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J H Eckfeldt, M J Kershaw, L A Lewis, Automated kinetic assay for lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 1 by centrifugal analysis after alkaline inactivation., Clinical Chemistry, Volume 30, Issue 11, 1 November 1984, Pages 1821–1824, https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/30.11.1821
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Abstract
Lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 1 (LD1, EC 1.1.1.27) has been used widely as a marker for myocardial infarction, and many analytical methods for it have been developed, most of which are relatively labor intensive. On the basis of a recent report by Takizawa et al. (Clin Chem 29: 1941-1945, 1983) describing the marked stability of LD1 in buffered alkaline solutions, and with use of a centrifugal analyzer, we have developed a fully automated assay for LD1. Results with this method are precise (between-day SD = 2.1 U/L), vary linearly with LD1 activity to 600 U/L, and correlate well with LD1 as determined by immunological (Roche Isomune-LD) and agarose electrophoretic methods (r = 0.985 and 0.986, respectively). Furthermore, the method is easy and convenient, and should provide a substantial savings in labor and reagent costs to laboratories currently determining LD1 by electrophoretic or immunologic methods.