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Kinetics and equilibrium in insulin radioimmunoassay.

M J Duart DuartJ.l. Moreno FrigolsC. Olivas Arroyo

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ChemistryInsulinmedicine.medical_treatmentClinical BiochemistryImmunologyKineticsAnalytical chemistryRadioimmunoassayTemperatureRadioimmunoassayDielectricBiochemistryMedical Laboratory Technologychemistry.chemical_compoundViscosityKineticsReaction rate constantIonic strengthGlycerolmedicineImmunology and AllergyHumansInsulin

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The kinetics of insulin reaction has been studied with its specific antibody immobilized on the inner wall of the reaction tube; the radioimmunoanalytical determination of such a substance is based on the reaction. Independent variables were labelled and unlabelled insulin concentrations, temperature, viscosity, and the medium's ionic strength. Biexponential kinetics was found to be dependent on the concentrations fitted to the models discussed in the paper. The effect of temperature shows activation parameters similar to the viscous flow energy of water, which suggests that the reaction is diffusion-controlled. The results of the viscosity analysis points at the clearly negative influence of viscosity upon the direct reaction rate. Ionic strength has a noticeable, though not relevant, effect which seems to indicate that the variation resulting from the glycerol addition is not due to the influence of the dielectric constant in the solutions used.

10.1081/ias-120015473https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12458725