title: Radioimmunoassay for 4-hydroxyoestrone in human urine.
abstract: Under the protection of ascorbic acid a 4-hydroxyoestrone-bovine serum albumin conjugate was prepared containing intact 4-hydroxyoestrone as determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Using this antigen, antibodies with high affinity and specificity for 4-hydroxyoestrone were raised in rabbits. An assay procedure for the determination of 4-hydroxyoestrone in human urine and the assessment of its reliability are described. The following urinary excretion rates were found: male children 0.29 microgram/24 h, men (less than 50 microgram/24 h, men (20-40 years) 1.6 microgram/24 h, men (less than 50 years) 1.8 microgram/24 h, women, follic, 2.0 microgram/24 h, pre-ov. 5.3 microgram/24 h, luteal 2.4 microgram/24 h, women, pregnant, first trim. 30.0 microgram/24 h, second trim. 64.0 microgram/24 h, third trim. 48.0 microgram/24 h, women, post-men. 1.5 microgram/24 h. Thus the amounts of 4-hydroxyoestrone excreted in human urine are about 1/3 to 1/10 of those of 2-hydroxyoestrone. During the menstrual cycle the excretion rates of 4-hydroxyoestrone are in the same order of magnitude as those of oestradiol and show a clear-cut pre-ovulatory peak.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002854:Chromatography, Paper; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004970:Estrone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D006894:Hydroxyestrones / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D006894:Hydroxyestrones; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D004970:Estrone; C026418:4-hydroxyestrone