title: Determination of bradykinin in blood by a sensitive radioimmunoassay.
abstract: Antibodies of high avidity (maximum Km 1.3 X 10(10) L/M) were produced in rabbits against bradykinin coupled to ovalbumin with toluene 2,4-disocyanate. Tyrosin8- bradykinin was labelled to a specific activity of 530-700 Ci/mmol with 125I by means of lactoperoxidase. Sensitivity of the radioimmunoassay was 0.01 microgram/l blood. Specificity studies demonstrated the essential role of the C-terminal arginine of bradykinin for binding to antibody. Mean recovery of [3H]bradykinin internal standard after the preparation of 86 blood samples was 39.0%. The major loss occurred during ethanol precipitation. In venous blood collected at random conditions from 32 normal subjects the bradykinin concentration ranged 0.04-0.46 microgram/l and showed no sex difference.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D001920:Bradykinin