title: Assessment of the neutrophil dominating protein calprotectin in feces. A methodologic study.
abstract: This study describes methods for extraction and quantification of calprotectin (L1 protein) in feces by enzyme immunoassay. This protein is a prominent antimicrobial component of neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, and squamous epithelia. Calprotectin was stable in feces during storage for 7 days at room temperature. Small fecal samples taken from a 24-h feces collection gave a reliable estimate of calprotectin. Within-assay precision was 1.9%, and between-assay precision 14.8%. In healthy subjects (n = 33) median fecal calprotectin was 2025 micrograms/l and in hospital controls (n = 40) 10,500 micrograms/l. Median values in patients with Crohn's disease (n = 21) was 43,000 micrograms/l and in ulcerative colitis (n = 17) 40,000 micrograms/l. Fecal calprotectin was significantly correlated to fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin in the patients with Crohn's disease. Ten of 11 patients with gastrointestinal carcinomas had calprotectin level above the suggested reference limit of 6740 micrograms/l.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medicine, Aker Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Røseth
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Fagerhol
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aadland
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schjønsby
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / Q000032:analysis*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000378:metabolism; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000378:metabolism; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D039841:Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D039841:Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex