Abstract
Gel filtration of plasma from a patient with a clinical synDr.ome of glucagonoma and a total plasma glucagon level of 2600 pg/ml, revealed the four glucagon immunoreactive fractions found in normal subjects. The total hyperglucagonemia observed was due to high levels of true glucagon and proglucagon moieties. The so-called “big plasma glucagon” (BPG) measured 190 pg/ml (normal average 113 ± 79 pg/ml, Mean ± SD, N = 10); the large glucagon immunoreactivity, LGI (9000 mol wt), measured 625 pg/ml (normal average 11 ± 16 pg/ml); the true glucagon accounted for 1435 pg/ml (normal average 31 ± 29 pg/ml); and the small glucagon immunoreactive fraction (-2000 mol wt) measured 35 pg/ml (normal average 26 ± 18 pg/ml). The high levels of LGI, considered a candidate for proglucagon, may reflect the increased secretory activity of the tumor.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 804-808 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1976 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Biochemistry
- Endocrinology
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Biochemistry, medical