Monoclonal antibodies specific for the free alpha subunit of glycoprotein hormones and their use in the development of a sensitive immunofluorometric assay
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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28(6): 633-6, Jun. 1995. ilus
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Dans Anglais
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RESUMO
Glicoprotein hormone free alpha subunit has been used as a marker for some pituitary tumors and to study the reactivity of glycoprotein hormone-producing cells under different circunstances. We describe a highly sensitive ans specific immunofluorometric assau for the measurement of serum free alpha subunit levels. The assay is based on a monoclonal antibody, specific for free alpha subunit, bound to microtiter plates. As tracer antibody we employed an europium-labelled free/complexed alpha subunit specific monoclonal antibody. Using overnight incubation and 50µl samples, the least detectable dose was of the order of 4 ng/1. Cross-reactivity with LH, TSH, FSH, and hCG was 6.5, 1.2, 4.3 and 1.1 percent, repectively. Normal adult males showed values ranging from 120 to 790ng/l, not different from normal adult premenopausal females (88 to 604 ng/l). In post-menopausal females, serum concentrations were significantly highler, ranging from 341 to 407 ng/l. In 56 patients with untreated pituitary tumors (18 "non-secreting", 25 GH-producing and 13 prolactin-producing tumors), 10 showed high values, 3 of them from the first group, 3 from the second and 4 from the third. We conclude that this highly sensitive assay can be a valualbe tool for the diagnosis and follow-up of selected patients with pituatary tumors and in other circumstances in which the glycoprotein hormone-producing cells of the pituitary require evaluation
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Sujet Principal:
Tumeurs de l'hypophyse
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Sous-unité alpha des hormones glycoprotéiques
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Hormone folliculostimulante
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Anticorps monoclonaux
Type d'étude:
Etude diagnostique
Limites du sujet:
Animaux
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Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Thème du journal:
Biologie
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Médicament
Année:
1995
Type:
Article
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