Electroimmunoquantitation of serum proteins cross-linked by glutaraldehyde

Electroimmunoassay is a simple, rapid and accurate method for quantitating the serum proteins. By use of glutaraldehyde, intermolecular cross-linkage of immunoglobulins to albumin was effected. The conjugation resulted in increased electrophoretic mobility of the immunoglobulins without perceptible change in antigenic determinants. With a Tris-EDTA-boric acid buffer system, the cross-linked immunoglobulins migrated anodically in an electrical field. Six serum proteins from each of 20 samples were quantitated by electroimmunoassay, and the results correlated with values obtained by radial immunodiffusion.