Evaluation of serum digoxin and serum cortisol by radioimmunoassay with the Concept-4. 1979

P R Walsh, and S D Abarca, and M C Wang

The solid-phase radioimmunoassay procedures for serum digoxin and cortisol with the Concept-4 were evaluated for specificity, correlation with other radioimmunoassay procedures, parallelism, recovery, carryover, and precision. 1. The detection limits of the digoxin and cortisol assays were 10 pg/tube and 40 pg/tube, respectively. These detections correspond to serum concentrations of 0.25 micrograms/liter and 20 micrograms/liter, respectively, for digoxin and cortisol. 2. Specificity of the digoxin assay was characterized by a 18.3% cross reaction with digitoxin. The anti-cortisol with 11-deoxycortisol, cross reaction with 11-deoxycortisol. 3. The values obtained with the Concept-4 for both procedures demonstrated acceptable correlations with other existing RIA procedures. 4. Dilution studies conducted to determine the parallelism of the 2 assays indicated that both assays demonstrated excellent proportionality between the volume of specimen and the quantity of analyte measured. 5. Analytical recoveries of digoxin and cortisol added to the individual assays average 95% and 101%, respectively. 6. Carryover studies indicated a routine sample-to-sample interaction of less than 0.05% for both assays. 7. The digoxin assay routinely demonstrated intra- and inter-assay variations of less than 7.4% and less than 10.0%, respectively. The precision data for cortisol indicated intra- and inter-assay variations of less than 6.7% and less than 9.1%, respectively.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011863 Radioimmunoassay Classic quantitative assay for detection of antigen-antibody reactions using a radioactively labeled substance (radioligand) either directly or indirectly to measure the binding of the unlabeled substance to a specific antibody or other receptor system. Non-immunogenic substances (e.g., haptens) can be measured if coupled to larger carrier proteins (e.g., bovine gamma-globulin or human serum albumin) capable of inducing antibody formation. Radioimmunoassays
D002624 Chemistry, Clinical The specialty of ANALYTIC CHEMISTRY applied to assays of physiologically important substances found in blood, urine, tissues, and other biological fluids for the purpose of aiding the physician in making a diagnosis or following therapy. Clinical Chemistry
D003429 Cross Reactions Serological reactions in which an antiserum against one antigen reacts with a non-identical but closely related antigen. Cross Reaction,Reaction, Cross,Reactions, Cross
D004077 Digoxin A cardiotonic glycoside obtained mainly from Digitalis lanata; it consists of three sugars and the aglycone DIGOXIGENIN. Digoxin has positive inotropic and negative chronotropic activity. It is used to control ventricular rate in ATRIAL FIBRILLATION and in the management of congestive heart failure with atrial fibrillation. Its use in congestive heart failure and sinus rhythm is less certain. The margin between toxic and therapeutic doses is small. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p666) Digacin,Digitek,Digoregen,Digoxina Boehringer,Digoxine Nativelle,Dilanacin,Hemigoxine Nativelle,Lanacordin,Lanicor,Lanoxicaps,Lanoxin,Lanoxin-PG,Lenoxin,Mapluxin,Boehringer, Digoxina,Lanoxin PG,Nativelle, Digoxine,Nativelle, Hemigoxine
D006358 Hot Temperature Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm. Heat,Hot Temperatures,Temperature, Hot,Temperatures, Hot
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006854 Hydrocortisone The main glucocorticoid secreted by the ADRENAL CORTEX. Its synthetic counterpart is used, either as an injection or topically, in the treatment of inflammation, allergy, collagen diseases, asthma, adrenocortical deficiency, shock, and some neoplastic conditions. Cortef,Cortisol,Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 11,17,21-trihydroxy-, (11beta)-,11-Epicortisol,Cortifair,Cortril,Epicortisol,Hydrocortisone, (11 alpha)-Isomer,Hydrocortisone, (9 beta,10 alpha,11 alpha)-Isomer,11 Epicortisol
D001330 Electronic Data Processing Applications that store and process large quantities of data. Automatic Data Processing,Bar Codes,Computer Data Processing,Data Processing, Automatic,Information Processing, Automatic,Optical Readers,Information Processing,Automatic Information Processing,Bar Code,Codes, Bar,Data Processing, Computer,Data Processing, Electronic,Optical Reader,Processing, Automatic Data,Processing, Automatic Information,Processing, Computer Data,Processing, Electronic Data,Processing, Information

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