title: Gestational profiles of rat placental lactogen-II (rPL-II) and growth hormone (GH) in maternal and fetal serum, amniotic fluid, and placental tissue.
abstract: Rat placental lactogen-II (rPL-II) and growth hormone (rGH) in maternal and fetal serum, amniotic fluid, and placental tissue were measured by a homologous radioimmunoassay during the last half of pregnancy. rPL-II appeared first in maternal circulation and the placental tissue on day 11 of pregnancy. The maternal serum rPL-II concentration increased progressively and reached the peak value (684 +/- 76 ng/ml) on day 19, and declined thereafter up to term. rPL-II content in the tissue had a similar pattern to the maternal serum profile of rPL-II, while its concentration in the tissue increased dramatically on day 12 and remained high until day 19. Fetal serum rPL-II was detected on days 17 and 18, though its concentration was much lower (ranged between 3-10 ng/ml) than that of maternal serum. rPL-II in amniotic fluid was also detectable only on days 12-14 of pregnancy, and the peak value on day 13 was 22% of the maternal serum rPL-II concentration. The rGH concentration increased gradually as pregnancy advanced with a decline on the day before parturition. Although rGH in fetal serum increased on day 20 with a decline on the following day, it was slightly detectable in amniotic fluid on the last two days of pregnancy. The molecular profile of rPL-II in amniotic fluid and maternal serum of day 13 pregnant rats were examined by Western blotting. Anti-rPL-II serum detected two proteins with molecular weights (mol wt) of 19.5K and 20.5K in amniotic fluid and one protein with a mol wt of 20.5K in maternal serum under nonreducing conditions.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Kanzakigawa Laboratory, Shionogi Research Laboratories, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirashiba
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood* / Q000502:physiology; D010920:Placenta / Q000737:chemistry*; D010928:Placental Lactogen / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood* / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: C062303:placental lactogen II; D013006:Growth Hormone; D010928:Placental Lactogen