title: The characterization of radioimmunoassay for rat pancreatic polypeptide in serum.
abstract: A radioimmunoassay for the measurement of rat pancreatic polypeptide (RPP) in serum or plasma has been developed and characterized using a new guinea-pig anti-rat-PP antibody. The assay provides a high degree of sensitivity and lacks cross-reactivity (CR less than 0.01%) to neuropeptide Y and peptide YY. It also does not interact with PPs of other species or peptide hormones namely, amylin, glucagon, human insulin, human-PP, human-proinsulin, rat C-peptide and rat insulin. The assay employs synthetic rat PP as standards from concentrations of 21-2100 pg/ml (i.e., 5-500 pM) and produces a sensitivity limit of 19 pg/ml (4.5 pM) PP at +/- 3 S.D. The intra- and interassay % coefficient of variations are 6.4% and 5.9%, respectively. The % recovery of RPP added to rat serum samples ranges from 98% to 103%. Assay of serum volumes ranging from 25 microliters to 100 microliters does not significantly alter the expected RPP level. The migration patterns of rat serum PP and that of a synthetic RPP are identical by Sephadex G-50 chromatographic analysis. The mean values of fasting and a 2 h post-feeding plasma RPP levels in normal rats are 40 +/- 2 and 80 +/- 10 pg/ml (9.5 pM and 19.0 pM), respectively. Rat-PP release during insulin induced hypoglycemia in conscious rats rises from 38 +/- 5 pg/ml to 261 +/- 34 pg/ml (9.0 to 62.1 pM, P less than 0.005) by 30 min. Additionally, the antibody used in this study cross-reacts well with mouse-PP as determined by linear serum dilution curves, thus making it useful in the measurement of murine-PP. In conclusion, we have developed and validated a sensitive and specific rat-PP assay. This assay provides a new tool for the reliable measurement of PP in physiologic studies using rat and mouse animal models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110.
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Akpan
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Havel
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Parry
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Shalwitz
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Gingerich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D010191:Pancreatic Polypeptide / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D010191:Pancreatic Polypeptide