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A simple and sensitive chromogen assay for the measurement of elastase-type enzyme activity in human plasma. 1988

C Franck, and I Byrjalsen

National Institute of Occupational Health, Denmark.

A highly sensitive, precise and fast automatic chromogen assay has been developed for estimation of elastase-type activity in plasma using 3-carboxypropionyl-trialanine p-nitro-anilide as substrate. The assay is linear up to at least 8.7 U/l and has a detection limit of 0.003 U/l. The study demonstrates that this enzyme activity is due to one or several metalloproteinases with pH optimum at physiological pH. The plasma enzyme activity in 37 healthy persons ranged from 0.10 U/l to 0.63 U/l. The individual day to day variation was found to be about 12%. In plasma pools prepared from randomly taken samples of in- and out-patients the activity was found up to 8.7 U/l. The origin of the metalloelastase activity is discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008297	Male		Males
D008832	Microchemistry	The development and use of techniques and equipment to study or perform chemical reactions, with small quantities of materials, frequently less than a milligram or a milliliter.
D009842	Oligopeptides	Peptides composed of between two and twelve amino acids.	Oligopeptide
D010196	Pancreatic Elastase	A protease of broad specificity, obtained from dried pancreas. Molecular weight is approximately 25,000. The enzyme breaks down elastin, the specific protein of elastic fibers, and digests other proteins such as fibrin, hemoglobin, and albumin. EC 3.4.21.36.	Elastase,Pancreatopeptidase,Elastase I,Pancreatic Elastase I,Elastase I, Pancreatic,Elastase, Pancreatic
D012016	Reference Values	The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality.	Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D002863	Chromogenic Compounds	Colorless, endogenous or exogenous pigment precursors that may be transformed by biological mechanisms into colored compounds; used in biochemical assays and in diagnosis as indicators, especially in the form of enzyme substrates. Synonym: chromogens (not to be confused with pigment-synthesizing bacteria also called chromogens).	Chromogenic Compound,Chromogenic Substrate,Chromogenic Substrates,Compound, Chromogenic,Compounds, Chromogenic,Substrate, Chromogenic,Substrates, Chromogenic
D004435	Eating	The consumption of edible substances.	Dietary Intake,Feed Intake,Food Intake,Macronutrient Intake,Micronutrient Intake,Nutrient Intake,Nutritional Intake,Ingestion,Dietary Intakes,Feed Intakes,Intake, Dietary,Intake, Feed,Intake, Food,Intake, Macronutrient,Intake, Micronutrient,Intake, Nutrient,Intake, Nutritional,Macronutrient Intakes,Micronutrient Intakes,Nutrient Intakes,Nutritional Intakes
D005215	Fasting	Abstaining from FOOD.	Hunger Strike,Hunger Strikes,Strike, Hunger,Strikes, Hunger
D005260	Female		Females