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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 24, 595-601, Copyright © 1978 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Radioimmunoassay of calcitonin in the plasma of rhesus monkey and man

GK Hargis, WA Reynolds, GA Williams, W Kawahara, B Jackson, EN Bowser and RM Pitkin

We describe a radioimmunoassay for rhesus monkey and human immunoreactive calcitonin, in which a selected goat anti-human calcitonin antiserum, 131I-labeled synthetic human calcitonin tracer, and purified synthetic human calcitonin standards were used. The mean basal concentration of calcitonin in normal monkey plasma (254 microgram/liter) was not significantly different from that in normal human plasma (217 microgram/liter). The data indicate that the method is sensitive (lower limit of detection, 5 ng/liter), specific, accurate, and reproducible (coefficient of variation, 1-11% over a wide range of concentrations). Monkey calcitonin response to changes in plasma calcium concentration is similar to that in man, with significant correlation between calcium and calcitonin concentrations. Use of this radioimmunoassay for monkey and human calcitonin allows the monkey to be used in further studies of factors regulating secretion, function, and metabolism of calcitonin under various experimental conditions that would not be feasible in man.


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