抄録
Two types of radioimmunoassay (RIA) methods for measuring endothelin (ET) in human plasma were developed. One was an extraction procedure using a Sep-Pak C18 cartridge, the other being a direct method. By the extraction method, plasma ET levels were lower than the detectable limit (7 pg/ml) in normal subjects and elevated in hemodialysis patients. The absolute values obtained via the direct method were 20-times higher than those from extraction. Gel-filtration experiments revealed that this discrepancy was mainly due to immunoreactive (IR-) endothelin-like substances of high molecular mass near 11.6 kDa (large IR-ET). Extraction of the peptide by the C18 cartridge could eliminate interference by large IR-ET and is important in the accurate measurement of ET concentrations in plasma.
本文言語 | English |
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ページ(範囲) | 239-242 |
ページ数 | 4 |
ジャーナル | FEBS Letters |
巻 | 249 |
号 | 2 |
DOI | |
出版ステータス | Published - 1989 6月 5 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 生物理学
- 構造生物学
- 生化学
- 分子生物学
- 遺伝学
- 細胞生物学