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T. J. MERIMEE, M. GRANT, J. E. TYSON, Insulin-Like Growth Factors in Amniotic Fluid, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 59, Issue 4, 1 October 1984, Pages 752–755, https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-59-4-752
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Abstract
The concentrations of insulin-like growth factors I and II (IGF-I and IGF-II) in amniotic fluid were determined by specific immunoassays in 58 women. IGF-I concentrations were constant throughout gestation at approximatey 20 ng/ml; the mean IGF-II concentration was 114 ± 13 (±SE) ng/ml at the earliest period of gestation studied and remained unchanged at 26 to 33 weeks despite a greater than 50% decrease in amniotic fluid total protein. A precipitous decrease in IGF-II concentration occurred at term which was not explainable by alterations in total amniotic fluid protein concentration. The concentrations of IGF-I and IGF-II in amniotic fluid did not correlate with concentrations of these factors in maternal serum (r = 0.08 and 0.09, respectively).
[125I]IGF-I and [125I]IGF-II, after incubation with amniotic fluid, bound to a 40–45 K protein (or proteins). A carrier protein of greater mol wt, as in serum, was not detected.
These findings indicate that there is dynamic control of IGF in amniotic fluid during normal pregnancy.
