Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 68, Issue 6 2640-2648, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Measurement of peptidoleukotrienes in biological fluids

J. Y. Westcott, K. Johnston, R. A. Batt, S. E. Wenzel and N. F. Voelkel
Cardiovascular Pulmonary Research Laboratory, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.

Samples of human bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and urine were utilized to demonstrate methods for quantitation and validation of leukotrienes (LTs). These methods utilize an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) that uses commercially available reagents, the antibody recognizing LTC4, LTD4, LTE4, and N-acetyl LTE4. BALF containing epithelial lining fluid was collected from atopic asthmatics both before and 5 min after the subjects had been challenged with a local instillation of allergen into the airways. BALF samples collected without allergen challenge had low levels of immunoreactive LTs, whereas samples collected after allergen were markedly elevated. After high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) separation of LTs, EIA revealed the presence of LTC4. The identity was validated by incubating LTC4 with a bovine gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase with dipeptidase activity that converted added [3H]-LTC4 as well as LTC4 immunoreactivity to LTE4. Urine samples collected from six healthy volunteers, one patient with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and three patients in status asthmaticus were also analyzed for LTs. After HPLC separation of LTs and quantitation by EIA, urine samples from healthy subjects were found to have low but measurable LTE4. In contrast, the urine samples from the patients in status asthmaticus and from the ARDS patient had large elevations of LTE4 levels compared with healthy subjects. When the HPLC fractions containing [3H]LTE4 and LT immunoreactivity in the ARDS sample were treated with acetic anhydride, HPLC analysis indicated that both radiolabel and immunoreactivity now eluted at the retention time of N-acetyl LTE4, the derivatized product of LTE4. The methods described are relatively easy and can be used to measure and validate the existence of peptidoleukotrienes in biological samples.

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