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A pilot study on potency determination of human follicle-stimulating hormone: a comparison between reversed-phase
B E Almeida1, J E Oliveira, R Damiani
1Biotechnology Department, IPEN-CNEN, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 2242, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) was compared with the classical Steelman-Pohley bioassay (BA), based on animal use, for the determination of human follicle-stimulating hormone (hFSH) biological activity. A linear relationship (BA(IU)=0.9925 RP-HPLC(IU)-1.3165) with a highly significant correlation (r=0.9371; p<0.0001; n=24) was found for these two methods for six hFSH preparations of different origins. The mean difference between the bioactivity predicted from RP-HPLC data via this equation and the mean of the bioactivities obtained with the two methods for six other hFSH preparations was -1.4%, with a 95% confidence interval of -9.3 to +6.6%. The precision of these parameters was 1.63% and 2.82%, respectively. These results demonstrate that RP-HPLC is a viable physical-chemical alternative to the use of an in vivo bioassay for hFSH potency determination, applicable also to hFSH Standards containing large amounts of human serum albumin.
