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Differential reactivity of cardiac and skeletal muscle from various species in a cardiac troponin I immunoassay

¹ Human Safety Department, 500 Miami Valley Laboratories, The Procter and Gamble Co., P.O. Box 538707, Cincinnati, OH 45253.

² Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.

To identify a blood test that can differentiate cardiac from skeletal muscle injury in animals, we compared tissue reactivities for various species with the use of an immunoassay for human cardiac troponin I (cTnI). Tissue reactivity varied as a function of the homology of tissue troponin with human cTnI. Cardiac reactivity in large mammals was equivalent to cTnI, 9.8 ± 0.6 mg/g, and was 2-fold, 10-fold, and 100-fold greater than in small mammals, birds, and fish, respectively. Skeletal muscle reactivity was equivalent to cTnI, 5.1 ± 0.6 µg/g, in all species except fish, in which it was 50% lower. The ratio of reactivities of cardiac and skeletal muscle was: 1800 in large mammals, 1100 in small mammals, 230 in birds, and 43 in fish. We conclude that cTnI is a powerful candidate in mammals, a possible candidate in birds, but unlikely to be of use in fish as a sensitive and tissue-selective diagnostic test for cardiac injury.

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