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Peptides ; 146: 170649, 2021 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34543678

RESUMO

The receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) binds oxytocin (OT) and transports it from the blood to the brain. As RAGE's OT-binding capacity was lost in RAGE knockout (KO) mice, we predicted that circulating concentrations of unbound (free) OT should be elevated compared to wild-type (WT) mice. However, this hypothesis has not yet been investigated. Unfortunately, the evaluation of the dynamics of circulating free and bound plasma OT is unclear in immunoassays, in part because of interference from plasma proteins. A radioimmunoassay (RIA) is considered the gold standard method for overcoming this issue, but is more challenging to implement; thus, commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) are more commonly used. Here, we developed a pre-treatment method to remove the interference-causing components from plasma before performing ELISA. The acetonitrile protein precipitation (PPT) approach was reliable, with fewer steps needed to measure free OT concentrations than by solid-phase extraction of plasma samples. PPT-extracted plasma samples yielded higher concentrations of OT in RAGE KO mice than in WT mice using ELISA. After peripheral OT injection, free OT plasma levels spiked immediately then rapidly declined in WT mice, but remained high in KO mice. These results suggest that plasma samples with PPT pre-treatment appear to be superior and that circulating soluble RAGE can most likely serve as a buffer for plasma OT, which indicates a novel physiological function of RAGE.


Assuntos
Ocitocina/sangue , Receptor para Produtos Finais de Glicação Avançada/sangue , Animais , Eletroforese em Gel de Poliacrilamida , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Feminino , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos ICR , Camundongos Knockout , Receptor para Produtos Finais de Glicação Avançada/genética
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