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4072573

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
Immunoreactive alpha-MSH was found in human plasma and in normal subjects ranged from less than 10-45 pg/ml. Plasma alpha-MSH concentrations were within the normal range in 13 out of 15 subjects during the last trimester of normal pregnancy and only just outside the normal range in the remaining two. Elevated plasma alpha-MSH concentrations were found in 6 of the 11 patients with Nelson's syndrome and in 10 of the 11 patients with pituitary dependent Cushing's disease. Separation on high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) revealed two major peaks of immunoreactivity. These peaks, which were identified as des-acetyl alpha-MSH and alpha-MSH were similar in size in normal subjects and Cushing's disease. In Nelson's syndrome, on the other hand, there was a greater proportion of des-acetyl alpha-MSH and it is possible that this peptide is secreted from tumour cells of anterior lobe origin. Although there was no correlation between the circulating alpha-MSH and the degree of pigmentation the high concentrations of plasma immunoreactive alpha-MSH in Cushing's disease and the HPLC profiles in Nelson's syndrome could provide useful information as to the localization of the defects in these particular disorders.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0001-5598
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
110
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
313-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
The measurement and characterisation by high pressure liquid chromatography of immunoreactive alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone in human plasma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study