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  • Title: Kinetics of placental lactogen in mid- and late-gestation ovine fetuses.
    Author: Schoknecht PA, Currie WB, Bell AW.
    Journal: J Endocrinol; 1992 Apr; 133(1):95-100. PubMed ID: 1517712.
    Abstract:
    Placental lactogen (PL) is found in fetal plasma throughout gestation, and PL receptors occur on many types of fetal cells. In this study, the entry rate of PL into the fetal circulation was estimated by injection of 125I-labelled ovine PL into two mid- and four late-gestation fetuses. At both ages, PL appears to be distributed into two body pools. One pool has a rapid half-life (approximately 9 min) and a volume of distribution approximately 8% of body weight, while the second pool has a longer half-life (approximately 45 min) and a distribution volume only 4% of body weight. The first pool is presumably blood plasma, but the physiological identity of the second pool is unknown. The effective half-life of PL is approximately 15 min, and the liver is suggested as a probable major site of degradation. These estimates were confirmed in late gestation by measuring fetal plasma concentrations of PL in response to a continuous infusion of unlabelled PL. The kinetic parameters estimated in this study can be used to determine the quantity of exogenous hormone required to alter PL concentration in fetal plasma in a predictable manner.
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