MEASUREMENT OF THE TESTOSTERONE BINDING PARAMETERS FOR BOTH TESTOSTERONE-ESTRADIOL BINDING GLOBULIN AND ALBUMIN IN INDIVIDUAL SERUM SAMPLES
MEASUREMENT OF THE TESTOSTERONE BINDING PARAMETERS FOR BOTH TESTOSTERONE-ESTRADIOL BINDING GLOBULIN AND ALBUMIN IN INDIVIDUAL SERUM SAMPLES
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DOI:
10.1016/0039-128x(79)90090-4
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
DUNN, JF
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作者:
NISULA, BC;DUNN, JF
This report describes a solid phase method for the characterization of testosterone [T] binding to both albumin and testosterone-estradiol binding globulin (TeBG). TeBG is adsorbed from serum samples onto a solid phase matrix of concanavalin A covalently linked to 4 B Sepharose. The binding of T is then examined both in the presence and absence of the endogenous serum albumin. Analysis of the resulting Scatchard plots permits determination of the TeBG binding capacity, TeBG association constant [Ka] and a parameter of albumin binding equivalent to the product of its affinity and capacity for binding T. The TeBG capacity was lower in men than in women (18.4 .+-. 5.8 vs. 33.1 .+-. 1.19.2 nM, P < 0.01). The Ka was greater in men (1.59 .+-. 0.35 vs. 1.19 .+-. 0.32 .times. 109M-1, 109M-1, P < 0.01). There was no difference in the albumin binding parameter (43.8 .+-. 18.3 vs. 46.6 .+-. 15.5, NS [non-significant]). These parameters can then be used to calculate the distribution of the circulating T into albumin bound, TeBG bound and unbound fractions.