Effect of Desialylation of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin on Its Metabolic Clearance Rate in Humans

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We determined the MCR and other kinetic parameters of desialylated hCG (as-hCG) in eight subjects (four men and four women), aged 20-47, using a single injection of 1 mg of a highly purified preparation. The plasma disappearance curve was fitted to a single exponential equation, with a halftime of disappearance of 3.56 ± 0.62 min (mean ± SD) and an initial volume of distribution of 1790 ± 582 ml/m2. The mean MCR of as-hCG was 349 ± 96 ml/min · m2. The mean transit time of as-hCG was 373 times shorter than that of hCG. The rapid plasma disappearance of as-hCG could not be accounted for by renal clearance into urine, since less than 0.05% of the as-hCG injected was excreted in the urine, nor could it be explained by degradation by plasma proteases, since as-hCG was not appreciably degraded during incubation in human serum at 37 C for 3 h. These data show that desialylation markedly accelerates the MCR of hCG in the human in spite of reduced renal excretion and, therefore, indicate the presence of a highly active pathway for uptake of desialylated glycoproteins.

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