title: A radioimmunoassay for human plasma corticosterone.
abstract: A radioimmunoassay for human plasma corticosterone has been developed. Antiserum against corticosterone was produced in rabbits immunized with corticosterone-21-hemisuccinate conjugated to bovine serum albumin. The antiserum cross-reacted with progesterone, DOC and dehydrocorticosterone more than 20%. After the extraction with ether, and the separation by Sephadex LH-20 microcolumn chromatography, recovery was 51.2 +/- 12.1% in 50 assays. The mean coefficient of variation between assays was 7.7% and within assays was 8.6%. Human plasma corticosterone is measured readily by assaying aliquots of an ether extract of 0.05 to 0.1 ml of plasma after microcolumn chromatography. The mean plasma corticosterone concentration at 9 a.m. was 7.1 +/- 3.2 ng/ml in 45 normal subjects. Plasma corticosterone increased 5.2 times as much as basal values after ACTH injection, whereas radioimmunoassayed cortisol increased 2.4 times. On the other hand, plasma corticosterone decreased to 22.6% of basal values at four hours after 1 mg dexamethasone, whereas radioimmunoassayed cortisol decreased to 12.3% of basal values.
mesh_terms: D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood*; D003348:Cortisone / Q000097:blood; D003350:Cortodoxone / Q000097:blood; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003348:Cortisone; D003345:Corticosterone; D003350:Cortodoxone