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Stabilized enzymatic solutions and method for determining total cholesterol in human serum
Assignee: Medical Analysis Systems Inc
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Filing: 1981-10-02
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Granted: 1983-10-11
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Expires: 2001-10-02
Abstract
Abstract Stabilized enzymes useful in the diagnostic assay of total cholesterol are prepared by combining three separately prepared reagents: (1) a cholesterol esterase reagent; (2) cholesterol oxidase reagent; and (3) a saline diluent reagent. The cholesterol esterase reagent is prepared by dissolving a salt of cholic acid in a buffer solution providing a pH within the range of about 4 to about 9. To this solution is added a cholesterol esterase. The solution is then mixed with a polyhydroxy organic compound and TRITON-X-100. A cholesterol oxidase and a polyhydroxy organic compound are each dissolved in separate portions of buffer solution to make the cholesterol esterase reagent. The saline diluent solution is prepared by dissolving potassium iodide in water and adding a polyhydroxy organic compound. The resultant three reagents, when combined, provide a stabilized enzyme solution having utility in the total cholesterol assay of a serum sample. The combined reagents have utility in a total oxygen consumption method of analysis of total cholesterol, which analysis method is also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Ivan E. Modrovich
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-08 07:38
CPC Classifications
C; C12; C12N; C12N9/00; C12N9/96; C12Q; C12Q1/00; C12Q1/60; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S435/00; Y10S435/81
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
An aqueous stabilized enzymic reagent solution for use in determining total cholesterol, comprising cholesterol esterase in an amount greater than 50 U/liter, cholesterol oxidase in an amount greater than 100 U/l, a buffer solution for maintaining the pH within the range of about 4 to 9, a polyhydroxy organic compound in an amount from about 5 to about 50 percent by volume, potassium iodide in an amount from about 1 to about 15 percent by weight, a nonionic surfactant in an amount from about 0.01 to about 0.5 percent by volume and a salt of cholic acid in an amount from about 0.01 mM to about 10 mM.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
108 words
An aqueous stabilized enzymic reagent solution for use in determining total cholesterol, comprising cholesterol esterase in an amount greater than 50 U/liter, cholesterol oxidase in an amount greater than 100 U/l, a buffer solution for maintaining the pH within the range of about 4 to 9, a polyhydroxy organic compound in an amount from about 5 to about 50 percent by volume, potassium iodide in an amount from about 1 to about 15 percent by weight, a nonionic surfactant in an amount from about 0.01 to about 0.5 percent by volume and a salt of cholic acid in an amount from about 0.01 mM to about 10 mM.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
131 words
A kit for use in the enzyme assay of total cholesterol comprising: (a) a first reagent solution comprising cholesterol esterase dissolved in an an aqueous buffer solution providing a pH range from about 4 to about 9, a polyhydroxy organic compound, a salt of cholic acid and a nonionic surfactant; (b) a second reagent solution comprising cholesterol oxidase dissolved in an aqueous buffer solution providing a pH range from about 4 to about 9 and a polyhydroxy organic compound; and (c) a third reagent solution comprising a mixture of a salt dissolved in water and a polyhydroxy organic compound, said first reagent, second reagent and third reagent solutions when combined providing a solution having a polyhydroxy organic compound in an amount of from about 5 to about 50 percent by volume.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
131 words
A kit for use in the enzyme assay of total cholesterol comprising: (a) a first reagent solution comprising cholesterol esterase dissolved in an an aqueous buffer solution providing a pH range from about 4 to about 9, a polyhydroxy organic compound, a salt of cholic acid and a nonionic surfactant; (b) a second reagent solution comprising cholesterol oxidase dissolved in an aqueous buffer solution providing a pH range from about 4 to about 9 and a polyhydroxy organic compound; and (c) a third reagent solution comprising a mixture of a salt dissolved in water and a polyhydroxy organic compound, said first reagent, second reagent and third reagent solutions when combined providing a solution having a polyhydroxy organic compound in an amount of from about 5 to about 50 percent by volume.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A kit as recited in claim 2 wherein the third reagent comprises a mixture of potassium iodide dissolved in water and a polyhydroxy organic compound.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A kit as recited in claim 2 wherein the first reagent comprises about 10,000 U/l (at 30° C. pH 6.6) cholesterol esterase.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
A kit as recited in claim 2 wherein the first reagent comprises about 10,000 U/l (at 30° C. pH 6.6) cholesterol esterase, about 17.4 mM sodium cholate, about 1.5 percent by volume octylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol, a buffer solution of KH 2 PO 4 and NaOH, and about 50% by volume glycerol as the polyhydroxy organic compound.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
A kit as recited in claim 2 wherein the second reagent comprises about 20,000 U/l (at 37° C. pH 6.6) cholesterol oxidase.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
A kit as recited in claim 6 wherein the second reagent comprises about 20,000 U/l (at 37° C. pH 6.6) cholesterol oxidase, a buffer solution of KH 2 PO 4 and NaOH, and about 50 percent by volume glycerol as the polyhydroxy organic compound.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
A kit as recited in claim 2 wherein the third reagent comprises an aqueous solution of 10 percent by weight potassium iodide dissolved in water and about 13 percent by volume glycerol as the polyhydroxy organic compound.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
A reagent solution as recited in claim 1 or 2 wherein the buffer solution provides a pH of about 6 to 8.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A reagent solution as recited in claim 1 or 2 wherein the cholesterol esterase is from the microorganism pseudomonas fluorescens ATCC 21156.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
32 words
A reagent solution as recited in claim 1 or 2 wherein the cholesterol oxidase is from a microorganism selected from the group consisting of pseudomonas sp, nocardia erythropolis, and brevibacterium stero licum.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
A reagent solution as recited in claim 1 or 2 wherein the polyhydroxy organic compound is selected from the group consisting of glycerol, ethylene glycol, mannitol, sorbitol, and propylene glycol.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
A reagent solution as recited in claim 1 or 2 wherein the nonionic surfactant is octylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
271 words
A method for the enzymic assay of total cholesterol in a sample, the method comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a buffer solution providing a pH range from about 4 to about 9; (b) preparing a first aqueous reagent solution by dissolving cholesterol esterase and a salt of cholic acid in a mixture comprising a portion of the buffer solution, a nonionic surfactant and a polyhydroxy organic compound; (c) preparing a second aqueous reagent solution by dissolving cholesterol oxidase in a mixture comprising a portion of the buffer solution and a polyhydroxy organic compound; (d) preparing a third aqueous reagent solution by dissolving a salt in water and adding a polyhydroxy organic compound; (e) combining the first, second and third reagent solutions forming a combined reagent solution in which the polyhydroxy organic compound is present in an amount of from about 5 to about 50 percent by volume; (f) introducing a portion of the combined reagent solution to an analytic cell; (g) immersing an oxygen detection electrode capable of measuring the oxygen concentration in a liquid in the portion of combined reagent solution with the analytic cell; (h) measuring the oxygen concentration in the portion of combined reagent solution; (i) introducing to the portion of combined reagent solution in the analytic cell a sample for which the total cholesterol is to be determined; (j) measuring the oxygen concentration of the liquid in the analytic cell when the oxygen concentration remains substantially constant; (k) determining the amount of oxygen consumed after the introduction of the sample; and (l) correlating the amount of oxygen consumed to the amount of cholesterol in the sample.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
271 words
A method for the enzymic assay of total cholesterol in a sample, the method comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a buffer solution providing a pH range from about 4 to about 9; (b) preparing a first aqueous reagent solution by dissolving cholesterol esterase and a salt of cholic acid in a mixture comprising a portion of the buffer solution, a nonionic surfactant and a polyhydroxy organic compound; (c) preparing a second aqueous reagent solution by dissolving cholesterol oxidase in a mixture comprising a portion of the buffer solution and a polyhydroxy organic compound; (d) preparing a third aqueous reagent solution by dissolving a salt in water and adding a polyhydroxy organic compound; (e) combining the first, second and third reagent solutions forming a combined reagent solution in which the polyhydroxy organic compound is present in an amount of from about 5 to about 50 percent by volume; (f) introducing a portion of the combined reagent solution to an analytic cell; (g) immersing an oxygen detection electrode capable of measuring the oxygen concentration in a liquid in the portion of combined reagent solution with the analytic cell; (h) measuring the oxygen concentration in the portion of combined reagent solution; (i) introducing to the portion of combined reagent solution in the analytic cell a sample for which the total cholesterol is to be determined; (j) measuring the oxygen concentration of the liquid in the analytic cell when the oxygen concentration remains substantially constant; (k) determining the amount of oxygen consumed after the introduction of the sample; and (l) correlating the amount of oxygen consumed to the amount of cholesterol in the sample.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as recited in claim 14 wherein the buffer solution is prepared by dissolving KH 2 PO 4 and NaOH in water.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as recited in claim 14 wherein the polyhydroxy compound is selected from the group consisting of glycerol, ethylene glycol, sorbitol, mannitol, and propylene glycol.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method as recited in claim 14 wherein the polyhydroxy organic compound is glycerol.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
75 words
A method as recited in claim 14 wherein the combined reagent solution comprises greater than 50 U/l cholesterol esterase, greater than 100 U/l cholesterol oxidase, a pH between 6 to 8, from about 5 to about 50 percent by volume polyhydroxy organic compound, from about 1 to about 15 percent by weight potassium iodide, from about 0.01 to about 0.5 percent by volume surfactant, and from about 0.01 mM to about 10 mM sodium cholate.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method as recited in claim 14 or 18 wherein the nonionic surfactant comprises octylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
115 words
A method as recited in claim 14 wherein the first reagent solution comprises 10,000 U/l (at 30° C. pH 6.6) cholesterol esterase, about 50 percent by volume glycerol, a buffer comprising KH 2 PO 4 , NaOH and water providing a pH of about 6 to about 7, about 17.4 mM sodium cholate and about 1.5 percent by volume octylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol; the second reagent solution comprises 20,000 U/l (at 37° C. pH 6.6) cholesterol oxidase, about 50 percent by volume glycerol and a buffer comprising KH 2 PO 4 , NaOH and water; and the third reagent solution comprises about 10 percent by weight potassium iodide, water and about 13 percent by volume glycerol.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method as recited in claim 20 wherein the combined reagent solution comprises 2 parts of the first reagent solution, 3 parts of the second reagent solution, and 25 parts of the third reagent solution.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as claimed in claim 14 in which the salt dissolved in the third reagent solution comprises potassium iodide.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
207 words
A kit for use in the enzymic assay of total cholesterol comprising: (a) a first reagent solution comprising cholesterol esterase dissolved in a buffer solution providing a pH range from about 4 to about 9, a polyhydroxy organic compound, a salt of cholic acid and a nonionic surfactant; (b) a second reagent solution comprising cholesterol oxidase dissolved in a buffer solution providing a pH range from about 4 to about 9 and a polyhydroxy organic compound; and (c) a third reagent solution comprising a mixture of a potassium iodide dissolved in water and a polyhydroxy organic compound, said first, second and third reagent solutions when combined providing a reagent solution having a pH of from about 4 to 9 for use in determining total cholesterol and comprising cholesterol esterase in an amount greater than 50 U/liter, cholesterol oxidase in an amount greater than 100 U/l, a polyhydroxy organic compound in an amount from about 5 to about 50 percent by volume, potassium iodide in an amount from about 1 to about 15 percent by weight, a nonionic surfactant in an amount from about 0.01 to about 0.5 percent by volume and a salt of cholic acid in an amount from about 0.01 mM to about 10 mM.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
207 words
A kit for use in the enzymic assay of total cholesterol comprising: (a) a first reagent solution comprising cholesterol esterase dissolved in a buffer solution providing a pH range from about 4 to about 9, a polyhydroxy organic compound, a salt of cholic acid and a nonionic surfactant; (b) a second reagent solution comprising cholesterol oxidase dissolved in a buffer solution providing a pH range from about 4 to about 9 and a polyhydroxy organic compound; and (c) a third reagent solution comprising a mixture of a potassium iodide dissolved in water and a polyhydroxy organic compound, said first, second and third reagent solutions when combined providing a reagent solution having a pH of from about 4 to 9 for use in determining total cholesterol and comprising cholesterol esterase in an amount greater than 50 U/liter, cholesterol oxidase in an amount greater than 100 U/l, a polyhydroxy organic compound in an amount from about 5 to about 50 percent by volume, potassium iodide in an amount from about 1 to about 15 percent by weight, a nonionic surfactant in an amount from about 0.01 to about 0.5 percent by volume and a salt of cholic acid in an amount from about 0.01 mM to about 10 mM.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
17 words
A kit as claimed in claim 23 in which the salt of cholic acid is sodium cholate.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
16 words
A kit as claimed in claim 24 in which the nonionic surfactant is octylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
28 words
A kit as claimed in claim 23 in which the polyhydroxy organic compound is selected from the group consisting of glycerol, ethylene glycol, sorbitol, mannitol, and propylene glycol.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
28 words
A kit as claimed in claim 25 in which the polyhydroxy organic compound is selected from the group consisting of glycerol, ethylene glycol, sorbitol, mannitol, and propylene glycol.
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