Published 1975 | Version v1
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A source of error in the radioimmunoassay of α1 foeto-protein: the presence of bile in the serum

  • 1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 94 - Villejuif (France). Inst. de Recherches Scientifiques sur le Cancer

Description

An attempt was made to find out whether bile could be responsible for false positives and for quantitative variations observed in the radioimmunoassay of α 1 foeto-protein. To this end a fixed amount of bile at different serum dilutions on the one hand, a variable quantity of bile at a given serum dilution on the other, were added to a positive (cord) serum and a negative (normal adult) serum. In the case of cord serum tested at 1/100, the value passes from 20000ng/ml without addition of bile to 60000, 300000 and 1300000ng/ml when tested at dilutions of 1/100, 1/1000 and 1/10000 respectively in the presence of the same quantity of bile. In the case of normal serum with a 6ng/ml content tested pure or diluted to 1/2, fractions of 110, 730 and 4500ng/ml respectively were found for 1/2, 1/5 and 1/10 dilutions with addition of a fixed amount of bile. The quantitative variations observed were dependent on the quantity of bile added: pure, diluted to 1/10, 1/100, 1/1000; they were large in the presence of pure or 1/10 diluted bile, almost non-existent with the same volume of bile diluted to 1/100 or 1/1000

Abstract (French)

On a tente de verifier si la bile pouvait etre responsable des faux positifs, ainsi que des variations quantitatives observees dans le dosage radio-immunologique d'α1 foeto-proteine. Pour ce faire on a ajoute a un serum positif (serum de cordon) et a un serum negatif (serum adulte normal), d'une part, une quantite fixe de bile a differentes dilutions de serum, d'autre part, une quantite variable de bile a une meme dilution de serum. Dans le cas du serum de cordon teste au 1/100, le taux passe de 20000ng/ml sans adjonction de bile a 60000, 300000 et 1300000ng/ml quand il est teste dilue respectivement au 1/100, 1/1000 et 1/10000 en presence de la meme quantite de bile. Dans le cas de serum normal dont le taux est de 6ng/ml teste pur ou au 1/2, on a trouve respectivement des taux de 110, 730 et 4500ng/ml pour des dilutions au 1/2, 1/5 et 1/10, dans lesquelles on a ajoute une quantite fixe de bile. Les variations quantitatives observees etaient fonction de la quantite de bile ajoutee: bile pure, diluee au 1/10, 1/100, 1/1000; elles etaient importantes en presence de bile pure ou diluee au 1/10, quasiment inexistantes avec un meme volume de bile diluee au 1/100, au 1/1000

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Une cause d'erreur dans le dosage radio-immunologique d'α1 foeto-proteine: la presence de bile dans le serum

Publishing Information

ISBN
2727200013
Imprint Title
17. French language symposiun on nuclear medicine. Paris, June 2-4, 1975
Imprint Pagination
p. 236-237.
Report number
CEA-CR--3

Conference

Title
17. French language symposium on nuclear medicine.
Dates
02 Jun 1975.
Place
Paris, France.

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
7236929
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BILE; BLOOD SERUM; ERRORS; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMAS; PROTEINS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY
Descriptors DEC
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BODY FLUIDS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DISEASES; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TRACER TECHNIQUES

Optional Information

Notes
Imprint:17. Colloque de medecine nucleaire de langue francaise. Paris, 2-4 juin 1975.;Rapports et communications.