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MLAB 2401: Clinical ChemistryKeri Brophy-Martinez
Assessment of Liver Function
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Liver Panel
• Albumin• Bilirubin, total• Bilirubin, direct• AST/SGOT• ALT/SGPT• Alkaline Phosphatase
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History of Bilirubin Analysis
• Ehrlich(1883) – Described the reaction of bilirubin with diazotized sulfanilic
acid= DIAZO REACTION
• Malloy and Evelyn (1937)– Diazo reaction with 50% methanol as an accelerator
• Jendrassik and Grof ( 1938)– Diazo reaction with caffeine-benzoate-acetate as
accelerator– Increased sensitivity
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Measured vs. Calculated
• Measured Analytes– Total Bilirubin– Conjugated bilirubin (DIRECT)
• Calculated Analytes– Unconjugated bilirubin (INDIRECT)
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Fractions & Their Characteristics• Conjugated/Direct
– Polar– Water-soluble– Found in plasma, unbound or free– Reacts with diazotized sulfanilic acid without an accelerator
• Unconjugated/Indirect– Nonpolar– Water-insoluble– Found in plasma, bound to albumin– Reacts with diazotized sulfanilic acid with an accelerator
• Delta– Conjugated bilirubin bound to albumin– Observed in hepatic obstructions
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Specimen Collection and Storage
• Serum or plasma preferred• Temperature sensitive• Fasting sample preferred
– Lipemia increases bilirubin concentrations
• No hemolysis– Hemolysis decreases the reaction of bilirubin
with the diazo reagent
• Light sensitive– Bilirubin levels decrease by 30-50% per hour.
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Methods of Bilirubin Analysis• Jendrassik-Grof
– Measures Total and Conjugated bilirubin– Principle
• Bilirubin pigments in serum react with a diazo reagent which results in the production of azobilirubin( a purple product). Measured at 540 nm.
• Caffeine -benzoate accerlerates the coupling of bilirubin with the diazo reagent.
• Ascorbic acid stops the reaction. • Alkaline tartrate converts the purple azobilirubin to a blue
azobilirubin. • This product is measured spectrophotometrically @ 600 nm.
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Jendrassik-Grof
• Advantages– Not affected by pH changes– Maintains optical sensitivity at low bilirubin
concentrations– Insensitive to high protein concentrations
• Jendrassik-Grof Animation– http://webcls.utmb.edu/lo/publicdl.asp?
616404F6782E84851260BFF8F344F92903AF
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Reference Ranges for Bilirubin
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Urine Bilirubin
• Presence indicates conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
• Detected using urine dipsticks– Have a diazo reagent imbedded in the strip– Follows the Ehrlich principle– (Chemstrip/Multistix)
• Fresh urine should be used– Avoid light and oxidation
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Urobilinogen
• End product of bilirubin metabolism• Majority excreted in feces, some reabsorbed and returned to
the liver
• Increased– Hemolytic disease– Defective liver-cell function
• Decreased– Biliary obstruction– Carcinoma
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Determination of Urobilinogen
• Ehrlich’s reaction– Ehrlich’s reagent=p-dimethyl
aminobenzaldehyde
– Urobilinogen + Ehrlich’s reagent = Red color– Performed on fresh urine
• Reference Range– 0.1-1.0 Ehrlich units in two hours
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Enzymes• Liver damage results in the release of enzymes
into the circulation• Differentiate between functional or mechanical
causes of disease• Significant enzymes
– AST– ALT– ALP– GGT– 5’ nucleotidase– LDH
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Enzymes
• Aminotransferases– ALT and AST rise rapidly in most diseases of the
liver and stay elevated for up to 2-6 weeks– Highest levels seen with hepatitis, hepatic
ischemia and drug/toxin-induced necrosis• Phosphatases
– ALP differentiates hepatobiliary disease from bone disease
– 5’-Nucleotidase is elevated in hepatobiliary disease
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Enzymes
• GGT elevated in biliary obstruction and in chronic alcoholism
• LDH/LD serves as a nonspecific marker of cellular injury
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Enzymes: Points to Remember
• Elevated Liver enzymes are as easy as ABC– Alcoholism– Biliary Obstruction– Cirrhosis
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Misc. Liver Function Tests
• Prothrombin time– Elevated in liver disease
• Ammonia– Elevated in liver disease
• Glucose/Galactose Tolerance– Assess the liver’s ability to metabolize
carbohydrates
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Disease StatesCondition AST ALT ALP GGT Albumin
Alcoholic hepatits
I I NI III N
Acute Hepatitis
III II I I N
Biliary Obstruction
NI NI I I I
Cirrhosis NI NI NI NI D
Reye’s Syndrome
I I N
I= IncreasedN= Normal
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Hepatitis A Markers
• Performed by serological antibodies– IgM indicates acute infection and can persist for 3-6
months– IgG appears shortly after IgM, and confers lifelong
immunity.
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Hepatitis B Markers
•HBsAG: Hepatitis B Surface Antigen•Detected prior to onset of symptoms
•HBcAG: Hepatitis B Core Antigen•Found in an acute infection
•HBeAg: Hepatitis B Envelope Antigen•Found in acute and chronic infections
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Hepatitis B Virus
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Hepatitis C Testing
• Two methods currently used– Anti-HCV detection by EIA (Screen)
• A positive test indicates exposure to HCV, it can not determine a current infection versus a past infection
– Quantitative nucleic acid PCR for HCV RNA (Confirmatory)
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References
• Bishop, M., Fody, E., & Schoeff, l. (2010). Clinical Chemistry: Techniques, principles, Correlations. Baltimore: Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
• http://www.abbottdiagnostics.co.uk/About_Us/UK/hepatitis_antigen.cfm
• http://depts.washington.edu/labweb/Divisions/Viro/Hepatitis_sero.htm
• http://tmp.kiwix.org:4201/A/Hepatitis_B.html• Sunheimer, R., & Graves, L. (2010). Clinical Laboratory
Chemistry. Upper Saddle River: Pearson .