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Pregnancy-associated endometrial alpha 2-globulin (alpha 2-PEG), the major secretory protein of the human uterine endometrium during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and early first trimester of pregnancy, has been detected by immunochemical techniques in seminal plasma. Biochemical analysis and immunoblotting has verified that immunoreactive alpha 2-PEG in seminal plasma exhibits properties identical to those of endometrial alpha 2-PEG, i.e. Concanavalin A-binding dimeric glycoprotein of native Mr 56,000, subunit Mr 28,000, average pI 4.7 and of alpha 2-mobility. Concentration of alpha 2-PEG in seminal plasma was 22.13 +/- 2.82 micrograms/ml (mean +/- s.e.m., n = 110) which compared to 12.02 +/- 1.65 micrograms/ml (mean +/- s.e.m., n = 48) found in amniotic fluid at 11-20 weeks of pregnancy, to 4.29 +/- 1.66 micrograms/ml (mean +/- s.e.m., n = 15) in uterine luminal fluid in women during the luteal phase and to 0.245 +/- 0.025 micrograms/ml (mean +/- s.e.m., n = 10) in sera at 10 weeks of pregnancy. This distribution is very different from that observed for pregnancy-associated placentally-derived serum proteins detected in seminal plasma. The source of alpha 2-PEG in seminal plasma is unknown but is unlikely to be the testis because of the normal levels observed in vasectomized men. In the endometrium alpha 2-PEG synthesis and secretion appears to be related to progesterone-dependent differentiation of the glandular epithelium. Therefore these observations suggest that a different mechanism of regulation of the gene for alpha 2-PEG operates in the male reproductive tract.

Immunochemical detection, physicochemical characterization and levels of pregnancy-associated endometrial 2-globulin ( 2-PEG) in seminal plasma of men