An international collaborative study on the First International Standard of bovine luteinizing hormone for immunoassay
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Summary. An ampouled freeze-dried preparation of bovine pituitary luteinizing hormone (bLH), coded EHC-bLH-1, has been evaluated in an international collaborative study and shown to be suitable and sufficiently stable to serve as a standard for bLH.
Eight laboratories provided immunoassay data, one laboratory provided receptor assay data, and bioassay data were obtained from 4 laboratories. The geometric mean potency estimate obtained by immunoassays, expressed as milliunits of the USDA bLH-B-5 preparation per ampoule, was 25·6, which is consistent with the result obtained by in-vivo bioassays. The geometric mean estimate obtained by receptor assays or by in-vitro bioassays was lower, i.e. 13·2 milliunits per ampoule. The reason for this discrepancy is currently under investigation.
With the authorization of the Expert Committee on Biological Standardization of the World Health Organization this preparation was established in 1985 as the International Standard for Luteinizing Hormone, Bovine, for Immunoassay with a unitage of 25 mi.u. per ampoule.
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