A polarographic study of the hydrolysis of [8-lysine]vasopressin and some hormonogens of the vasopressin series with the blood serum of women in the last week of pregnancy was studied. The dependence of hydrolysis on pH (pH optimum: 7.4-7.50, substrate concentration (Km 1.2 . 10-5M), pH stability and thermal stability were determined. The rate of hydrolysis of individual vasopressin analogues decreases in the order: [8-lysine]vasopressin > Nα-glycyl-prolyl[8-lysine]-vasopressin > Nα-leucyl-[8-lysine]vasopressin > Nα-alanyl-[8-lysine]vasopressin > Nα-phenyl alanyl-[8-lysine]vasopressin > Nα-diglycyl-[8-lysine]vasopressin > Nα-prolyl-[8-lysine]vasopressin > Nα-triglycyl-[8-lysine]vasopressin > Nα-sarcosyl-glycyl-[8-lysine]vasopressin. The degree of hydrolysis gradually increases to a multiple with the length of the pregnancy in consequence of the presence of oxytocine. However, vasopressin is also hydrolysed to a small extent with the enzymes from the blood sera of non-pregnant women. Under similar analytical conditions oxytocin was not hydrolysed with the sera of non-pregnant women and therefore oxytocin is a more suitable substrate than vasopressin for polarographic determination of serum oxytocinase.
对孕妇血清中[8-赖氨酸]加压素及一些加压素类激素的水解进行了极谱研究。研究了水解对pH的依赖性(pH最适值:7.4-7.50,底物浓度(Km 1.2 . 10^-5M),pH稳定性和热稳定性。各个加压素类似物的水解速率按顺序递减:[8-赖氨酸]加压素 > Nα-甘氨酰-脯氨酰[8-赖氨酸]-加压素 > Nα-亮氨酰-[8-赖氨酸]加压素 > Nα-丙氨酰-[8-赖氨酸]加压素 > Nα-苯基丙氨酰-[8-赖氨酸]加压素 > Nα-二甘氨酰-[8-赖氨酸]加压素 > Nα-脯氨酰-[8-赖氨酸]加压素 > Nα-三甘氨酰-[8-赖氨酸]加压素 > Nα-肌氨酰基甘氨酰-[8-赖氨酸]加压素。水解程度随着妊娠时间的延长逐渐增加,因为存在催产素。然而,加压素也在非孕妇血清中的酶的作用下被水解,但程度较小。在类似的分析条件下,催产素在非孕妇血清中不被水解,因此催产素比加压素更适合用于极谱测定血清催产素酶。