TY - JOUR
T1 - An assay for human erythrocyte catechol-o-methyltransferase activity using a catechol estrogen as the substrate
AU - Bates, G. William
AU - Edman, Clare D.
AU - Porter, John C.
AU - Johnston, John M.
AU - Macdonald, Paul C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported, in part, by USPHS Grants AM-06912 and AG-00306. One of us (G.W.B.) was a Postdoctoral Trainee supported by USPHS Training Grant HD-00256. We acknowledge the expert technical assistanceo r Mr. Jesse Smith, and we thank Ms. Lynn Scott and Ms. Becky McKinney for excellent editorial assistance in preparation of the manuscript.
PY - 1979/5/16
Y1 - 1979/5/16
N2 - A radiometric assay for catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity in human erythrocytes is described that employs 2-hydroxy[3H]estrone, and nonradiolabeled S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) as the cosubstrates. The ease of separation of the product of the reaction, 2-methoxy[3H]estrone from 2-hydroxy-[3H] estrone makes it possible to achieve low reaction blanks. The assay is very sensitive, and only 200 μl of whole blood are used per determination. The assay is highly reproducible. The interassay variability (coefficient of variation) was 6.5% for 24 assays of COMT activity in red blood cells in blood obtained daily for 24 days from one person. In incubations conducted at 37°C for 30 min, the catechol-O-methyltransferase activity was a linear function of enzyme concentration (equivalent to 11 to 180 μl of packed red blood cells). Employing this assay, we evaluated the catalytic conversion of 2-hydroxyestrone to 2-methoxyestrone by catechol-O-methyltransferase from human red blood cells and found that the apparent Michaelis constant and the apparent maximal rate of reaction were 3 × 10-7 M and 6.7 × 10-9 mol · ml-1 erythrocytes · h-1, respectively. The catechol-O-methyltransferase activity measured in erythrocytes obtained from 100 healthy subjects (men and nonpregnant women) was 8.2 ± 0.17 (mean ± S.E.) nmol 2-methoxyestrone · ml-1 erythrocytes · h-1.
AB - A radiometric assay for catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity in human erythrocytes is described that employs 2-hydroxy[3H]estrone, and nonradiolabeled S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) as the cosubstrates. The ease of separation of the product of the reaction, 2-methoxy[3H]estrone from 2-hydroxy-[3H] estrone makes it possible to achieve low reaction blanks. The assay is very sensitive, and only 200 μl of whole blood are used per determination. The assay is highly reproducible. The interassay variability (coefficient of variation) was 6.5% for 24 assays of COMT activity in red blood cells in blood obtained daily for 24 days from one person. In incubations conducted at 37°C for 30 min, the catechol-O-methyltransferase activity was a linear function of enzyme concentration (equivalent to 11 to 180 μl of packed red blood cells). Employing this assay, we evaluated the catalytic conversion of 2-hydroxyestrone to 2-methoxyestrone by catechol-O-methyltransferase from human red blood cells and found that the apparent Michaelis constant and the apparent maximal rate of reaction were 3 × 10-7 M and 6.7 × 10-9 mol · ml-1 erythrocytes · h-1, respectively. The catechol-O-methyltransferase activity measured in erythrocytes obtained from 100 healthy subjects (men and nonpregnant women) was 8.2 ± 0.17 (mean ± S.E.) nmol 2-methoxyestrone · ml-1 erythrocytes · h-1.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0018423779&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0018423779&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0009-8981(79)90186-4
DO - 10.1016/0009-8981(79)90186-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 455720
AN - SCOPUS:0018423779
SN - 0009-8981
VL - 94
SP - 63
EP - 71
JO - Clinica Chimica Acta
JF - Clinica Chimica Acta
IS - 1
ER -