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  • Title: Comparison of radioimmunological and conventional acid phosphatase assays in the serum of prostatic cancer patients.
    Author: Vihko P, Jokipalo A, Tenhunen R, Alfthan O, Oravisto KJ.
    Journal: Scand J Urol Nephrol; 1982; 16(2):105-8. PubMed ID: 7123159.
    Abstract:
    Measurements of serum prostatic acid phosphatase concentrations (PAP) by radioimmunoassay (RIA) were compared with the conventional measurements of serum acid phosphatase activities using p-nitrophenylphosphate (pNPP, tot.) and magnesium thymolphthalein monophosphate (TMP) as substrates and L(+)-tartrate (pNPP, tr.) as inhibitor in five prostatic cancer patients before therapy and in 13 during therapy. Elevated serum acid phosphatase activities were detected in 2, 2 and 3 of the 5 untreated patients when using pNPP (tot.), pNPP (tr.) and TMP enzyme assays, respectively. RIA for PAP detected elevated concentrations of the enzyme in 4 of these patients' sera. Three of the patients without metastases and one patient with suspected metastases had elevated concentrations of PAP by RIA. Serum acid phosphatase isoenzyme 2, which is mainly of prostatic origin, was separated chromatographically from serum samples with increased acid phosphatase activity. It represented 60--92% of the total activity, when TMP was used as substrate. Significant correlations (beta less than 0.001) were observed between all conventional enzyme activity measurements used and PAP by RIA within the whole patient group (n = 18), but no correlations existed within the patient group (p = 6) of high normal, or low abnormal serum PAP (2.7--6.6 micrograms/l). In addition, PAP measured by RIA better reflected the clinical state of the 13 patients under treatment than the conventional enzyme assays investigated.
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