Microheterogeneity of anterior pituitary FSH in the male rat: isoelectric focusing pattern throughout sexual maturation
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Microheterogeneity of anterior pituitary FSH in the male rat: isoelectric focusing pattern throughout sexual maturation
Abstract
Anterior pituitary glands were removed from male rats at 5, 10, 15, 18, 21, 28, 30, 40, 50 and 90 days of age, and the multiple forms of FSH present within them were separated by polyacrylamide gel-isoelectric focusing (PAGE-IEF; pH range 3.0-8.0). Gel eluents were analysed for FSH content by radioimmunoassay (RIA) and a specific radioreceptor assay (RRA). All pituitaries studied exhibited one or more peaks of immunoactive FSH within a pH range of 7.0-3.0; the major peak exhibited an isoelectric point (pI) of 4.9-4.0. Between 25 and 56% of anterior pituitary FSH obtained from rats 5-30 days old focused within a pH range of 4.9-4.5, whilst in older animals (greater than or equal to 40 days) this pH range contained 17-27% of the total FSH recovered. In contrast, in animals 40-90 days old, the greatest proportion of immunoactive FSH (42-62% of the total immunoactivity recovered) focused within a pH range of 4.4-4.0; further, only these groups of animals exhibited a significant proportion of anterior pituitary FSH with a pI less than or equal to 3.9. Between 14 and 21% of total FSH from 5- to 30-day-old rats focused within a pH range of 5.4-5.0, whereas in older animals this pH range contained 6-9% of the total FSH recovered. These shifts in FSH pI occurred at the time of appearance of spermiogenesis, at 45 days of age. Although the ratio of the concentration of FSH measured by RRA to that measured by RIA declined as the pI of the anterior pituitary FSH decreased throughout a pH range of 7.0-4.0, the most acidic FSH molecules (pI less than 4.0) showed an abrupt increase in that ratio. These results demonstrate that the transition from sexual immaturity to adulthood is accompanied by qualitative changes of intracellular pituitary FSH. They contrast with previous findings in female rats in which a shift to less acidic anterior pituitary FSH forms was detected at the time of vaginal opening, thus indicating the existence of a sexual dichotomy in terms of the action of gonadal steroids on the type of FSH molecule synthesized by the anterior pituitary gland.
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