title: A radioreceptor assay for insulin: direct measurement of human serum insulin.
abstract: A simple radioreceptor assay was established with sensitivity and accuracy sufficient to detect concentrations of insulin in human peripheral sera. The radioreceptor assay was carried out at 4 degrees C using rabbit erythrocyte membranes and 125I-insulin. In the absence of native insulin, approximately 31% of the total 125I-insulin concentration was bound to erythrocyte membranes. Fourty-six per cent of this binding was displaced by 312 microunits/ml of native insulin. The precision expressed as coefficient of variation was 3 to 21% of the mean for the within-assay, and 1 to 21% for the between-assay, respectively. The recovery of standard porcine insulin added to the serum was 105% on the average. Insulin values in 24 samples of human sera measured by the present assay agreed well with immunoreactive insulin values.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011817:Rabbits; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D011869:Radioligand Assay
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes