DETERMINATION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE IN BOVINE BLOOD BY RADIOLIGAND RECEPTOR ASSAY AND COMPARISON WITH RADIOIMMUNOLOGICAL EVALUATION

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Abstract
A sensitive and specific radioligand receptor assay (RRA) using rat testis homogenate as the receptor source is described for measurement of luteinizing hormone (LH) in bovine blood. Interfering and non-specific substances in blood were removed by means of ion-exchange chromatography. Criteria of validation such as recovery of added LH to plasma or serum, reproducibility and specificity gave good results. Inhibition curves obtained with bovine plasma and serum were parallel to those obtained with the bovine standard preparation. The range of the dose-response curve was between 0.5-20 ng of bovine LH. The pattern of LH concentrations in purified serum samples under different physiological conditions such as during the estrous cycle and after administration of GnRH [gonadotropin releasing hormone] showed a very close correlation whether measured by means of radioimmunoassay (RIA) or receptor assay. Values of RRA-LH were consistently higher than those of RIA-LH. The lower the RIA-LH levels, the more pronounced were the discrepancies between results of both assay systems. The mean ratio of RRA-LH/RIA-LH for basal levels (less than 1 ng RIA-LH/ml plasma) was 17.8 compared to a mean ratio for higher peak values (more than 20 ng RIA-LH/ml plasma) of only 1.2.