Assay of catecholamines in human plasma: Studies of a single isotope radioenzymatic procedure |
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Authors: | Virginia K Weise Irwin J Kopin |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Clinical Science National Institute of Mental Health Bethesda, Maryland 20014, USA |
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Abstract: | The sensitive specific radioenzymatic procedure for determination of catecholamines originally described from our laboratory by Coyle and Henry (1) has been optimized for use in assay of human plasma levels of dopamine, norepinephrine and epinephrine. Dopamine and the total of norepinephrine and epinephrine are assayed by 0-methylation while norepinephrine is determined by N-methylation. Epinephrine is calculated from the difference between the 0-methylation and N-methylation procedures. In a group of 13 normal subjects, plasma levels of epinephrine were found to be 67 ± 9.2 pg/ml, norepinephrine 208 ± 16.9 pg/ml and dopamine 33 ± 8.1 pg/ml. Dopamine determinations are of low reliability because of relatively high blanks and necessary corrections. |
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