Laboratory Medicine ›› 2015, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (8): 835-840.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2015.08.015

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Establishment of an ELISA for the quantitative measuring of glucagon-like peptide 1 and the primary clinical application

SUN Lishan1, WANG Mingdong1, LU Liu1, LIU Yingbing2, LU Lin1, GUO Jinhu1, FAN Lieying1   

  1. 1. Department of Clinical Laboratory, East Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200120, China
    2. Novodiax Company, California 94587, USA
  • Received:2014-09-23 Online:2015-08-30 Published:2015-08-28

Abstract:

Objective To establish an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the quantitative measuring of glucagon-like peptide 1(GLP-1) in serum and to investigate the application in the individualized treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. Methods Using a polyclonal antibody as capture antibody, another monoclonal antibody as labeled antibody, serial dilutions as standard material, an ELISA was established for the quantitative measuring of GLP-1 in serum, and the biological reference interval was also established. All the subjects were classified into 3 groups, normal glucose tolerance (NGT) group (50 cases), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) group (52 cases) and T2DM group (68 cases). The blood samples were collected at fasting time, 1 h after taking glucose and 2 h after taking glucose. The dynamic change of GLP-1 was evaluated with routine biological items, in order to evaluate the clinical application significance of GLP-1 for the treatment of T2DM. Results The established method had an good quantitative correlation in the range of 23.5-1 490 nmol/L(R2=0.999, P<0.05). The biological reference interval for adults was (79.5±15.6) nmol/L. The GLP-1 in T2DM group was higher than those in NGT and IGT groups (P<0.05). According to the dynamic change of GLP-1 concentration in the oral glucose tolerance test, the deficient secretion of GLP-1 after taking glucose among patients in IGT and T2DM groups could be concluded. Conclusions The ELISA for the quantitative measuring of GLP-1 in serum is successfully established. This method could be used to dynamically monitor the secretion of GLP-1 in IGT and T2DM patients and would be helpful for the individualized treatment of T2DM.

Key words: Glucagon-like peptide 1, Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Impaired glucose tolerance

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