Abstract
Ten lots of dissociated hMG were characterized by reverse-phase gradient high-performance liquid chromatography. Areas of 12 discrete peaks were directly related to dosages of hMG injected. The lots were further analysed for immunoactive-FSH (41.6-106.2 IU/ampule), immunoactive-LH (11.0-20.4 IU/ampule), bioactive-LH (2.7-17.1 IU/ampule) and bioactive-hMG (149-298 pg E2/mIU immunoactive-FSH/ml). Relationships between integrated areas of the HPLC peaks and biochemical properties of the hMG lots were analysed by stepwise multiple linear regression. Between-lot differences in immunoactive-LH and immunoactive-FSH were related to HPLC peak areas (p less than 0.05); differences in bioactive-LH were not. Areas of 8 peaks were related to differences in bioactive-hMG activity, facilitating close approximation of bioactive-hMG from the derived multi-linear model (p less than 0.001). Rapid characterization of hMG by HPLC is of relevance as recent reports have shown that ovarian responses and pregnancy outcomes of patients are related to the immunoactive and bioactive gonadotropin content of hMG preparations used to induce multiple folliculogenesis before oocyte aspiration, in vitro fertilization, and embryo replacement.
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