Studies of the secretion of monkey placental lactogen

AUTOR(ES)

Belanger, C.

RESUMO

A radioimmunoassay for monkey placental lactogen (MPL) was developed to study the factors controlling the secretion of MPL. The sensitivity of the assay was 1 ng MPL per ml. Human and monkey growth hormone, and human placental lactogen (HPL) showed minimal cross-reactions with MPL. Maternal MPL concentrations as measured in 40 rhesus monkeys increased progressively throughout pregnancy to a mean of 5000 ng/ml at term while umbilical vein MPL was less than 50 ng/ml. After term delivery maternal MPL concentrations decreased rapidly with a t½ of 20 min.

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