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Problems with measuring peripheral oxytocin: Can the data on oxytocin and human behavior be trusted?
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Research on the neurobiological and behavioral effects of oxytocin (OT), as well as on its possible therapeutic applications, has intensified in the past decade. Accurate determination of peripheral OT levels is essential to reach meaningful conclusions and to motivate, support and inform clinical interventions. Different, but concordant, methods for measuring plasma OT have been developed over the past four decades, but since 2004 several commercially available methods have been favored in research with humans. Evaluation of these methods reveals that they lack reliability when used on unextracted samples of human fluids, and that they tag molecules in addition to OT, yielding estimates that are wildly discrepant with an extensive body of earlier findings that were obtained using methods that are well validated, but more laborious. An accurate, specific, and readily available method for measuring OT that can be adopted as the standard in the field is urgently needed for advances in our understanding of OT's roles in cognition and behavior.
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“in recent evaluations the RIA method was shown to have low sensitivity in the majority of samples tested (McCullough et al., 2013)”
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“Both the commercially available immunoassays (RIA and EIA) have high heterogeneity and questionable validity (McCullough et al., 2013).”
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“even in extracted samples the non-OT immunoreactive products of uncertain nature account for most of the measured immunoreactivity (McCullough et al., 2013).”
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“With respect to other bodily fluids, such as saliva and urine, it has been demonstrated that the estimated levels are highly discrepant and weakly correlated to plasmatic levels (McCullough et al., 2013).”
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“This advice has been largely ignored. Many studies have used this assay on unextracted human plasma, reporting mean concentrations of oxytocin and vasopressin of typically 100–500 pg/ml 3, 4, 5, 6, 114. Those that have diluted samples have done so by less than the manufacturer's recommendations, without confirming that their dilution is adequate.”
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“These improvements have sought to address the main concern raised by McCullough et al. [7], namely that earlier ELISAs had a high rate of non-specific binding (when non-OT compounds bind to ‘OT-specific’ antibodies), leading to artificially elevated concentrations of OT.”
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“Lyophilization has also been found to significantly increase the validity of measuring OT via ELISA [7, 21, 22]. Therefore, we used the lyophilisation process instead of the chemical process outlined in the manual.”
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“Furthermore, an increasing number of studies demonstrate the same effects of behavior, social context, and social relationships on both central and peripheral oxytocin measures (35–37).”
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“The biological validity of peripheral oxytocin measurements with respect to central oxytocin patterns nonetheless is debated (33–35).”
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“However, an increasing body of evidence shows that oxytocin pathways can involve coordinated central and peripheral oxytocin release, indicating that high peripheral measures reflect the release of central oxytocin.”
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“Of note, the interpretation of peripheral OXT measurements is hampered by methodological issues (76) and the absence of a strong linear relationship between peripheral and central OXT concentrations (77).”
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“Studies that have examined CSF levels of oxytocin after intranasal administration have shown small CSF increases in animal models at around 40 minutes to 1 hour post-administration, 78,79”
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Metadata
- Authors
- McCullough, M. E., Churchland, P. S., & Mendez, A. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Miami (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mendez, Armando J.
- Venue
- Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-09
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1485-1492
- ISSN
- 0149-7634 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2124961114
- Cited by
- 416
- References
- 108
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 42 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 40 · 2017: 46 · 2016: 50 · 2015: 42 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 9
- FWCI
- 5.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- escholarship.org
- Locations
- Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Keywords
- oxytocin, assay validation, method reliability, cross-reactivity
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Oxytocin, Radioimmunoassay, Reproducibility of Results
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