Up to four tetra-
tert-butyl-1-[4-aminoacetamido)benzyl]diethylenetriaminetetrakis(acetato) derivatives of Fmoc glutamic acid (
1) were attached to two steroids (17
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-hydroxyprogesterone-3-
O-carboxymethyloxime
2 and 1,3,5(10)-estratriene-3,16
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,17
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-triol-6-one-6-
O-carboxymethyloxime,
3)) onsolid phase using an oligopeptide synthesizer. Upon deprotection and conversion to the correspondingeuropium(III) chelates, these steroid conjugates were used in DELFIA-based competitive fluoroimmunoassays. The more chelates conjugated to 17-
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-hydroxyprogesterone, the more diluted antiserumcould be used in an immunoassay for 17-
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-hydroxyprogesterone, without any alteration of themeasurement range. Hence, 17-
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-hydroxyprogesterone tracers with several chelates are useful whena high serum dilution factor is desired i.e., when only a limited quantity of antiserum is available.The result demonstrates the suitability and usefulness of lanthanide(III) chelates as multilabels inbioaffinity assays.