PMID- 32807030 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210111 LR - 20210818 IS - 1943-4936 (Electronic) IS - 1040-6387 (Print) IS - 1040-6387 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 6 DP - 2020 Nov TI - Serum paraoxonase 1 activity in cats: analytical validation, reference intervals, and correlation with serum amyloid A and alpha-1-acid glycoprotein. PG - 844-855 LID - 10.1177/1040638720949638 [doi] AB - Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is an inflammation marker associated with lipid oxidation and is used as a diagnostic marker in people. There is no information about the suitable substrate and analytic performance in cats, or its biological behavior compared with other inflammation markers. Our aims were to validate a paraoxon-based method to measure PON1 activity in feline serum, to assess stability of PON1 under different storage conditions and the impact of interfering elements, to determine a reference interval (RI) for healthy cats, and to correlate PON1 activity with 2 major acute-phase proteins. Intra- and inter-assay precision, accuracy, and RI were assessed using fresh serum. The same specimens were stored at room temperature, refrigerated, or frozen, and retested at defined intervals. Hemolysis, lipemia, and icterus were simulated to study interferences. PON1 results were compared to serum amyloid A (SAA) and alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) results. Analytical validation yielded precise and accurate results. PON1 activity is stable for up to 24 h at room temperature and up to 48 h at 4 degrees C. Freezing at -20 degrees C results in an increase after 72 h, with return to baseline values after 1 wk, that again increases after 6 mo. Only hyperlipemia interfered with PON1 activity. The RI based on 71 healthy cats was 58-154 U/L. PON1 activity was negatively correlated with AGP, but not with SAA. Serum PON1 activity can be measured accurately in cats, and it acts as a negative acute-phase protein. FAU - Rossi, Gabriele AU - Rossi G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4879-9504 AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary and Life Science, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. FAU - Meazzi, Sara AU - Meazzi S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8157-7973 AD - Department of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy. FAU - Giordano, Alessia AU - Giordano A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8611-8944 AD - Department of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy. FAU - Paltrinieri, Saverio AU - Paltrinieri S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7117-7987 AD - Department of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200817 PL - United States TA - J Vet Diagn Invest JT - Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc JID - 9011490 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Orosomucoid) RN - 0 (Serum Amyloid A Protein) RN - EC 3.1.8.1 (Aryldialkylphosphatase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Aryldialkylphosphatase/*blood/metabolism MH - Biomarkers/blood MH - Cat Diseases/*blood MH - Cats MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Orosomucoid/*metabolism MH - Reference Values MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Serum Amyloid A Protein/*metabolism PMC - PMC7649547 OTO - NOTNLM OT - acute-phase protein OT - assay interference OT - feline OT - inflammation OT - serum paraoxonase-1 activity OT - storage COIS- Declaration of conflicting interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. EDAT- 2020/08/19 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/12 06:00 PMCR- 2021/08/17 CRDT- 2020/08/19 06:00 PHST- 2020/08/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/08/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2021/08/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1177_1040638720949638 [pii] AID - 10.1177/1040638720949638 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Vet Diagn Invest. 2020 Nov;32(6):844-855. doi: 10.1177/1040638720949638. Epub 2020 Aug 17.