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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 247: E4-E12, 1984;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 247, Issue 1 4-12, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society

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Methods of plasma catecholamine measurement including radioimmunoassay

W. J. Raum

Fluorometric and radioenzymatic assays are presently the most widely used techniques for the estimation of plasma, urine, and tissue catecholamines. The fluorometric assay lacks specificity and sensitivity. The radioenzymatic assay is significantly more sensitive and specific but is technically very complex, time consuming, and expensive. A newer methodology has been developed by modification of a 125I radioimmunoassay for metanephrine. The assay utilizes an antibody that specifically binds metanephrine. Plasma and urinary epinephrine and norepinephrine are detected by conversion to metanephrine with the enzymes catechol-O-methyl-transferase (COMT) and phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PNMT). The major advantages of the radioimmunoassay are the savings in cost and time. The radioenzymatic assay utilizes an expensive tritium-labeled compound, S-adenosylmethionine, and requires multiple organic solvent-extraction steps, thin-layer chromatography, and liquid scintillation counting. The radioimmunoassay requires only one extraction with alumina to aid in specificity and to concentrate the catecholamines. Sample detection is by gamma counting. The radioenzymatic assay is presently the reference method for catecholamines and is best suited for small numbers of samples where sample volume is limited and exquisite sensitivity is required. The radioimmunoassay is rapid, has sufficient sensitivity, specificity, and precision for most applications and is best applied to the analysis of large numbers of samples.


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