Establishment of a reference ELISA for measurement of universal thresholds of pregnanediol glucuronide excretion rates using urine samples diluted to a constant volume per unit time.
Establishment of a reference ELISA for measurement of universal thresholds of pregnanediol glucuronide excretion rates using urine samples diluted to a constant volume per unit time.
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10.1080/15321819.2016.1236730
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2017-01-01
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Blackwell, Leonard F
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Binnie, Jan E;Cooke, Delwyn G;Blackwell, Leonard F
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for measurement of pregnanediol-3alpha-glucuronide (PdG) excretion rates in urine samples diluted to 150 mL/h before analysis is described. The sensitivity of the 9 optimized standard curves was 0.093 ± 0.070 mumol PdG/24 hr, with the multiple combined standard curves having a mean mid-point (EC50) of 6.88 mumol PdG/24 hr. The PdG threshold excretion rate of 7.0 mumol/24 hr, which is used as a marker for the end of fertility, was situated in the most accurate region of the standard curve. The specificity of the ELISA was determined using normal variate transformation to compare seven menstrual cycle profiles obtained with the ELISA method with the profiles obtained previously using a validated radioimmunoassay (RIA) method. The cycle profiles all agreed within experimental error, and a high degree of correlation using Deming regression was obtained. The correlation equation was Y = 1.57X-0.11 mumol PdG/24 hr (n = 200; r = 0.932). The PdG excretion rates determined by the ELISA were 50% higher than given by RIA, but the normal ranges were similar to those given by the original reference gas liquid chromatographic method. The ELISA assay was therefore suitable as a reference method for measurement of thresholds of PdG excretion rates.