A new radioimmunoassay for plasma L-triiodothyronine: measurements in thyroid disease and in patients maintained on hormonal replacement.
A new radioimmunoassay for plasma L-triiodothyronine: measurements in thyroid disease and in patients maintained on hormonal replacement.
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血浆 L-三碘甲状腺原氨酸的新放射免疫测定法:甲状腺疾病和维持激素替代的患者的测量。
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发表时间:
1972
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
J. Oppenheimer
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M. Surks;A. R. Schadlow;J. Oppenheimer
A new procedure for the radioimmunoassay of l-triiodothyronine (T(3)) in human plasma is described in which the iodothyronines are separated from the plasma proteins before incubation with a specific antiserum to T(3). The antibody bound and free T(3) are separated with dextran-coated charcoal. In this system, the mean recovery of T(3) added to plasma was 97.9% and both in vitro conversion of l-thyroxine (T(4)) to T(3) and cross-reaction between T(4) and the anti-T(3) antibody were undetectable (less than 0.1%). The assay procedure allowed the measurement of T(3) in up to 0.5 ml of plasma resulting in improved assay sensitivity (6 ng/100 ml). The mean plasma T(3) in normal subjects was 146+/-24 ng/100 ml (sd). Mean T(3) concentration was increased in hyperthyroidism (665+/-289 ng/100 ml) and decreased in hypothyroidism (44+/-26 ng/100 ml). In patients with severe hypothyroidism, plasma T(3) was between 7 and 30 ng/100 ml. Plasma T(3) concentration was relatively constant throughout the day in three euthyroid subjects. In contrast, in hypothyroid subjects on replacement therapy with T(3), a T(4): T(3) combination or desiccated thyroid plasma T(3) was markedly elevated for several hours after ingestion of the medication. Plasma T(3) was unchanged throughout the day in patients treated with T(4). Thus, insofar as plasma T(3) levels are concerned, replacement therapy with T(4) appears to mimic the euthyroid state more closely than other preparations.