title: Immunoenzymometric assay of human glycogen phosphorylase isoenzyme BB in diagnosis of ischemic myocardial injury.
abstract: With a new immunoenzymometric assay we measured human glycogen phosphorylase isoenzyme BB (GPBB) in 116 healthy individuals, 14 patients with stable angina, 107 nontraumatic chest pain patients on admission to the emergency department [45 acute myocardial infarction (AMI), 49 unstable angina, 13 other diseases], and in serial samples from 41 AMI patients. GPBB was compared with creatine kinase (CK), CKMB mass, myoglobin, and cardiac troponin T. Receiver-operating characteristic plots demonstrated the significantly greater (P < or = 0.012) discriminatory power of GPBB to detect acute ischemic coronary syndromes compared with all other tested markers. GPBB was the most sensitive marker for detection of AMI during the first 4 h after onset of chest pain, and only GPBB was increased above the upper reference limit (7 micrograms/L) on admission in patients who had unstable angina at rest and reversible ST-T alterations. This and the high early sensitivity of GPBB are most likely explained by its function as a key enzyme of glycogenolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rabitzsch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mair
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lechleitner
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Noll
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dienstl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Puschendorf
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000097:blood; D006005:Phosphorylases / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014336:Troponin / Q000097:blood; D020107:Troponin T
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007527:Isoenzymes; D009211:Myoglobin; D014336:Troponin; D020107:Troponin T; D006005:Phosphorylases; D003402:Creatine Kinase