[Limulus test using a chromogenic method: application to the control of pyrogens in blood derivatives]. 1985

F Martel, and N Adenot, and G Denhaut, and F Martin, and F Robert, and B Chataing

We report here the application of the LAL Test to a chromogenic substrate to detect endotoxins in Human Blood Products. In order to reduce the cost, we used a microplate procedure with the Multiskan Reader. Quantitative results in the range of 0,01 to 0,1 ng/ml allowed for a good correlation with the Rabbit Pyrogen test. For 20% albumins and 4% albumins, the mean endotoxins levels of non pyrogenic lots were 0,38 +/- 0,18 and 0,09 +/- 0,03 ng/ml. All the lots which passed the Rabbit Pyrogen test had endotoxins levels lower than 1 ng/ml and 0,2 ng/ml, respectively. We can use this test for other plasma derivatives; Gammaglobulines and PPSB are easily tested. Dried Concentrated Antihemophilic Factor and Dried plasma contain citrate which inhibits the reaction. Dilution and Addition of Calcium Chloride overcome this inhibition. For dried plasma, we should destroy plasma inhibitors by heating at 75 degrees C. This sensitive and reproductible in vitro assay improves the control of pyrogenecity in Human Blood Products.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007202 Indicators and Reagents Substances used for the detection, identification, analysis, etc. of chemical, biological, or pathologic processes or conditions. Indicators are substances that change in physical appearance, e.g., color, at or approaching the endpoint of a chemical titration, e.g., on the passage between acidity and alkalinity. Reagents are substances used for the detection or determination of another substance by chemical or microscopical means, especially analysis. Types of reagents are precipitants, solvents, oxidizers, reducers, fluxes, and colorimetric reagents. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed, p301, p499) Indicator,Reagent,Reagents,Indicators,Reagents and Indicators
D008033 Limulus Test Sensitive method for detection of bacterial endotoxins and endotoxin-like substances that depends on the in vitro gelation of Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL), prepared from the circulating blood (amebocytes) of the horseshoe crab, by the endotoxin or related compound. Used for detection of endotoxin in body fluids and parenteral pharmaceuticals. Limulus Tests,Test, Limulus,Tests, Limulus
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.
D011749 Pyrogens Substances capable of increasing BODY TEMPERATURE and cause FEVER and may be used for FEVER THERAPY. They may be of microbial origin, often POLYSACCHARIDES, and may contaminate distilled water. Pyrogen
D001803 Blood Transfusion The introduction of whole blood or blood component directly into the blood stream. (Dorland, 27th ed) Blood Transfusions,Transfusion, Blood,Transfusions, Blood
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
D004731 Endotoxins Toxins closely associated with the living cytoplasm or cell wall of certain microorganisms, which do not readily diffuse into the culture medium, but are released upon lysis of the cells. Endotoxin
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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