THE RELATIONSHIP OF RADIOIMMUNOASSAY TO BIOASSAY: IN VITRO STUDIES WITH SYNTHETIC LYSINE VASOPRESSIN IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION INACTIVATED BY HEAT

1978 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Løve Lembøl

ABSTRACT The relationship of radioimmunoassay to pressor assay and antidiuretic assay was investigated in a simple in vitro system of synthetic lysine vasopressin in aqueous solution inactivated by heating at 100°C for 9, 18, 27, 36, 54 and 72 h. An apparent dissociation between radioimmunoassay and bioassay was demonstrated, with biological activity being lost more rapidly than immunological activity. The half-times were 32 h for radioimmunoassay, 23 h for antidiuretic assay and 22 h for pressor assay. However, ion-exchange chromatography showed immunological heterogeneity but biological homogeneity of the lysine vasopressin used, and indicated that the presence of impurities in the vasopressin might to some extent explain the discrepancy between assay results. Synthetic arginine vasopressin and arginine vasopressin of pituitary origin showed a similar immunological heterogeneity by ion-exchange chromatography.

1980 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
G P James ◽  
M H DJang ◽  
H H Hamilton

Abstract When a series of patients' urine samples supplemented in vitro with chlorpromazine or imipramine was assayed with the Forrest qualitative assays, we observed an occasional false-negative result, which we found was attributable to interference by ascorbic acid. It interferes with the reagent, not with the analytes, in both assays. We easily eliminated this interference with the phenothiazine test by using an anion-exchange resin. Eliminating the interference with the assay for imipramine, however, is more difficult; false-negative results can be obtained even after ion-exchange chromatography if the imipramine concentration is less than 50 mg/L.


1973 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. JOAN REED ◽  
S. R. STITCH

SUMMARY The uptake of 65Zn and [1,2-3H]testosterone by minced tissue of human benign hypertrophic prostates and the subcellular distribution of radioactivity were examined. The nature of steroid and 65Zn binding by the cytosol (105000 g supernatant) fraction was investigated by gel filtration, ion-exchange chromatography and electrophoresis. It was found that steroid binding after incubation at 4°C was specific. One or two regions of steroid binding were observed after gel filtration of the cytosol using Sephadex G-200, depending upon incubation conditions. Binding of 65Zn was found in the low molecular weight peak after G-200 gel filtration. Equimolar CdCl2 and 65ZnCl2 were incubated with [1,2-3H]testosterone and minced tissue and the cytosol was subjected to gel filtration. Compared with control values, without CdCl2, reduction of 65Zn binding by about 50% occurred, while binding of 3H-labelled steroid was unaffected. Electrophoresis and ion-exchange chromatography showed that 65Zn and 3H-labelled steroid were bound to different proteins. A sample of the zinc-binding protein was prepared by ion-exchange chromatography and the homogeneity was checked by electrophoresis.


1989 ◽  
Vol 263 (2) ◽  
pp. 477-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Deistung ◽  
R C Bray

A procedure is described for isolation of the pterin molybdenum cofactor, in the active molybdenum-containing state, starting from purified milk xanthine oxidase. The method depends on the use of anaerobic-glove-cabinet techniques and on working in aqueous solution, in the presence of 1 mM-Na2S2O4. SDS was used to denature the protein, followed by ion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration. The cofactor, obtained at concentrations up to 0.5-1.0 mM, was fully active in the nit-1 assay [Hawkes & Bray (1984) Biochem. J. 214, 481-493], with a specific activity of 22 nmol of NO2-/min per pg-atom of Mo (with 15% molybdate-dependence). The Mr, determined by gel filtration, was about 610, consistent with the structure proposed by Kramer, Johnson, Ribeiro, Millington & Rajagopalan [(1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 16357-16363]. At pH 5.9, under anaerobic conditions, the cofactor was stable for at least 300 h at 20-25 degrees C.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingyu Ye ◽  
Wenlong Shen ◽  
Minglei Shi ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Cunshuan Xu ◽  
...  

Background. Entolimod is a Salmonella enterica flagellin derivate. Previous work has demonstrated that entolimod effectively protects mice and non-human primates from ionizing radiation. However, it caused a “flu-like” syndrome after radioprotective and anticancer clinical application, indicating some type of immunogenicity and toxicity. Cyclization is commonly used to improve the in vivo stability and activity of peptides and proteins. Methods. We designed and constructed cyclic entolimod using split Npu DnaE intein with almost 100% cyclization efficiency. We adopted different strategies to purify the linear and circular entolimod due to their different topologies. Results. After Ni-chelating affinity purification, the linear and circular entolimod were purified by size-exclusion and ion-exchange chromatography, respectively. Compared with linear entolimod, the circular entolimod showed significantly increased both the in vitro NF-κB signaling and in vivo radioprotective activity in mice. Discussions/Conclusions. Our data indicates that circular entolimod might be a good candidate for further clinical investigation.


2011 ◽  
Vol 879 (31) ◽  
pp. 3749-3751 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Palmeira-de-Oliveira ◽  
L.A. Passarinha ◽  
C. Gaspar ◽  
R. Palmeira-de-Oliveira ◽  
B. Sarmento ◽  
...  

1980 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-347
Author(s):  
G P James ◽  
M H DJang ◽  
H H Hamilton

Abstract When a series of patients' urine samples supplemented in vitro with chlorpromazine or imipramine was assayed with the Forrest qualitative assays, we observed an occasional false-negative result, which we found was attributable to interference by ascorbic acid. It interferes with the reagent, not with the analytes, in both assays. We easily eliminated this interference with the phenothiazine test by using an anion-exchange resin. Eliminating the interference with the assay for imipramine, however, is more difficult; false-negative results can be obtained even after ion-exchange chromatography if the imipramine concentration is less than 50 mg/L.


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