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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-11-28
pubmed:abstractText
A new method for the measurement of urinary dipeptidase activity is described. The action of dipeptidase on L-Ala-L-Ala results in production of an L-alanine, and this amino acid is simultaneously determined by an L-alanine dehydrogenase-diaphorase system. As urinary substances do not affect this reaction, the measurement can be accomplished without prior dialysis. The mean value +/- S.D. for normals was found to be 12.0 +/- 4.4 IU/g of creatinine. Elevated values were found in chronic nephritis (55.9 +/- 35.0 IU/g of creatinine, P less than 0.001 vs. normal), acute nephritis (46.6 +/- 29.9 IU/g of creatinine, P less than 0.001), and nephrotic syndrome (43.3 +/- 36.5 IU/g of creatinine, P less than 0.001). The dipeptidase activity thus measured showed a significant correlation with dipeptidase activity against L-Leu-L-Leu as substrate. On disc polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the urinary dipeptidase of a patient with chronic nephritis appeared as one band with similar mobility to human kidney dipeptidase F. Urinary dipeptidase in a patient with chronic nephritis was identical to human kidney dipeptidase on double immunodiffusion analysis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-924X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
A fluorometric method for dipeptidase activity measurement in urine, using L-alanyl-L-alanine as substrate.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article