PMID: 2490266Dec 1, 1989Paper

Polyclonal anti-desmosine antiserum is specific to desmosine molecule: no cross-reaction to pyridinoline

The Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine
T WatanabeH Kasuga

Abstract

Inhibition ELISA assay was used to examine the cross-reaction of the polyclonal anti-desmosine antiserum produced in rabbit against molecules possessing a "pyridinium ring" as their core structure i.e. isodesmosine, pentasine, pyridinoline and 2'-deoxypyridinoline, highly purified with column chromatography, and structurally unrelated substances, i.e. cysteic acid, taurine and 2-aminopyridine (core structure of desmosine). No cross-reaction was observed to the pyridinoline, 2'-deoxypyridinoline possessing "pyridinium ring" and derived from collagen cross-links, structurally unrelated cysteic acid and taurine, nor core structure of 2-aminopyridine. The antiserum specifically recognized the molecules derived from the elastin cross-links. Using the ELISA assay system with antisera and amino acids analysis, 10 micrograms of desmosine were extracted from 1.0 mg of the hydrolysate of commercial elastin.

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