentration of 10,000ng/mL. A total of 209 LC-MS/MS confirmed urine specimens (149 positive and 57 negative samples) were analyzed by HEIA. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy values were 99%, 95%, and 98% respectively.
CONCLUSION: This paper describes the development of a highly sensitive homogenous enzyme immunoassay for detecting fentanyl in urine at a cut-off concentration of 2ng/mL.
Authors:
Guohong Wang; Kim Huynh; Rekha Barhate; Warren Rodrigues; Christine Moore; Cynthia Coulter; Michael Vincent; James Soares
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Forensic science international     Volume:  206     ISSN:  1872-6283     ISO Abbreviation:  Forensic Sci. Int.     Publication Date:  2011 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-03-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7902034     Medline TA:  Forensic Sci Int     Country:  Ireland    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  127-31     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Immunalysis Corporation, 829 Towne Center Drive, Pomona, CA 91767, USA.
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