Human growth hormone radioiodination using different batches of 125I of various ages

The reproducibility and the influence of the batch and decay level of Na125I on the radioiodination of human growth hormone (hGH) were examined by a polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) technique. The between-day coefficient of variation (CV) exhibited a value of 11.9% for labelling yields and 14.3% for antibody specific binding. The within-day variation for different shipments and isotope decay-levels was similar to that for the control experiment, carried out under the same conditions, using Na125I from a single lot. The results indicate that the decay-level and batch do not significantly influence either the yields or the immunological properties of the labelled product. The suitability of this PAGE technique as a control test for radioiodinated proteins is established by comparison with gel chromatography on Sephadex G-100.