Regeneration of adsorbed and covalently immobilized antibodies on solid phases for immunoassay.

A technique for the reproducible re-use of antibody-coated solid phases for immunoassays is described. The method based on the dissociation of the antigen-antibody complexes. Two different procedures, using glycine buffer (pH 2.3) or ethanolamine, were developed. More than ten immunoassay cycles can be realized with the same antibody-coated microtitre plates. These procedures were tested with competitive and sandwich immunoassays, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, and a commercial immunoassay kit.