以競爭性ELISA法(CI-ELISA)來測定牛乳乳鐵蛋白(LF)抗原與蛋黃中抗LF特異性抗體間之解離常數(Kd)與親合常數(Ka),而同時以兔與雞之抗血清為對照組。於溶液狀態下,抗原-抗體混合物中抗原濃度增加時則ELISA數值降低,說明溶液中游離之LF分子與固定於盤中LF對於抗LF特異性IgY抗體間之競爭更增加。由Klotz Plots法計算得知LF對抗LF特異性IgY抗體間之Kd及Ka值分別約為2.6×10^(-8) M及0.5×10(-8) M^(-1)。1500倍稀釋後,粗IgY、雞抗血清及兔抗血清之Kd數值皆非常接近於親合性膠體純化之抗LF特異性IgY抗體,顯示溶液狀態下之競爭性ELISA法對於抗原-IgY抗體平衡親合力之數值測定,可直接與含IgY樣品檢測。
Competitive indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (CI-ELISA) was employed to perform the affinity measurement of dissociation constant (Kd) and affinity constants (Ka) for bovine milk lactoferrin (LF) and IgY (immunoglobulin in yolk) specific against LF using antisera from rabbit and hen as references. In liquid phase equilibrium measurements by CI-ELISA, the elevation in antigen level in antigen-antibody mixtures decreased the ELISA values, suggesting the increased competition of free LF in solution with that coated on plate for LF-specific IgY purified by immunoaffinity chromatography (purified IgY). From the Klotz plots of the binding of LF to purified IgY, Kd and Ka were determined to be about 2.6×10^(-8) M and 0.5×10^(-8) M^(-1), respectively. The Kd values of 1500-fold diluted crude IgY, diluted sera from hen and rabbit were determined to be very close to that of purified IgY, revealing that CI-ELISA under liquid phase equilibrium by CI-ELISA was appropriate for the affinity measurement of IgY samples.