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Albumin adsorption onto surfaces of urine collection and analysis containers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adsorption of albumin onto urine collection and analysis containers may cause falsely low concentrations.

Methods

We added (125)I-labeled human serum albumin to urine and to phosphate buffered solutions, incubated them with 22 plastic container materials and measured adsorption by liquid scintillation counting.

Results

Adsorption of urine albumin (UA) at 5-6 mg/l was <0.9%; and at 90 mg/l was <0.4%. Adsorption was generally less at pH8 than pH5 but only 3 cases had p<0.05. Adsorption from 11 unaltered urine samples with albumin 5-333 mg/l was <0.8%. Albumin adsorption for the material with greatest binding was extrapolated to the surface areas of 100 ml and 2l collection containers, and to instrument sample cups and showed <1% change in concentration at 5 mg/l and <0.5% change at 20 mg/l or higher concentrations. Adsorption of albumin from phosphate buffered solutions (2-28%) was larger than that from urine.

Conclusions

Albumin adsorption differed among urine samples and plastic materials, but the total influence of adsorption was <1% for all materials and urine samples tested. Adsorption of albumin from phosphate buffered solutions was larger than that from urine and could be a limitation for preparations used as calibrators.

SUBMITTER: Robinson MK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5708857 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Albumin adsorption onto surfaces of urine collection and analysis containers.

Robinson Mary K MK Caudill Samuel P SP Koch David D DD Ritchie James J Hortin Glen G Eckfeldt John H JH Sandberg Sverre S Williams Desmond D Myers Gary G Miller W Greg WG

Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry 20140207

<h4>Background</h4>Adsorption of albumin onto urine collection and analysis containers may cause falsely low concentrations.<h4>Methods</h4>We added (125)I-labeled human serum albumin to urine and to phosphate buffered solutions, incubated them with 22 plastic container materials and measured adsorption by liquid scintillation counting.<h4>Results</h4>Adsorption of urine albumin (UA) at 5-6 mg/l was <0.9%; and at 90 mg/l was <0.4%. Adsorption was generally less at pH8 than pH5 but only 3 cases h ...[more]

PMID: 24513540

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Albumin adsorption onto surfaces of urine collection and analysis containers.

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Albumin adsorption onto surfaces of urine collection and analysis containers.

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