Use of Specific Properties of Poly-N-vinylcaprolactam in Immunochemical Reactions


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Abstract

Principal possibility of using a smart polymer, poly-N-vinylcaprolactam, for immobilization of biopharmaceuticals (antibodies and antigens) in the course of phase transition of a soluble coil into an insoluble globule was demonstrated. A procedure for preparing a hydrosol stable at room temperature in the presence of a stabilizer was examined. The hydrosol obtained, in which the collapsed polymer with the captured antigen acts as a solid support, can be used for agglutination with a complementary antibody, i.e., the immunochemical reaction can be evaluated visually.

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I. P. Chikhacheva

Moscow University of Technology (Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies)

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Email: chipova1941@mail.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Vernadskogo 86, Moscow, 119571

T. B. Shumova

Moscow University of Technology (Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies)

Email: chipova1941@mail.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Vernadskogo 86, Moscow, 119571

O. F. Khokhlachev

All-Russia Research Veterinary Institute of Poultry Farming, Branch of the All-Russia Research and Technological Institute of Poultry Farming

Email: chipova1941@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 198412

O. B. Novikova

All-Russia Research Veterinary Institute of Poultry Farming, Branch of the All-Russia Research and Technological Institute of Poultry Farming

Email: chipova1941@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 198412

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