In vivo bioactivities and clearance patterns of highly purified human luteinizing hormone isoforms
In vivo bioactivities and clearance patterns of highly purified human luteinizing hormone isoforms
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DOI:
10.1210/en.137.11.4827
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发表时间:
1996-11-01
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4.8
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Robertson, DM
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Burgon, PG;Stanton, PG;Robertson, DM
Previous studies have shown that highly purified isoforms of human pituitary LH exhibited a 20-fold range of in vitro bioactivities. The aim of this study was to determine the corresponding plasma half-lives, metabolic clearance rates (MCR), and in vivo bioactivities of these human (h) LH isoforms. Cannulated adult male rats were administered hLH isoforms as a bolus i.v. injection. For the half-life studies, blood was then serially collected over a 6-h period, and serum was assayed for hLH using a specific immunofluorometric assay. All hLH (n = 19) isoforms exhibited biexponential disappearance profiles with an initial fast half-life (t1/2) for component A of 12.8 +/- 3.7 min, followed by a slow component B with t1/2 of 58.9 +/- 4.4 min. The prevalence of component B in relation to component A increased significantly (r = 0.81, P < 0.001) over a 3-fold range when correlated with the sialic acid content of the isoform. Similarly, the MCR showed a significant correlation (r = 0.77, P < 0.001) with sialic acid content. The basis for the two t1/2 components was then investigated. In the first experiment, rat plasma containing primarily component B was collected 90 min after hLH isoform administration and injected into a second animal Only component B was observed with no evidence of component A, which indicates that the two t1/2 components are not the product of the redistribution of the hLH isoform between body compartments. In the second experiment, component B was found to be dependent on sialic acid content, as desialylated hLH isoforms showed a rapid disappearance (t1/2 = 8.6 +/- 3.1) with the component B proportion decreasing to