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ABSTRACT

Ovine trophoblast protein-1 (oTP-1), stimulates the secretion of several proteins in explant culture of day-12 cyclic ovine endometrium. We partially purified and identified one of these proteins, an 11,000 Mr, pI approx. 6 protein by N-terminal amino acid sequencing and immunoprecipitation using antibody to human β2-microglobulin. The protein was purified from cultures of endometrium collected from day-16 pregnant ewes. The N-terminal amino acid sequence was 40–55% homologous to β2-microglobulin from a variety of species. Antibody to human β2-microglobulin immunoprecipitated the protein and another protein of similar molecular weight but more acidic pi. Using immunoprecipitation of radiolabelled proteins from culture, we demonstrated that oTP-1 increased production of this protein by 40% (P<0.05). We conclude that oTP-1 increases the secretion of a β2-microglobulin-like protein from day-12 non-pregnant endometrium in culture.

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