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  • Title: Biochemical evidence that human placental lactogen and human chorionic gonadotropin are not stored in cytoplasmic secretion granules.
    Author: Handwerger S, Wilson SP, Tyrey L, Conn PM.
    Journal: Biol Reprod; 1987 Aug; 37(1):28-32. PubMed ID: 3651549.
    Abstract:
    The intracellular storage sites for the human placental hormones placental lactogen (hPL) and chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) are unknown. To determine whether hPL and hCG are stored in cytoplasmic secretion granules, we have compared the localization of hPL and hCG in placental homogenates following differential and density-gradient centrifugations to those of prolactin (PRL) and luteinizing hormone (LH) in human and rat pituitary homogenates. In the differential centrifugation studies, 93.1 +/- 4.1% (mean +/- SE) of the hPL and 79.4 +/- 6.0% of the hCG were detected in the postmicrosomal supernatant of placental homogenates. In contrast, 95-98% of the hPRL and hLH in the pituitary homogenates were detected in particulate fractions. Following centrifugation on sucrose-density gradients, particulate hPL and hCG were distributed diffusely throughout the gradients, while greater than 90% of the pituitary hormones sedimented as single peaks with densities of 1.22 g/cm3. When human placental and rat pituitary tissues were homogenized together prior to differential and density-gradient centrifugations, similar marked differences were observed between the distribution of the placental and pituitary hormones. These results strongly suggest that the placental hormones hPL and hCG, unlike pituitary PRL and LH, are not stored in large secretory granules. Differences in the intracellular storage sites of the hormones may explain, in part, differences in the regulation of peptide hormone secretion by placental and pituitary tissues.
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