Abstract
A simple and rapid method is presented for the preparation of I/sup 131/- labeled human growth hormone of high specific radioactivity (240-300 mu C/ mu g). Low amounts of carrierfree I/sup 131/ iodide (2 mC) are allowed to react, without prior treatment, with small quantities of protein (5 mu g) in a highyield reaction (approx. 70% transfer of I/sup 131/ to protein). The degree of chemical substitution is minimized (0.5- 1.0 atom of iodine/molecule of protein) by the use of carrier-free I/sup 131/ iodide. The I/sup 131/-labeled hormone (up to 300 mu C/ mu g) contains no detectable degradation products and is immunologically identical with the unlabeled hormone. The loss of immunological reactivity at high specific radioactivities or at high levels of chemical substitution with STAI/sup 127/!iodine is demonstrated. (auth)
Keywords
RadiochemistryChemistryHuman growth hormoneHormoneBiochemistryChromatographyGrowth hormoneEndocrinologyBiology
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FC Greenwood,
WM Hunter,
J. Glover
(1963).
THE PREPARATION OF 131I-LABELLED HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE OF HIGH SPECIFIC RADIOACTIVITY.
Biochemical Journal
, 89
(1)
, 114-123.
https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0890114
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- 10.1042/bj0890114