title: Presence of immunoreactive atrial natriuretic peptide in follicular fluid, ovary and ovarian perfusates.
abstract: Immunoreactive atrial natriuretic peptide (ir-ANP) was measured in the follicular fluid of pig ovarian follicle, and rabbit ovarian homogenates and perfusates using a specific radioimmunoassay (RIA). Serial dilution curves made with the extracts of follicular fluid, ovarian homogenates and perfusates using SepPak C18 cartridges were parallel with the RIA standard curve. On gel filtration chromatography and reverse phase HPLC, all extracted materials showed high and low molecular weight forms of ir-ANP. The amount of ir-ANP in rabbit ovary was 40.70 +/- 0.39 pg/mg and that in follicular fluid of pig ovarian follicle was 18.88 +/- 2.49 pg/ml.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Jeonbug National University Medical School, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Seul
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Koh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000032:analysis*; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000032:analysis*; D010053:Ovary / Q000032:analysis*; D010477:Perfusion; D011817:Rabbits; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor