Serological techniques for detection of antibody to galactocerebroside.

Two serological techniques were developed for the detection of antibody to galactocerebroside using liposomes as a carrier for the lipid hapten. One assay is a radioimmunoprecipitation test employing [3H] cholesterol as a marker in the galactocerebroside-liposomes. The other is a less sensitive but quick and easy galactocerebroside-liposome agglutination assay. Specificity is demonstrated by comparison of titers when other lipid haptens replace galactocerebroside in the liposomes, and when other anti-glycolipid antisera are reacted with galactocerebroside-liposomes.