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  • Title: Characterization of plasma and cerebrospinal fluid human angiotensinogen and des-angiotensin I-angiotensinogen by direct radioimmunoassay.
    Author: Genain C, Bouhnik J, Tewksbury D, Corvol P, Menard J.
    Journal: J Clin Endocrinol Metab; 1984 Sep; 59(3):478-84. PubMed ID: 6746861.
    Abstract:
    Angiotensinogen and the product of its hydrolysis by renin, des-angiotensin I-angiotensinogen, were quantitated in human plasma and in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by a direct RIA. This assay was developed using polyclonal antibodies raised against pure human angiotensinogen. The antibodies recognized only primate angiotensinogen and des-angiotensin I-angiotensinogen. Results obtained with the direct RIA were compared with those of the indirect assay which measures angiotensinogen through angiotensin I liberated by an excess of renin. Both assays gave almost identical results in normal subjects whereas in three different conditions characterized by a high renin level (severe hypertension plus low sodium diet, converting enzyme inhibition, and adrenal insufficiency) higher results were obtained by the direct assay. This difference between the results of both methods was attributed to des-angiotensin I-angiotensinogen accumulation which is detected only in the direct assay. CSF angiotensinogen had similar immunochemical properties to plasma angiotensinogen and could also be measured by the direct RIA. Isoelectric focusing of plasma angiotensinogen and des-angiotensin I-angiotensinogen revealed a similar microheterogeneity. Microheterogeneity was also a characteristic of CSF angiotensinogen, but its isoelectric point was more basic than plasma angiotensinogen.
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