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  • Title: Reserve bilirubin binding capacity assessed by difference spectroscopy: assay statistics and results on newborn sera.
    Author: Ash KO, Hentschel WM, Chan GM, Wu JT.
    Journal: Clin Chim Acta; 1980 Jul 01; 104(3):309-18. PubMed ID: 7389140.
    Abstract:
    Bilirubin binding properties of newborn sera and assay parameters have been investigated using a difference spectroscopy procedure [9]. Reserve bilirubin binding capacity, serum bilirubin and the total bilirubin binding capacity can be determined using only 40 microliters of serum. The measured total binding capacities agreed with the theoretical binding capacities calculated from serum albumin concentrations assuming a 1 : 1 molar binding ratio of bilirubin to albumin; in 102 assays on newborn sera, the ratio of experimental to theoretical total binding capacity was 1.04. Bilirubin binding capacity measurements were linear over the range 0--600 mg/l. Day to day precision of binding capacity determinations on 6 albumin controls yielded coefficients of variation between 4.1 and 7.2%. Recovery for the reserve bilirubin binding capacity determinations was 99.6%. In a study of 22 newborns, reserve bilirubin binding capacities showed an inverse relationship with the changes in serum bilirubin concentrations. None of the newborns included in our study appeared to be in dange of bilirubin encephalopathy.
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