title: Quantification of human angiotensinogen by a novel sandwich ELISA.
abstract: The urinary angiotensinogen excretion rates show a clear relationship to kidney angiotensin II content, suggesting that urinary angiotensinogen may serve as an index of angiotensin II-dependent hypertensive rats. However, simple and accurate methods to measure human angiotensinogen are unavailable at this time. We have developed two antibodies and a sensitive and specific quantification ELISA system for human angiotensinogen to be applicable to human subjects. The ELISA is able to detect human angiotensinogen at range of 0.01-1 microg/well (R(2)=0.9945) using standard ELISA plates. This ELISA will be a useful tool to investigate the relationship between urinary angiotensinogen excretion rates and reactivity to antihypertensive drugs in hypertensive human subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, and Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112-2699, USA.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzaki
authors.forename: Yuri
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobori
mesh_terms: D000808:Angiotensinogen / Q000652:urine*; D002138:Calibration; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000808:Angiotensinogen