title: Mechanized assay of plasma prekallikrein by activation with Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase and amidolysis of chromogenic substrate.
abstract: An automated assay of plasma prekallikrein is described. Prekallikrein was converted to kallikrein with Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase, and the hydrolytic activity of kallikrein to H-D-Pro-Phe-Arg-paranitroanilide subsequently measured. The conversion was complete within 8 minutes and the amidolytic activity remained stable at least another 10 min at 37 degrees C. This method worked in plasma deficient in Hageman factor (blood coagulation factor XII). Using anti-prekallikrein antibody and plasma deficient in prekallikrein, the amidolytic activity generated in normal plasma was identified as due to kallikrein. With plasma samples, the coefficients of variation (CV) for multiple measurements within run (n = 10) and between run (n = 10) were as low as 5.0% and 6.6%, respectively, and the minimum measurable concentration of prekallikrein in plasma was 10% of the normal level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Semba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kambara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders; D002863:Chromogenic Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000378:metabolism*; D010949:Plasma / Q000737:chemistry*; D011288:Prekallikrein / Q000032:analysis* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000276:immunology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000201:enzymology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D002863:Chromogenic Compounds; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D009842:Oligopeptides; C026148:prolyl-phenylalanyl-arginine-4-nitroanilide; D011288:Prekallikrein; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase