title: Measurement of pepsinogen group I in endoscopic gastroduodenal biopsies.
abstract: A technique for determining pepsinogen group I (PGI) concentrations in endoscopic gastroduodenal biopsies is described and validated. This method has a good precision (intra-assay CVs 4.1% to 8.4%; between-assay CVs 4.6% to 9.3%), and analytical recovery is satisfactory (94% to 102%). Results were uninfluenced by the storage interval of the samples. At PGI-producing sites (i.e., fundus, corpus) peptic activity was greater than in the antrum and duodenum. PGI concentrations in serum and in gastroduodenal biopsies were not correlated. This simple, reliable method can quantify better than other assays peptic activity in humans, without being influenced by gastric secretory volumes. It will also facilitate prospective studies on the effect of various secretagogues in vivo and evaluations of the influence of anti-ulcer drugs on peptic secretion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plebani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Mario
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Dal Santo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Faggian
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Germana
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vianello
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naccarato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burlina
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000201:enzymology; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D004386:Duodenum / Q000201:enzymology*; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010435:Pepsinogens / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D013270:Stomach / Q000201:enzymology*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D010435:Pepsinogens