Enzyme immunoassay of the active metabolite (RS-5139) of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (CS-622).

A simple and sensitive enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for determination of the active metabolite (RS-5139) of a new angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (CS-622) was developed. The N-succinimmidyl ester of RS-5139 was coupled with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and its conjugate was used as an immunogen. Horse radish peroxidase (HRP; EC 1, 11, 1, 7) was used as a labeled enzyme and 3, 3', 5, 5'-tetramethylbenzidine was used as a substrate. The antiserum was used at a final dilution of 1:10000 and sensitivity was 10 pg in plasma and 20pg in urine. CS-622 exhibited cross-reactivity (22.3%), but other ACE inhibitors didn't exhibit cross-reactivity. The plasma levels determined by EIA and GC/MS was good agreement (y = 6.58e-2+1.07x, R AND 2 = 0.985, n = 52).