Antibodies to newly recognized murine 13-18 KDa pituitary peptides crossreact with growth hormone and prolactin from several species, including man.
Recently we identified five novel peptides of Mr 13,000 to 18,000 (designated P13, P14, P16, P17, and P18 according to approximate Mr) in the anterior pituitary gland of rat and man that appeared related to GH and PRL in regulation and structure. We have now raised polyclonal antibodies in the rabbit to four of these peptides--P13, P14, P17 and P18--isolated from rat anterior pituitary; the rabbit injected with P16 did not produce antibodies. Besides reacting with their respective immunogens, antisera to all four peptides crossreacted, quite unexpectedly, with human GH and with human, porcine, and ovine PRL. Antiserum to P17, in addition, crossreacted very strongly with rat PRL, while P18 antiserum crossreacted not only with human GH but also with its 20K and cleaved variants. These results provide strong evidence for the structural relatedness of these peptides to GH and PRL, and raise the possibility that they may be related functionally as well.
Lutcher Brown Department of Biochemistry, Whittier Institute for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA 92037.
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D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006031:Glycosylation; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology*; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000276:immunology*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000276:immunology*; D013045:Species Specificity
D010455:Peptides; D011388:Prolactin; D013006:Growth Hormone