Assay for erythrocyte uroporphyrinogen I synthase activity, with porphobilinogen as substrate.

Abstract:

:We describe a convenient, economical procedure for measuring uroporphyrinogen I synthase (EC 4.3 1.8) activity in erythrocytes, the results of which can be used to diagnose acute intermittent porphyria, in either its latent or acute stage. By limiting the test reaction sequence to the conversion of porphobilinogen to porphyrins, we eliminated several disadvantages of alternative methods in which delta-aminolevulinate is used as substrate. The latter assay was inhibited by lead; our procedure was not. Our procedure also gave greater porphyrin synthesis with less substrate. Erythrocytes of healthy women presented a mean activity of 12.4 nmol of porphyrin formed per liter per second; erythrocytes of healthy men presented a mean activity of 11.0 nmol/L per second. The within-run coefficient of variation (CV) for our assay was 1.8%; the between-run CV was 3.1%.

journal_name

Clin Chem

journal_title

Clinical chemistry

authors

Ford RE,Ou CN,Ellefson RD

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1980-07-01 00:00:00

pages

1182-5

issue

8

eissn

0009-9147

issn

1530-8561

journal_volume

26

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Detecting benzodiazepines: immunoassays compared with negative chemical ionization gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.

    abstract::We tested 231 urine samples by six immunoassay methods--EMIT d.a.u., EMIT II, Roche Abuscreen Online, Abbott TDx, Diagnostic Products Corp. (DPC) double-antibody radioimmunoassay (RIA), and Biosite Triage--and by negative chemical ionization gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to determine how the immunoassays perfor...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Fitzgerald RL,Rexin DA,Herold DA

    更新日期:1994-03-01 00:00:00

  • Comparability of results by simplified methods for measuring serum lipoprotein cholesterol in a pediatric population.

    abstract::We compared serum lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations in a randomly selected subsample (n = 406) population of children (ages 5 to 17 years), as measured by the heparin-Ca2+ and the heparin-Mn2+ precipitation methods. Statistical analysis showed significant differences between results by these methods, especially i...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Srinivasan SR,Foster TA,Berenson GS

    更新日期:1980-10-01 00:00:00

  • Polymorphisms in inflammatory genes and the risk of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack: results of a multilocus genotyping assay.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in inflammation-related genes have been linked to an increased risk of ischemic stroke. Most of these SNP results have not been replicated, however, and metaanalyses of the effects of inflammation-related genes are rare. We investigated 49 SNPs in 34 genes previously re...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1373/clinchem.2008.112151

    authors: Greisenegger S,Zehetmayer S,Bauer P,Endler G,Ferrari J,Lang W,Janisiw M,Steiner L,Cheng S,Lalouschek W,Mannhalter C

    更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00

  • Improved interassay correlation of digoxin results in patients with and without renal failure by elimination of digoxin-like immunoreactive factors.

    abstract::Use of immunoassays that do not detect endogenous digoxin-like immunoreactive factors (DLIF) in serum significantly improves the between-assay correlation of digoxin results for patients. We investigated five different immunoassay methods (Abbott, Clinical Assays, Corning, Du Pont, and Syva), measuring digoxin by all ...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Skogen WF,Rea MR,Valdes R Jr

    更新日期:1987-06-01 00:00:00

  • Measurement of glycosylated hemoglobin on cellulose acetate membranes by mobile affinity electrophoresis.

    abstract::In this method for separating glycosylated from nonglycosylated hemoglobin in blood by electrophoresis on cellulose acetate membranes, we exploit the affinity of low-molecular-mass dextran sulfate for the nonglycosylated fraction, which increases the mobility of the latter relative to that of glycosylated hemoglobin. ...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Ambler J,Janik B,Walker G

    更新日期:1983-02-01 00:00:00

  • Detecting minimal residual disease in neuroblastoma: the superiority of a panel of real-time quantitative PCR markers.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:PCR-based detection of minimal residual disease (MRD) in neuroblastoma (NB) patients can be used for initial staging and monitoring therapy response in bone marrow (BM) and peripheral blood (PB). PHOX2B has been identified as a sensitive and specific MRD marker; however, its expression varies between tumors....

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1373/clinchem.2008.117945

    authors: Stutterheim J,Gerritsen A,Zappeij-Kannegieter L,Yalcin B,Dee R,van Noesel MM,Berthold F,Versteeg R,Caron HN,van der Schoot CE,Tytgat GA

    更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00

  • Effect of lyophilization on results of five enzymatic methods for cholesterol.

    abstract::We studied the effect of lyophilization of serum pools on the determination of cholesterol with the enzymatic methods used in five automated analyzers: SMAC (Technicon), the RA-1000 (Technicon), the aca (Du Pont), the TDx (Abbott), and the Ektachem 700P (Kodak). We prepared two serum pools: pool A (2.2 g/L) and pool B...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Kroll MH,Chesler R,Elin RJ

    更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00

  • Plasma amino acid pattern of patients with HIV infection.

    abstract::We measured the free amino acids in plasma of 58 patients with HIV infection and in six persons in the risk group. The HIV+ patients had significantly increased concentrations of arginine, phenylalanine, and glutamate in comparison with both age- and sex-matched controls and the members of the risk group. Glutamate co...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Ollenschläger G,Jansen S,Schindler J,Rasokat H,Schrappe-Bächer M,Roth E

    更新日期:1988-09-01 00:00:00

  • Lipoprotein(a)-cholesterol and coronary heart disease in the Framingham Heart Study.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Increased plasma lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] concentrations have been reported to be an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD) in some prospective studies, but not in others. These inconsistencies may relate to a lack of standardization and the failure of some immunoassays to measure all apolipo...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Seman LJ,DeLuca C,Jenner JL,Cupples LA,McNamara JR,Wilson PW,Castelli WP,Ordovas JM,Schaefer EJ

    更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00

  • Subclass typing of IgG paraproteins by immunofixation electrophoresis.

    abstract::We present a simple method for subclass typing of IgG paraproteins, with which we have demonstrated a large number of paraproteins that were undetected by conventional immunofixation techniques. The types and distribution of IgG subclass paraproteins were analyzed in 92 human sera in which IgG paraproteins had been de...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Klouche M,Bradwell AR,Wilhelm D,Kirchner H

    更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00

  • Comparison of enzyme immunoassay and gas chromatography for determination of carbamazepine and ethosuximide in human serum.

    abstract::Patients' sera were analyzed for carbamazepine and ethosuximide by enzyme immunoassay (x) and gas chromatography (y), and the results were compared. The correlation coefficients were: for carbamazepine, x vs. y 0.94 (n = 93); for ethosuximide, x vs. y 0.99 (n = 30). These results suggest that the two methods could be ...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Sun L,Szafir I

    更新日期:1977-09-01 00:00:00

  • Urinary excretion rates of 15 free steroids: potential utility in differential diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome.

    abstract::To evaluate their potential usefulness in the differential diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome, we estimated the urinary excretion rates of the following non-metabolized, unbound steroid hormones: pregnenolone, progesterone, 17-OH-pregnenolone, 17-OH-progesterone, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), androstenedione, testostero...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Schöneshöfer M,Weber B,Oelkers W,Nahoul K,Mantero F

    更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00

  • Three radioligands compared for determining cytoplasmic estrogen-receptor content of human breast carcinomas.

    abstract::We compared three radioligands for use in a cytoplasmic estrogen-receptor assay, using pooled cytosol from human breast adenocarcinomas. The estrogen receptor content was determined in vitro by a dextran-coated charcoal method involving a 4-h incubation with and without diethylstilbestrol. Tritiated moxestrol failed t...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Pieslor PC,Gibson RE,Eckelman WC,Oates KK,Cook B,Reba RC

    更新日期:1982-03-01 00:00:00

  • Global sequencing approach for characterizing the molecular background of hereditary iron disorders.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:New genetic forms of hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) or hereditary hyperferritinemia (HF) have been identified over the last few years, and abnormalities of various genes may interact in a single patient. This study aimed to develop a rapid automated method for sequencing the main genes involved. METHODS:We...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1373/clinchem.2007.090605

    authors: Cunat S,Giansily-Blaizot M,Bismuth M,Blanc F,Dereure O,Larrey D,Quellec AL,Pouderoux P,Rose C,Raingeard I,Renard E,Schved JF,Aguilar-Martinez P,CHU Montpellier AOI 2004 Working Group.

    更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00

  • Serum gentamicin assay by high-performance liquid chromatography.

    abstract::We describe a high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the quantitative determination of gentamicin in serum. The antibiotic was separated from serum by passage through a silicic acid column, derivatized with o-phthalaldehyde, and eluted with ethanol. The derivatized gentamicin was then separated into all th...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Maitra SK,Yoshikawa TT,Hansen JL,Nilsson-Ehle I,Palin WJ,Schotz MC,Guze LB

    更新日期:1977-12-01 00:00:00

  • Two-dimensional electrophoretic patterns of proteins of normal mucosa, polyps, and carcinomas of the large intestine.

    abstract::Two-dimensional protein maps of biopsies from normal mucosa, tubular adenomas (polyps), and colonic carcinomas in humans have been studied in order to obtain information on the possible precancerous role of intestinal polyps. The maps are complex and several hundred protein spots are seen after staining with Coomassie...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Thorsrud AK,Vatn MH,Jellum E

    更新日期:1982-04-01 00:00:00

  • Improved automated kinetic determination of uric acid in serum by use of uricase/catalase/aldehyde dehydrogenase.

    abstract::The enzymatic determination of serum uric acid by use of uricase, catalase, and aldehyde dehydrogenase according to Haeckel [J. Clin. Chem. Clin Biochem. 14, 101 (1976)] showed interferences from ethanol-converting enzymes, which are present in some patients' sera. We have identified these enzymes as alcohol dehydroge...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Bartl K,Brandhuber M,Ziegenhorn J

    更新日期:1979-04-01 00:00:00

  • Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of duchenne muscular dystrophy: comprehensive genetic diagnosis in carrier, proband, and fetus.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of monogenic disorders using maternal plasma and targeted massively parallel sequencing is being investigated actively. We previously demonstrated that comprehensive genetic diagnosis of a Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patient is feasible using a single targeted sequencing ...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1373/clinchem.2014.236380

    authors: Yoo SK,Lim BC,Byeun J,Hwang H,Kim KJ,Hwang YS,Lee J,Park JS,Lee YS,Namkung J,Park J,Lee S,Shin JY,Seo JS,Kim JI,Chae JH

    更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00

  • Direct determination of sulfate conjugates of 17-oxosteroids in urine by liquid chromatography.

    abstract::We describe a new liquid-chromatographic method with fluorescence detection for direct simultaneous determination of four urinary sulfate conjugates of 17-oxosteroids (17OS), without use of solvolysis or enzymatic hydrolysis. The 17OS sulfates in urine samples are extracted with benzene as ion pairs in the presence of...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Nishikaze O,Iwata J

    更新日期:1986-05-01 00:00:00

  • Microscale ultrafiltration technique for determining free drug in 50-microL serum samples.

    abstract::This ultrafiltration technique allows determination of free drug in 50 microL of serum. We ultrafiltered sera containing the following drugs--valproic acid (and its major metabolites), phenobarbital, diazepam, indomethacin, phenytoin, furosemide, and chloramphenicol--using both the commercially available micropartitio...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Wittfoht W,Duwe K,Kuhnz W,Nau H

    更新日期:1984-06-01 00:00:00

  • Near-infrared spectroscopy for measuring urea in hemodialysis fluids.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Near-infrared spectroscopy is proposed as a method for providing real-time urea concentrations during hemodialysis treatments. The feasibility of such noninvasive urea measurements is evaluated in undiluted dialysate fluid. METHODS:Near-infrared spectra were collected from calibration solutions of urea prep...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Eddy CV,Arnold MA

    更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00

  • Immunofluorometric demonstration and quantification of placental protein 5 in the absence of pregnancy.

    abstract::This time-resolved immunofluorometric assay (IFMA) developed for measurement of placental protein 5 (PP5) involves two antibodies: a monoclonal anti-PP5 antibody attached to a solid phase and an europium(III) chelate-labeled polyclonal anti-PP5 antibody as a tracer. The measuring range is 0.05-100 micrograms/L and the...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Bützow R,Alfthan H,Stenman UH,Suikkari AM,Bohn H,Seppälä M

    更新日期:1988-08-01 00:00:00

  • Relationship of lipoprotein(a) to variables of coagulation and fibrinolysis in a healthy population.

    abstract::In the Prospective Cardiovascular Münster (PROCAM) study, serum lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] and its relationship to pro- and anticoagulatory as well as fibrinolytic indices were determined in a large group of employees: 864 men (m) and 373 women (f), ages 16-65 years. Univariate statistical analysis showed Lp(a) concentrat...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Heinrich J,Sandkamp M,Kokott R,Schulte H,Assmann G

    更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00

  • Acyclic adenine nucleoside phosphonates in plasma determined by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection.

    abstract::9-(2-Phosphonylmethoxyethyl)adenine (PMEA), (S)-9-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl)adenine (HPMPA), and (R,S)-9-(3-fluoro-2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl)adenine (FPMPA) are selective antiviral agents with activity against a broad spectrum of DNA viruses and retroviruses. A highly sensitive method has been developed to ...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Naesens L,Balzarini J,De Clercq E

    更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00

  • Detection of inhibitors in reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide by kinetic methods.

    abstract::Methods are described for detection of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) inhibitors in preparations of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. They are (a) comparison of values by kinetic methods with those measured for highly purified NADH and (b) examination of Lineweaver-Burk plots. Chromatographic inhomogeneities are...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Howell BF,Margolis S,Schaffer R

    更新日期:1976-10-01 00:00:00

  • Mycophenolic acid binding to human serum albumin: characterization and relation to pharmacodynamics.

    abstract::Mycophenolate mofetil, the prodrug form of the immunosuppressive agent mycophenolic acid (MPA), is currently in clinical trials evaluating its effectiveness in transplant recipients. In this study, we validated an ultrafiltration system for the reliable measurement of free MPA. Using this technique, we evaluated facto...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Nowak I,Shaw LM

    更新日期:1995-07-01 00:00:00

  • Evaluation of clinical assays for measuring high-dose methotrexate in plasma.

    abstract::Four routine assays commonly used for monitoring plasma methotrexate (MTX) during high-dose therapy were validated by HPLC as the comparison method. MTX and its main metabolite, 7-hydroxymethotrexate (7-OHMTX), were analyzed by HPLC with postcolumn derivatization and fluorometric detection. About 200 clinical plasma s...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Albertioni F,Rask C,Eksborg S,Poulsen JH,Pettersson B,Beck O,Schroeder H,Peterson C

    更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00

  • Screening radioimmunoassay for aldosterone in preheated plasma without extraction and chromatography.

    abstract::We directly estimated plasma aldosterone radioimmunologically with use of an antiserum raised against an aldosterone-3-oxime/bovine serum albumin conjugate, the estimation being on samples with and without heating (60 degrees C), and diluted and undiluted. Values so obtained were compared with those by radioimmunoassa...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Connolly TM,Tibor L,Gless KH,Vecsei P

    更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00

  • Abbott radiative energy attenuation method for quantifying ethanol evaluated and compared with gas-liquid chromatography and the Du Pont aca.

    abstract::Quantification of ethanol by a radiative energy attenuation (REA) technique was evaluated and compared with results by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) and by the Du Pont aca. Within-assay CVs were less than 5.5%. Between-assay CVs ranged from 1.9% to 6.0% for serum and blood controls at concentrations of 0.5, 1.0, and...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Cary PL,Whitter PD,Johnson CA

    更新日期:1984-11-01 00:00:00

  • Basal and stimulated calcitonin and procalcitonin by various assays in patients with and without medullary thyroid cancer.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Calcitonin (CT) is a sensitive marker for evaluation of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). However, CT measurement can vary with assay- and nonassay-dependent factors, and procalcitonin (PCT) measurement has been proposed for evaluating questionable increases in CT. METHODS:We tested 2 fully automated CT assay...

    journal_title:Clinical chemistry

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1373/clinchem.2010.151688

    authors: Kratzsch J,Petzold A,Raue F,Reinhardt W,Bröcker-Preuss M,Görges R,Mann K,Karges W,Morgenthaler N,Luster M,Reiners C,Thiery J,Dralle H,Fuhrer D

    更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00