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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 37, 1708-1714, Copyright © 1991 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Studies on the measurement of protein S in plasma

EG Bovill, MM Landesman, SA Busch, GR Fregeau, KG Mann and RP Tracy
Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405.

The anticoagulant factor Protein S circulates in two major forms, free and bound to C4b binding protein (C4BP). We report a monoclonal antibody-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of human Protein S that is sensitive (detection limit 30 ng) and free of notable competition from other vitamin K-dependent proteins. We demonstrate assay sensitivity to Protein S-C4BP complex, as well as to free Protein S by (a) results of immunoaffinity chromatography involving the assay antibody; (b) parallelism between the standard curve and a plasma dilution curve, including dilutions greater than 100-fold; (c) lack of effect of added C4BP on Protein S values; and (d) reactivity in the assay by high-molecular-mass plasma Protein S in gel permeation studies. These latter studies also indicate that uncomplexed Protein S has an apparent molecular mass of approximately 150,000 Da, attributable to either polymerization or conformational considerations. Inter- and intra-assay CVs were 9.8% and 5.1%, respectively, and 90% of Protein S added to plasma was recovered. Reference ranges (mean and SD) for total Protein S in middle-aged normal subjects were 16.6 (1.9) mg/L for men (n = 54) and 16.0 (3.0) mg/L for women (n = 38). In the polyethylene glycol precipitation method, the reference values for free Protein S were 5.4 (1.6) mg/L for men and 4.4 (1.1) mg/L for women.


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