VALIDATION AND APPLICATION OF A NEW SIMPLE STRATEGY FOR MEASUREMENTS OF URINARY LEUKOTRIENE E(4) IN HUMANS

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KUMLIN, M
STENSVAD, F
LARSSON, L
DAHLEN, B
DAHLEN, SE
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[1] KAROLINSKA HOSP, DEPT MED BIOCHEM & BIOPHYS, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
[2] KAROLINSKA HOSP, DEPT PHYSIOL & PHARMACOL, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
[3] KAROLINSKA HOSP, DEPT MED, S-10401 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
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10.1111/j.1365-2222.1995.tb01079.x
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R392 [医学免疫学];
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100102 ;
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To monitor endogenous production of cysteinyl-containing leukotrienes, the end-metabolite leukotriene E-4 (LTE4) was analysed in urine. Results obtained with a sensitive enzyme immunoassay (EIA), performed on crude urine samples correlated well with data obtained from a previously reported radioimmunoassay. Enzyme immunoassay analysis of unextracted urine was justified by an excellent agreement between analyses in crude samples and measurements achieved after purification on solid phase extraction followed by separation on reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. Moreover, LTE4 was stable in urine samples stored at -20 degrees C, for months without the addition of preservatives. The stability of LTE4 in urine was not improved by addition of the antioxidant 4-hydroxy-TEMPO and pH adjustment to 9. As assessed by EIA analysis incrude urine samples, baseline values for urinary leukotriene E-4 were not significantly different between atopic asthmatic subjects and non-asthmatic individuals, and there was no diurnal variation in urinary excretion of LTE4 in healthy subjects. However, we confirmed earlier data on significantly higher basal levels of urinary LTE4 in aspirin-intolerant asthmatics. In addition, a post-challenge increase in urinary LTE4 levels was detected in association with allergen-induced airway obstruction in atopic asthmatics. The per cent increase in urinary LTE4 was similar, irrespective of whether the samples were purified or not prior to EIA. Thus, combined with random validation by high performance liquid chromatography, the strategy of direct EIA of serially diluted urine samples was found to be a good index of in vivo production of leukotrienes. This was further reinforced by the demonstration that pretreatment with the leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitor Bay x 1005 inhibited the post allergen-challenge increase in urinary LTE4, as shown both with unpurified and purified samples.
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