title: Isolation of human lutropin from woman urine and comparison of its properties with pituitary hormone.
abstract: Lutropin was isolated from woman preovulatory urine by immunoaffinity chromatography using a column with monoclonal antibody (mAb) anti-beta hLH(37) coupled to Sepharose CL 4B. As it was demonstrated the isolated hormone, as well as pituitary lutropin, were separated in SDS-PAGE into several well visible fractions with 30-94 kDa molecular mass and scarcely visible fractions with 14-20 kDa. All fractions reacted only with mAb anti-alpha hCG(99)-HRP but not with mAb anti-beta hLH-HRP. Pretreatment of pituitary lutropin with PN-Gase F did not affect its electrophoretic pattern. After boiling the hormone with SDS and beta ME no fractions in SDS-PAGE were observed. No substantial differences in affinity chromatography on Con A-Sepharose between pituitary and urinary lutropin were noted. Some differences between these two hormone preparations were observed in assays performed with several ELISA variants. Using two pairs of mAbs anti-beta hLH for ELISA technique no hormone was assayed in urine samples from women, collected between 12 and 16 days of menstrual cycles.
authors.affiliation: Biochemical Laboratory, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kurowska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szewczuk
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000652:urine*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007986:Luteinizing Hormone