Determination of Albumin in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid by Flow-Injection Fluorometry Using Chromazurol S
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- Sato Takaji
- Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Saito Yoshihiro
- Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Chikuma Masahiko
- Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Saito Yutaka
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
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- Nagai Sonoko
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
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Abstract
A highly sensitive flow injection fluorometry for the determination of albumin was developed and applied to the determination of albumin in human bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALF). This method is based on binding of chromazurol S (CAS) to albumin. The calibration curve was linear in the range of 5—200 μg/ml of albumin. A highly linear correlation (r=0.986) was observed between the albumin level in BALF samples (n=25) determined by the proposed method and by a conventional fluorometric method using CAS (CAS manual method). The IgG interference was lower in the CAS flow injection method than in the CAS manual method. The albumin level in BALF collected from healthy volunteers (n=10) was 58.5±13.1 μg/ml. The albumin levels in BALF samples obtained from patients with sarcoidosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis were increased. This finding shows that the determination of albumin levels in BALF samples is useful for investigating lung diseases and that CAS flow injection method is promising in the determination of trace albumin in BALF samples, because it is sensitive and precise.
Journal
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- Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
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Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 31 (3), 336-339, 2008
The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001204625796224
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- NII Article ID
- 110006623052
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- NII Book ID
- AA10885497
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- ISSN
- 13475215
- 09186158
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- NDL BIB ID
- 9393023
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- Disallowed