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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-2-10
pubmed:abstractText
The quantity of steroid hormone receptors in human mammary carcinomas is of importance for predicting clinical response to hormone modes of therapy. There have been several reports describing an increase in the yield of cytosolic receptors when sodium molybdate is included in the tumor cytosol. Since the quantitative units for receptors are fmol hormone bound per mg cytosolic protein, we examined whether this oxyanion had an interfering or enhancing effect on two methods of protein measurements: those of Bio-Rad and of Lowry. Our results showed that sodium molybdate, even when present in a 5 mM concentration in the protein solution, interferes with the color development by both reagents. This effect of molybdate is consistent, reproducible and statistically significant. We present the data to caution the investigators to be aware of this phenomenon while interpreting their own data on the molybdate effect on steroid receptors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0277-5379
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1219-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2000-12-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of sodium molybdate on protein measurements: quality control aspects of steroid hormone receptor assays.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article