1985 Volume 6 Issue 3 Pages 139-143
The regional distribution of a novel pituitary protein (7B2)-like immunoreactivity (IR7B2) in the rat urogenital tract has been examined by specific radioimmunoassay, and its molecular forms determined by gel permeation and high performance liquid chromatography. While IR-7B2 was present in all regions studied except the seminal vesicle, the highest concentrations of IR-7B2 were found in the ureter, the vagina and the vas deferens. Chromatographic analysis of the ureter extracts using both systems revealed a similar profile of IR-7B2 to that present in the porcine pituitary extracts.
