title: Comparison of different standards used in radioimmunoassay for atrial natriuretic factor (ANF).
abstract: Six different standards for determination of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) in human plasma samples have been compared using our radio-immunoassay for ANF: International standard 85/669, National Biological Standard Boards, UK; Bachem standard, Torrance, USA; Bachem standard, Bubendorf, Switzerland; Bissendorf standard, Wedemark, Germany; Peninsula standard, Belmont, USA; UCB-Bioproducts standard, Brussels, Belgium. Standard curves obtained with different preparations were in parallel but showed considerable quantitative differences. Standard curves referring to the Bissendorf standard and the International standard, respectively, were almost identical. The dose required for 50% of binding inhibition (ID50s) determined with the Peninsula, UCB and Swiss Bachem standards were higher and ID50 for the American Bachem standard was much lower than ID50 for the International standard. In consequence, estimates of the ANF content in human plasma samples with different standard preparations as the reference showed a considerable variability. With the international standard as the gold reference (plasma ANF concentration 100%) the apparent plasma ANF concentrations measured with the other reference preparations varied from 42% to 178%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Glostrup University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Bruun
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giese
mesh_terms: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000592:standards*; D012015:Reference Standards
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor