Novel biological detection method for dioxins in serum, and a diagnostic use therefor in metabolic syndrome and related conditions

Abstract

The present invention relates to a novel biological detection method for dioxins in serum and a diagnostic use thereof in metabolic syndrome and related conditions. More particularly, according to the present invention, a significant correlation between dioxin content in serum and physical variables has been confirmed by measuring luciferase activity through the use of serum as a whole and cells transformed with a recombinant vector comprising a gene construct in which a dioxin responsive element, a promoter and a reporter gene are operably linked. And there is an improvement in this method of the present invention over the conventional methods which require a preprocessing step in order to purify dioxins from serum, by which plural samples can be analyzed easily and accurately even with a very small amount of each because of the use of serum as a whole. Therefore, the detection system of the present invention which involves total serum processing in a genetically transformed cell line comprising a recombinant reporter gene whose expression is modified by dioxin compounds can be effectively used for the biological detection of dioxins in serum. This method can also be used to research the correlation between specific POPs and patient's disease factors by accurate detection of POPs such as dioxins in the serum, and further this method can be effectively used to predict the occurrence of disease and to determine treatability.

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