Abstract
In a very active cell-free system containing polysomes derived from human placenta and a cell-sap fraction prepared from ascites tumor cells, the synthesis of the hormone human placental lactogen (HPL) was detected. The identification was based on the following: (a) The in vitro synthesized protein labeled with [35S]methionine migrated at the same rate as authentic HPL on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels and (b) tryptic fingerprint analysis of the labeled protein yielded peptides having the same mobilities as seen with the same analysis of purified HPL.
The amount of HPL synthesized in a cell-free system containing polysomes derived from term placenta was about 10% of the total proteins synthesized and in a comparable system containing first trimester ribosomes the level of synthesis was about 5%. These data suggest the potential for quantitating the HPL mRNA activity as a function of the period of gestation and for isolating the mRNA itself.
Keywords: reproduction, protein synthesis, hormone, pregnancy
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