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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1012443
© Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart · New York
Glucagon-Degrading Activity in Acid-Ethanol Extract of Rat Submandibular Gland
Publikationsverlauf
1985
1986
Publikationsdatum:
14. März 2008 (online)

Summary
To investigate whether immunoreactive glucagon really exists in salivary gland, the integrity of glucagon radio-immunoassay was tested in the acid-ethanol extract of rat submandibular gland. Though immunoreactive glucagon was apparently measured in acid-ethanol extract of rat submandibular gland, the extract contained a significant amount of intact glucagon-degrading activity. The apparent % bound in radioimmunoassay highly correlated with the degradation of [125I] glucagon during incubation. Gel filtration profiles of [125I] glucagon incubated with acid-ethanol extract were the same as those of [125I] glucagon damaged by submandibular acid-saline extract. These data suggest that the immunoreactive glucagon in acid-ethanol extract is, as in the case of acid-saline extract, an artifact due to degradation of [125I] glucagon during radioimmunoassay.
Key-Words
Immunoreactive Glucagon - Salivary Gland - Glucagon Radioimmunoassay - Acid-Ethanol Extraction - Glucagon-Degrading Activity