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Radioimmunoassay for urinary albumin. [/sup 125/I tracer technique]

Conference · · Clin. Chem.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6340499
We describe a rapid, sensitive, and precise radioimmunoassay for urinary albumin (U/sub alb/). Aliquots of diluted urine were incubated at room temperature for 1 h with /sup 125/I-labelled albumin and a rabbit antiserum monospecifid for human albumin. Phase separation was effected by the double-antibody technique. The dose-response curve was linear in the range of 15.6 to 10,000 ng, equivalent to 4 to 3000 mg/liter of urine. The limit of sensitivity was 16 ng of albumin. The coefficient of assay variation was 4.8%, both at 44 mg/liter and at 1304 mg/liter. A displacement curve obtained with a serially diluted urine sample of high albumin concentration was completely superimposable with the curve for which human albumin was used as a standard. In 26 normal individuals the range for U/sub alb/ was 2.2 to 12.6 mg/24 h, and for albumin clearance (C/sub alb/), 1.8 x 10/sup -5/--19.6 x 10/sup -5/ ml/min. After renal homografts in 25 patients, U/sub alb/ ranged from 16.9 to 9928 mg/24 h, and C/sub alb/ from 2.7 x 10/sup -4/ to 1.7 x 10/sup -1/ ml/min. Both increased U/sub alb/ and C/sub alb/ correlated well with the severity of renal homograft rejection.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Texas Medical School, Houston
OSTI ID:
6340499
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Clin. Chem.; (United States) Journal Volume: 24:9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English