title: Combination of high-performance liquid chromatography and radioimmunoassay for the measurement of urodilatin and alpha-hANP in the urine of healthy males.
abstract: Urodilatin (ANP-(95-126)), a natriuretic peptide in urine, and alpha-hANP (ANP-(99-126)) are crossreactive in the radioimmunoassay of alpha-hANP (ANP-RIA). We therefore developed a method to separate physiological amounts of urodilatin and alpha-hANP in urine by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) followed by ANP-RIA of the separated fractions. We studied urine samples of 10 healthy adult males with a plasma alpha-hANP level of 41 +/- 21 pg/ml (mean +/- SD) and a total urinary ANP-RIA reactivity of 40 +/- 21 pg/ml. In all urine samples we found three peaks of ANP-RIA reactivity, the first one coeluting with synthetic urodilatin, the second one with the retention time of alpha-hANP and a late eluting ANP-RIA-reactive peak, possibly containing degradation products. The ratio of urodilatin/alpha-hANP was 0.77 +/- 0.17.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Munich, FRG.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Solc
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Timnik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Solcova
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Döhlemann
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Strom
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000652:urine*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004232:Diuretics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000652:urine*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C056452:Ularitide; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor