Correlation of Nb2 bioassay and radioimmunoassay values for human serum prolactin

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
R C RoweH G Friesen

Abstract

The availability of a sensitive and specific bioassay (BA) for PRL in human serum has made possible a comparative assessment of PRL bioactivity and immunoactivity in normal and abnormal serum specimens. Serum was studied from 20 normal subjects and 54 patients with a variety of disorders relating to PRL secretion. The correlation between the results of both assays was very close in all subjects. The mean BA/RIA ratio in normal subjects was 0.90, with a range from 0.67-1.33, and in patients with disordered PRL secretion the mean BA/RIA ratio was 0.94, with a range from 0.53-1.58. Similar results were obtained with PRL stimulatory testing using TRH, metoclopramide, and domperidone, and samples of culture medium from both PRL-secreting and non-PRL-secreting human pituitary tumor cultures. In one patient with a high proportion of "big, big" PRL and hyperprolactinaemia a BA/RIA ratio of 2.47 was found, a value well outside the normal range. However another patient with a similar history had a ratio of 0.82, in the range observed in normal subjects. These findings indicate that in a wide variety of clinical disorders the correlation between PRL bioactivity in the Nb2 system and immunoactivity in human serum samples is remarkably good...Continue Reading

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