Determination of Total Serum Protein by Means of the Refractive Index of Serum

1962 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Drickman ◽  
Francis A. McKeon
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Serum Protein ◽  
Total Serum Protein ◽  
Total Serum

Effect of protein concentration on the determination of digoxin in serum by fluorescence polarization immunoassay.

1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1826-1829 ◽  
Author(s):  
W H Porter ◽  
V M Haver ◽  
B A Bush
Keyword(s):  
Serum Protein ◽  
Total Protein ◽  
Fluorescence Polarization ◽  
Protein Concentration ◽  
Total Serum Protein ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay ◽  
Total Protein Concentration ◽  
Protein Pellet

Abstract Determination of digoxin by fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) with the Abbott "TDx" is significantly influenced by the concentration of total serum protein. Each 10 g/L increase in serum protein results in an 8% decrease in measured digoxin. Studies with [3H]digoxin confirmed that digoxin binds to the protein pellet during the trichloroacetic acid precipitation step before the immunoassay. Serum protein, or equal concentrations of albumin or gamma-globulin, exert an equivalent effect on the apparent digoxin value. Because the total protein concentration of the assay calibrators is low (50 g/L) compared with its reference interval in serum (60-80 g/L), results by FPIA may be expected to be low by an average of 16% (range, 8-24%). Digoxin results by FPIA will be most nearly accurate when the calibrators include a total protein concentration of about 70 g/L. Patients' specimens with abnormally high or low protein content will give falsely high or low results for digoxin.

Quantification of nonenzymically glycated albumin and total serum protein by affinity chromatography.

1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 446-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
R W Yatscoff ◽  
G J Tevaarwerk ◽  
J C MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Serum Protein ◽  
Protein Concentration ◽  
Glycated Albumin ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Total Serum Protein ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Exclusion Chromatography ◽  
Free Glucose ◽  
Chromatographic Procedure

Abstract We have evaluated an affinity-chromatographic procedure for determination of glycated albumin (GA) and glycated total serum protein (GSP). Recovery of these analytes was inversely related to free glucose concentration, thus necessitating removal of free glucose. For this we used molecular-exclusion chromatography on G-25 Sephadex, or dialysis, the latter procedure resulting in significantly (p less than 0.05) lower concentrations of GSP and GA. Total protein concentration and percent glycation are also inversely related, and so protein concentrations must be standardized before the assay. Within- and between-run CVs for both GSP and GA were less than 6.5 and 18%, respectively, the determination of GA being generally the more precise of the two. Labile glycated fractions, lipemia, icterus, hemolysis, and type of anticoagulant did not affect the results, but assay temperature did. Diabetic subjects showed substantially higher concentrations of GA and GSP than did normal subjects. Because of the life span of these analytes in circulation, their measurement may provide a short-term index of glycemic control.

A candidate reference method for determination of total protein in serum. I. Development and validation.

1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 1642-1650 ◽  
Author(s):  
B T Doumas ◽  
D D Bayse ◽  
R J Carter ◽  
T Peters ◽  
R Schaffer
Keyword(s):  
Reference Material ◽  
Serum Protein ◽  
Reference Method ◽  
Total Serum Protein ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
Bovine Albumin ◽  
Color Development ◽  
Development And Validation

Abstract We developed a candidate Reference Method for measuring total serum protein by use of the biuret reaction. The method involves a previously described biuret reagent (Clin. Chem. 21: 1159, 1975) and Standard Reference Material (SRM) 927 bovine albumin (National Bureau of Standards) as the standard. At 25 degrees C, color development for 30 or 60 min provides identical serum protein values. Glucose (up to 10 g/L) and bilirubin (up to 300 mg/L) do not interfere. Hemoglobin, at 3 g/L, increases apparent serum protein by 0.4 g/L. The presence of dextran in serum causes easily detected turbidity, but this interference can be eliminated by centrifuging the reaction mixture. Therapeutic concentrations of ampicillin, carbenicillin, penicillin, oxacillin, nafcillin, chloramphenicol, cephalothin, and methicillin in blood do not interfere, nor do triglycerides up to 10 g/L. Within-run and day-to-day standard deviations of the method are 0.1 and 0.4 g/L, respectively.

Kinetic Determination of Total Serum Protein with a Centrifugal Analyzer

1974 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R Koch ◽  
George F Johnson ◽  
Max E Chilcote
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Analysis ◽  
Serum Protein ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Total Serum Protein ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Kinetic Determination ◽  
First Order

Abstract A kinetic biuret assay of total serum protein on the "CentrifiChem" centrifugal analyzer is shown to be rapid, accurate, and reasonably precise, and accommodates the most desirable analytical method and standardization currently available. Kinetic analysis of compounds undergoing first-order reactions is a useful type of analysis that is of significant advantage to the clinical laboratory.

Polarographic determination of total serum protein

1977 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.W. Alexander ◽  
R. Hoh ◽  
L.E. Smythe
Keyword(s):  
Serum Protein ◽  
Polarographic Determination ◽  
Total Serum Protein ◽  
Total Serum

PARALLEL STUDIES OF COMPLEMENT AND COAGULATION IV. EFFECT OF CARBON TETRACHLORIDE

1951 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-58
Author(s):  
Christine E. Rice ◽  
Paul Boulanger ◽  
P. J. G. Plummer
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Tetrachloride ◽  
Liver Injury ◽  
Serum Protein ◽  
Guinea Pigs ◽  
Fatty Degeneration ◽  
Blood Groups ◽  
Total Serum Protein ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Coagulation Time ◽  
Complement Activity

To determine whether liver injury would result in a parallel decline in the complement titer and coagulative properties of the blood, groups of guinea pigs were given series of injections of the liver poison, carbon tetrachloride. Marked fatty degeneration of the liver, a decline in total serum protein and albumin, a decrease in complement activity, and a prolongation of coagulation time was observed in the treated animals. A general relationship was noted between the albumin-globulin ratio and the complement titer of the serum and between the complement titer and the coagulation time of the plasma.

Muscle Weight Relationship to Serum Proteins, Hemocytes, and Hepatopancreas in the Lobster, Homarus americanus

1967 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 2339-2354 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Stewart ◽  
John W. Cornick ◽  
Diane M. Foley ◽  
M. F. Li ◽  
C. M. Bishop
Keyword(s):  
Serum Protein ◽  
Physiological Condition ◽  
Serum Proteins ◽  
Homarus Americanus ◽  
Total Serum Protein ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Muscle Weight ◽  
Beef Liver ◽  
The Relationship

Total serum protein values, hemocyte numbers, and muscle weights were determined for 216 intermolt lobsters immediately after their capture, and for 230 others held captive under a variety of dietary and environmental conditions. Average muscle values ranged from approximately 13% to the more normal 20–25% of the live animals' weight, depending upon experimental conditions. The total serum protein up to a level of 55 mg/ml was shown to be a reliable indicator of muscle weights, although the relationship was not identical for all lobster groups. It appeared to be modified chiefly by the areas from which the different groups were taken. Diet was more important than the temperatures (5 to 14 C) in affecting changes in muscle and serum protein values. Starvation caused a greater reduction (50 to 70%) in the size of the hepatopancreas than in the muscle. Histological examination of the hepatopancreatic tissue showed that the lipid content was markedly reduced upon starvation and that a degeneration of this organ was apparent for lobsters fed a beef liver and herring diet. Measurement of serum proteins would appear to be a useful technique in experiments on lobster nutrition and have value, within specified limits, for assessing the physiological condition of wild lobsters.

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