Open AccessDevelopment and Troubleshooting in Lateral Flow Immunochromatography Assays
Author(s) -
Ajaikumar Sukumaran,
Thushara Thomas,
Riji Thomas,
Rhema Elizabeth Thomas,
Jofy K Paul,
Damodaran Vasudevan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of clinical biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 42
ISSN - 0970-1915
DOI - 10.1007/s12291-020-00887-5
Subject(s) - analyte , troubleshooting , chemistry , immunoassay , chromatography , antibody , detector , immunology , medicine , computer science , telecommunications , operating system
The development of Lateral Flow Immunochromatography Assay can be divided into two levels; standardizing membrane characteristics and optimizing molecular level immunoassay reaction between analyte and detector molecules. In the preliminary phase the reaction specificity of capture and detector antibodies with the analyte has to be checked with other techniques like ELISA. Molarity and pH of conjugation buffer have prime importance in the immunoreaction among analyte and antibodies. Epitope mapping of the capture and detector antibodies is also recommended to confirm the specificity of the assay. Standardization of membrane characteristics directly relates to the sensitivity of the assay through its porosity, hydrophobicity, protein holding/releasing capacity and wicking rate. Under optimised condition a perfect Lateral Flow Immunochromatography Assay should have high on-rate (target binding efficiency), low off-rate (target releasing efficiency) and low Cross-reactivity. In this manuscript, we share our experience, especially on developmental strategies and troubleshooting, that we have experienced during Lateral Flow Immunochromatography Assay kit development.