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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
Five different procedures are presented for the enzymatic assay of the sum of NAD+ and NADH concentrations. They are based on the principle of amplification by cycling. The reactions involve oxidation of the formate ion, ethanol, glucose, or carnitine catalyzed by the corresponding dehydrogenases. The detection reactions are based on the 2-(4-iodophenyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-5-phenyltetrazolium chloride (INT)/INT-formazan and ferricyanide/ferrocyanide couples and use a diaphorase. Two of the systems presented--with formate ion and ethanol--were coupled with spectrophotometric detection. The absorbance measurement values were multiplied by 3 in the first case and by 20 in the second, with respect to the values that would have been obtained in the same conditions without the amplification system. The accessible concentration ranges were between 0.05 and 100 microM approximately. Three systems--with formate ion, carnitine, and glucose--used an electrochemical detection based on oxidation of the ferrocyanide ion. The response times were of the order of 10 min and the precision of about 5%. The first brought to light some difficulties concerning the design of such devices. For the second, the proportionality constant had a value of the order of 0.25 microA.microM-1 and an accessible concentration range between 0.2 and 40 microM. The third allowed more precise assays for lower concentration values: between 0.02 and 1.5 microM, with a proportionality constant of 0.49 microA.microM-1. Emphasis was placed on the adaptation possibilities of these systems as a function of the assay requirements.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0003-2697
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
179
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
382-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Enzymatic amplification for spectrophotometric and electrochemical assays of NAD+ and NADH.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, URA CNRS 192, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't