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Sandwich-type enzyme immunoassay for big endothelin-1 in plasma: concentrations in healthy human subjects unaffected by sex or posture

1997; American Association for Clinical Chemistry; Volume: 43; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/clinchem/43.1.64

1530-8561

Philippe Aubin, G Brun, Florina Moldovan, Jean‐Marie Villette, Christophe Créminon, Jacques Dumas, Laurence Homyrda, Hany Soliman, Michel Azizi, Jean Fiet,

Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

A sandwich-type enzyme immunoassay has been developed for measuring human big endothelin-1 (big ET-1) in human plasma and supernatant fluids from human cell cultures. Big ET-1 is the precursor of endothelin 1 (ET-1), the most potent vasoconstrictor known. A rabbit antibody raised against the big ET-1 COOH-terminus fragment was used as an immobilized antibody (anti-P16). The Fab' fragment of a monoclonal antibody (1B3) raised against the ET-1 loop fragment was used as the enzyme-labeled antibody, after being coupled to acetylcholinesterase. The lowest detectable value in the assay was 1.2 pg/mL (0.12 pg/well). The assay was highly specific for big ET-1, demonstrating no cross-reactivity with ET-1, <0.4% cross-reactivity with big endothelin-2 (big ET-2), and <0.1% with big endothelin-3 (big ET-3). We used this assay to evaluate the effect of two different postural positions (supine and standing) on plasma big ET-1 concentrations in 11 male and 11 female healthy subjects. Data analysis revealed that neither sex nor body position influenced plasma big ET-1 concentrations. This assay should thus permit the detection of possible variations in plasma concentrations of big ET-1 in certain pathologies and, in association with ET-1 assay, make possible in vitro study of endothelin-converting enzyme activity in cell models. Such studies could clarify the physiological and clinical roles of this family of peptides.