title: N-terminal pro atrial natriuretic peptide in human plasma.
abstract: N-Terminal pro ANP (atrial natriuretic peptide) in human plasma has been measured by radioimmunoassay after extraction on Sep-Pak cartridges. Immunoreactive N-terminal pro ANP circulates in human plasma at higher levels than alpha-hANP (approximately 20-fold higher in normal subjects) and was elevated in patients with essential hypertension, cardiac transplantation and patients with chronic renal failure. In chronic renal failure patients undergoing hemodialysis, C-terminal ANP (ANP 99-126), but not N-terminal ANP, declined significantly after dialysis. Gel filtration experiments demonstrated a single peak of N-terminal ANP immunoreactivity, eluting in parallel with synthetic human pro ANP 1-67, indicating a similar molecular size and the absence of low molecular weight N-terminal fragments.
authors: Department of Medicine, Charing Cross and Westminister Medical School, London, England.
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Buckley
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: Sagnella
authors: N D
authors: ND
authors: Markandu
authors: D R
authors: DR
authors: Singer
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: MacGregor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood*; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011498:Protein Precursors; C054547:atrial natriuretic factor prohormone (1-30), human; C054548:atrial natriuretic factor prohormone (31-67); D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor