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. 1975 Apr;72(4):1272–1275. doi: 10.1073/pnas.72.4.1272

Physical characteristics of the gonadotropin receptor-hormone complexes formed in vivo and in vitro.

M L Dufau, E J Podesta, K J Catt
PMCID: PMC432514  PMID: 165502

Abstract

The physical properties of detergent-solubilized gonadotropin receptor-hormone complexes, determined by density gradient centrifugation and gel filtration, were compared after in vivo and in vitro labeling of specific ovarian binding sites with radioiodinated human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Following intravenous administration of biologically active 125I-labeled hCG, up to 50% of the gonadotropin tracer was bound to the luteinized ovaries of immature female rats treated with pregnant mare serum/human chorionic gonadotropin. Comparable binding of 125I-labeled hCG was observed after equilibration of ovarian particles with the labeled hormone in vitro. The sedimentation properties of the solubilized receptor-hormone complexes formed in vivo were identical with those derived for the corresponding complexes formed in vitro and extracted with Triton X-100 and Lubrol PX, with sedimentation constants of 8.8 S for the Triton-solubilized complex and 7.0 S for the complex extracted with Lubrol PX. During analytical gel filtration of the Triton-solubilized receptor-hormone complex on Sepharose 6B in 0.1% Triton X-100, the partition coefficient (Kav) of the "in vivo" complex (0.32) was not significantly different from that of the complex formed in vitro (0.29). Gel filtration of the Lubrol-solubilized ovarian particles on Sepharose 6B in 0.5% Lubrol PX gave Kav values for the "in vivo" and "in vitro" labeled complexes of 0.36 and 0.32, respectively. These findings demonstrate that the physical properties of size and shape which determine the partition coefficient and sedimentation characteristics of detergent-solubilized gonadotropin receptor-hormone complexes formed in vitro are not distinguishable from those of the complexes extracted after specific interaction of the ovarian gonadotropin receptors with radioiodinated hCG in vivo.

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