title: Measurement of plasma annexin V by ELISA in the early detection of acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Annexin V is a calcium binding protein which is widely present in various cells and tissues. Using annexin V which we isolated and purified from human cardiac muscle, we prepared an anti-human cardiac annexin V monoclonal antibody. Identification of annexin V was made by means of partial amino acid sequences. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed using this monoclonal antibody and anti-canine cardiac annexin V polyclonal antibody. With this ELISA, plasma annexin V concentration was measured in 196 normal healthy individuals, 23 acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients who were hospitalized within 6 h after the onset of chest pain, and 130 patients with other diseases, including lung, liver and kidney disease. The plasma annexin V concentration in normal healthy individuals was 1.7 +/- 0.6 ng/ml (mean +/- S.D.), while that in AMI patients was elevated to 13.2 +/- 6.8 ng/ml (P < 0.0001) at the time of initial blood drawing, 3.2 +/- 1.5 h after onset of pain, and these values were higher than normal in 21 out of 23 cases (91.3%) of AMI. In all cases excepting 3, annexin V concentration immediately decreased after the onset of pain. The annexin V concentration in patients with old myocardial infarction, chest pain syndrome, valvular heart disease, lung disease and kidney disease was 1.8 +/- 0.8, 2.0 +/- 0.7, 1.7 +/- 1.1, 2.3 +/- 1.4 and 2.1 +/- 1.2 ng/ml, respectively, being within normal limits. The values in liver disease patients and trauma patients were 3.7 +/- 2.7 (P < 0.05) and 3.3 +/- 2.4 (P < 0.05) ng/ml, respectively, being slightly higher than that in normal healthy individuals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kajita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017304:Annexin A5 / Q000097:blood*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D017304:Annexin A5; D007527:Isoenzymes; D003402:Creatine Kinase