Novel supports carrying side chains, processes for obtaining these supports, process for attaching organic compounds having carbohydrate residues one said supports, products and reagents resulting from said chemical fixation

Claim 2

A process for agglutinating a biologically active analyte to an immunochemical reagent comprising forming on an insoluble support base a side chain having from three to ten carbon atoms and at least one reactive --NH 2 group, by reacting a compound selected from the group consisting of diamines, polyamines, amino-acids, aliphatic hydrazines bearing an acid group, and aromatic hydrazines bearing an acid group with an insoluble support base bearing at least one carboxyl group or at least one amino group in the presence of a condensation agent to covalently bind said compound to said support base to form a side chain on said insoluble support base; oxidizing into a CHO group at least one --CH 2 OH group of an organic compound having a carbohydrate residue; attaching the organic compound to said support by reacting said --CHO group with at least one reactive --NH 2 on said side chain to chemically attach the organic compound on said support; and combining said analyte and said support under conditions suitable for agglutination.

Claim 3

A process according to claim 1, in which the compound covalently bound to the insoluble solid support is a diamine.

Claim 4

A process according to claim 2, in which the diamine is selected from the group consisting of hexamethylenediamine and diaminopropane.

Claim 5

The process of claim 1, further comprising coupling a nitrogen containing compound having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms and at least one reactive --NH 2 , to said side chain; said nitrogen containing compound selected from the group consisting of aliphatic amines, aromatic amines, aliphatic hydrazines, aromatic hydrazines and amino acids, to form a longer side chain containing at least one reactive --NH 2 .

Claim 6

The process of claim 4, wherein said nitrogen containing compound is an amino acid containing both an NH 2 and a --SH group capable of forming a hetero-cyclic in the presence of the CHO group of the organic compound to be attached.

Claim 7

The process of claims 1, 4 or 5, wherein when said reactive NH 2 is a terminal primary amine group, stabilizing the resulting Schiff base by chemical reduction.

Claim 8

The process of claim 4, wherein said coupling is performed in the presence of a coupling agent.

Claim 9

A process according to claims 1 or 7, wherein said condensation and said coupling agents are selected from the groups consisting of glutaraldehyde, N-hydroxyl-succinimide and a totally or partially water-soluble carbodiimide of the general formula R--N═C═N--R in which R represents an alkyl radical having 2 to 12 carbon atoms; a cycloalkyl radical having 5 or 6 carbon atoms; a mono-aryl substituted lower alkyl radical; a monoaryl radical; a lower alkyl radical substituted by a morpholinyl group, a lower alkyl radical substituted by a piperidyl group, an ethylpiperidyl radical; a lower dialkylamino radical; a lower alkyl radical substituted by a pyridyle group, their acid addition salts with acids and their quaternary ammonium salts, the two R radicals being identical or different.

Claim 10

A process according to claim 7, in which the coupling and condensation agents are added in two successive steps.

Claim 11

A process according to claim 4, in which the nitrogen-containing compound is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of β-alanine, ε-amino-caproic acid, amino-acids having their carboxyl groups esterified by an N-hydroxylsuccinimide group, and amino-acids carrying both --SH groups and --NH 2 groups capable of forming a heterocycle in the presence of the --CHO groups of the organic compound to be bound onto said support.

Claim 12

A process according to claim 4, in which the nitrogen-containing compound is a hydrazine selected from the group consisting of p-hydrazino-benzoic acid, and adipic dihydrazide.

Claim 13

A process according to claims 1 or 4, in which the bound compound is a polyamine selected from the group consisting of spermidine, diaminopropylamine and spermine.

Claim 14

A process according to claim 1, in which the bound compound is an amino-acid selected from the group consisting of β-alanine, ε-amino-caproic acid, amino-acids having their carboxyl groups esterified by an N-hydroxylsuccinimide group, and amino-acids carrying both --SH groups and --NH 2 groups capable of forming a heterocycle in the presence of the --CHO group of the organic compound to be bound onto said support.

Claim 15

A process according to claims 1 or 4, in which the amino compound attached by covalent bonds to said insoluble solid support is, a basic dye.

Claim 16

A process according to claims 1, or 4, in which the covalent binding of the side chains on the support is effected in a non-agglutinant buffer, containing no free --NH 2 groups and at a pH betweenn 6.0 and 8.8.

Claim 17

A process according to claims 1, 4, 5, in which the covalent binding is followed by the desorption of remaining non-coupled reagents.

Claim 18

A process according to claims 1, 4 or 5, in which the insoluble solid support is selected from the group consisting of latex spheres, agarose beads, dextran beads, and activated glass beads.

Claim 19

A process according to claims 1, 4 or 5, in which the insoluble solid support to which are bound the said side chains, carries carboxyl groups, through the intermediary of which the side chains are bound on said support.

Claim 20

A process according to claims 1, 4 or 5, in which the solid insoluble support carries --NH 2 groups through the intermediary of which the said side chains are bound on said support.

Claim 21

A process for chemically binding according to claims 1, 4 or 5, wherein said oxidation of the --CH 2 OH group to a --CHO group, is effected with sodium periodate.

Claim 22

A process according to claims 1, 4 or 5, in which the oxidation of the --CH 2 OH group to a --CHO group is effected enzymically.

Claim 23

A process according to claim 21, in which the enzyme used to carry out the oxidation of the --CH 2 OH group to a --CHO group enzymically is selected from the group consisting of glucose-oxidase, fucose-oxidase and galactose-oxidase, where the last-but-one residue of the carbohydrate chain is respectively glucose, fucose or galactose.

Claim 24

A process according to claim 1, 4 or 5, in which the organic compound containing a carbohydrate residue is subjected, prior to the transformation of at least one of the --CH 2 OH groups thereof to a --CHO group by oxidation, to a treatment with neuraminidase, when the terminal residue of the carbohydrate chain is sialic acid, which treatment eliminates said sialic acid.

Claim 25

A process according to any one of claims 1, 4 or 5, in which the binding of the organic compound havig a carbohydrate residue is effected through the intermediary of said carbohydrate residue, by transforming two adjacent functional groups of said residue into --CHO functions, then causing these --CHO groups and reacting said groups with a reactive --NH 2 of the side chains bound to the insoluble solid support.

Claim 26

A process according to any one of claims 1, 4 or 5, in which the oxidation reaction of the carbohydrate residue of the organic compound to be bound to the support is effected at about pH 6.

Claim 27

The process of claim 1 further comprising using an oxidizing agent to aid in the oxidation.

Claim 28

A process according to claim 26, in which the excess of oxidising agent is eliminated at the end of the said oxidation reaction.

Claim 29

An immunochemical reagent for agglutinating a biologically active analyate comprising a support base having a size which permits agglutination and having a side chain with 3 to 20 carbon atoms and at least one reactive --NH 2 covalently bound to said support base; said side chain having attached thereto an organic compound being capable of agglutinating said analyte without reducing the biological activity of said analyte; said side chain selected from the group consisting of aromatic amines, polyamines having at least three amine groups, amino-acids aliphatic hydrazines bearing an acid group, aromatic hydrazines bearing an acid group, and a coupled compound formed by coupling a compound selected from the group consisting of amines, polyamines, diacids, amino-acids, aliphatic hydrazines bearing an acid group and aromatic hydrazines bearing an acid group, by the intermediary of the compound's reactive --NH 2 , with a nitrogen-containing compound by carrying also at least one reactive --NH 2 and selected from the group consisting of aliphatic amines, aromatic amines, aliphatic hydrazines, aromatic hydrazines, and amino-acids; said support base selected from the group consisting of latex spheres, agarose beads, dextran beads, and activated glass beads.

Claim 30

An immunochemical reagent for agglutinating a biologically active analyate comprising a support base having a size which permits agglutination and having a side chain with 3 to 20 carbon atoms and at least one reactive --NH 2 covalently bound to said support base; said side chain having attached thereto an organic compound being capable of agglutinating said analyte without reducing the biological activity of said analyte; said side chain selected from the group consisting of aromatic amines, polyamines having at least three amine groups, amino-acids aliphatic hydrazines bearing an acid group, aromatic hydrazines bearing an acid group, and a coupled compound formed by coupling a compound selected from the group consisting of amines, polyamines, diacids, amino-acids, aliphatic hydrazines bearing an acid group and aromatic hydrazines bearing an acid group, by the intermediary of the compound's reactive --NH 2 , with a nitrogen-containing compound by carrying also at least one reactive --NH 2 and selected from the group consisting of aliphatic amines, aromatic amines, aliphatic hydrazines, aromatic hydrazines, and amino-acids; said support base selected from the group consisting of latex spheres, agarose beads, dextran beads, and activated glass beads.

Claim 31

A support according to claim 28, in which the side chains covalently bound onto said support result from the coupling of a compound selected from the group consisting of amines, polyamines, diacids, amino-acids, aliphatic and aromatic hydrazines bearing an acid group, by the intermediary of its reactive --NH 2 , with a nitrogen-containing compound carrying at least one reactive --NH 2 and selected from the group consisting of aliphatic amines, aromatic amines, aliphatic hydrazines, aromatic hydrazines, and amino-acids.

Claim 32

A support according to claim 29, in which the insoluble solid support carries chains of hexamethylenediamine (HMD) advantageously coupled through the intermediary of their reactive --NH 2 to adipic dihydrazide, or p-hydrazinobenzoic acid.

Claim 33

A support according to claim 29, in which the insoluble solid support carries a side chain selected from the group consisting of spermidine, diamino-propylamine, spermine, and amino-acids having its carboxyl group esterified by a N-hydroxyl-succinimide group, and coupled through the intermediary of their reactive --NH 2 , to adipic dihydrazide, p-hydrazino or benzoic acid.

Claim 34

A support according to claim 29, in which the insoluble solid support carries side chains comprising an amino-acid selected from the group consisting of β-alanine and ε-amino-caproic acid coupled to diaminopropane, adipic dihydrazide, or p-hydrazino-benzoic acid.

Claim 35

A support according to claim 29, in which said side chains are amino-acids carrying both --SH and --NH 2 groups capable of forming a heterocycle in the presence of the --CHO group of the organic compound to be bound.

Claim 36

A support according to claim 33, in which the amino acid carrying both a --SH and a --NH 2 group, bound to said support, is cysteine or one of its homdogues, which forms in the presence of the --CHO group of the compound to be bound unto said support, a thiazolidine derivative.

Claim 37

A colored support according to claim 29, in which the side chains fixed to the support result from the coupling of an amine or polyamine with an acid function, and a basic dye selected from the group consisting of aliphatic amines, aromatic amines and hydrazines whereby the support is colored.

Claim 38

A support according to claim 35, further comprising a non-agglutinating buffer to preserve said support.