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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 34, 2022-2025, Copyright © 1988 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Improved measurement of free alpha subunit of glycoprotein hormones by assay with use of a monoclonal antibody

RW Whitcomb, JS Sangha, AL Schneyer and WF Crowley Jr
Reproductive Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.

Any exploration of the physiology of secretion of free alpha subunit of glycoprotein hormones in humans requires a sensitive assay system that shows low cross reactivity with the intact hormones (lutropin, follitropin, thyrotropin, and choriogonadotropin). We established and validated such an assay system with a monoclonal antibody for detection of free alpha subunit in serum with better sensitivity (detection limit, 30 ng/L) and less cross reactivity (0.67% with intact human lutropin) than with available polyclonal antibody methods. Thus, the specific epitope recognized by this antibody apparently is exposed only on the free or uncombined form of alpha subunit and is concealed after non-covalent combination with any beta subunit. Using Western blot analysis, we show that most of the cross reactivity is probably the result of contamination of the human lutropin standard (obtained from the National Hormone and Pituitary Program, NIH) with small amounts of free alpha subunit. With such a specific and sensitive method, it should be possible to obtain more-precise information regarding the secretion of free alpha subunit.


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