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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 30, 1253-1262, Copyright © 1984 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Chemical, biological and immunological properties of pituitary gonadotropins from the donkey (Equus asinus): comparison with the horse (Equus caballus)

JF Roser, H Papkoff, HM Murthy, YS Chang, RC Chloupek and JA Potes

Donkey gonadotropins (donkey luteinizing hormone, dLH; donkey follicle- stimulating hormone, dFSH) have been isolated in purified form from 191 donkey pituitaries using essentially the same procedures previously employed for the purification of equine gonadotropins. Chemically, dLH and dFSH were observed to be similar to equine LH (eLH) and FSH (eFSH) in fractionation behavior and glycoprotein nature. Two forms of the dFSH molecule were observed, as is the case for eFSH. Donkey LH had significantly less total carbohydrate (13.5%) and sialic acid (1.9%) than eLH (26.7% and 5.8%, respectively). Carbohydrate (17-21%) and sialic acid (2.4%) content of the two dFSH preparations closely resembled that of eFSH. A slightly higher tyrosine content in the donkey gonadotropins was noted in a comparison of amino acid compositions. Immunologically, in a heterologous FSH radioimmunoassay (RIA), dFSH preparations were equal to or twice as active as eFSH preparations. However, in homologous RIAs for equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG), eFSH and eLH, both the dLH and dFSH preparations were considerably less active than the equine gonadotropins, and their inhibition curves were all nonparallel. Biologically, in the Steelman- Pohley assay both dFSH preparations were equipotent and as potent as eFSH (approximately 40 times NIH-FSH-S12). In the Sertoli cell assay for cAMP (FSH assay) and the Leydig cell assay for testosterone (LH assay), both dFSH and dLH were 2- or 6-fold more active than eFSH and eLH, respectively. In rat and equine testis FSH homologous radioreceptor assays, dFSH preparations were as active and up to 6-fold more active than eFSH. In contrast, dLH was 10-fold less active than eLH in the equine LH homologous radioreceptor assay. Unlike eLH, dLH was found to possess little intrinsic FSH activity or FSH inhibitory activity, and the small amount of FSH activity observed was most likely due to FSH contamination. Therefore, eLH behaves much like eCG (pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin, PMSG) which also possesses both LH and FSH activity. In contrast, dLH behaves more like donkey chorionic gonadotropin (dCG) which possesses only a low degree of FSH activity.


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