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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-7-29
pubmed:abstractText
A direct spectrophotometric assay for determination of the serum bile acid concentration in the woodchuck (Marmota monax) has been validated. The assay relies on the conversion of 3-hydroxy bile acids to 3-oxo bile acids by 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase with concomitant reduction of NAD+ to NADH. Reduction of NAD+ is coupled via a diaphorase catalyst to the formation of a diformazan dye from nitrotetrazolium blue and the diformazan product is measured spectrophotometrically at 540 nm. Interfering endogenous dehydrogenase activity present in woodchuck sera was inactivated with sodium pyruvate. Mean recovery of seven exogenous bile acids added to woodchuck sera was 102.0 +/- 2.2%. Intra-assay precision was determined with ten replicate samples giving a mean +/- standard error of the mean of 1.94 +/- 0.12 micron/L with a coefficient of variation of 3.9%. The mean serum bile acid concentration determined in 33 clinically healthy animals was 5.52 +/- 0.81 micron/L. The serum bile acid concentration increased following surgical ligation of the bile duct from 3.78 +/- 0.58 micron/L to a maximum value of 148.0 +/- 30.7 micron/L and remained increased for the 42 day study period. In woodchucks treated with carbon tetrachloride, the serum bile acid concentration peaked at 16 hours following treatment at 72.7 +/- 29.3 micron/L, and returned to pretreatment concentration within 6 days. The serum bile acid concentration therefore appears to be a sensitive biochemical test of cholestasis and hepatocellular forms of hepatic injury and of potential value in the clinical assessment of hepatic disease associated with woodchuck hepatitis virus infection.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0023-6764
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
224-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Serum bile acid determination for assessment of hepatic injury in the woodchuck.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.