Binding analysis of 1alpha- and 17alpha-dihydrotestosterone derivatives to homodimeric sex hormone-binding globulin.

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Metzger J, Schnitzbauer A, Meyer M, Soder M, Cuilleron CY, Hauptmann H, Huber E, Luppa PB

Binding analysis of 1alpha- and 17alpha-dihydrotestosterone derivatives to homodimeric sex hormone-binding globulin.

Biochemistry. 2003 Nov 25;42(46):13735-45.

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Abstract

Binding studies of the interaction of immobilized 1alpha- and 17alpha-aminoalkyl derivatives of 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) with purified N-deglycosylated homodimeric human sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) were performed using a surface plasmon resonance biosensor. These 1alpha- and 17alpha-derivatives with spacers of appropriate lengths between the amine function and the steroid ring skeleton enabled privileged, sterically undisturbed, interactions of either the 17- or 3-characteristic functional groups of DHT with SHBG. The association constants (K(a)1) for the binding of these immobilized DHT derivatives to the first binding site of SHBG, determined by SPR measurements, were 0.16 x 10(7) M(-1) for 17alpha-aminopropyl-17beta-hydroxy-5alpha-androstan-3-one (1), 1.64 x 10(7) M(-1) for 17alpha-aminocaproyl-17beta-hydroxy-5alpha-androstan-3-one (2), and 1.2 x 10(8) M(-1) for 1alpha-aminohexyl-17beta-hydroxy-5alpha-androstan-3-one (3). These values were compared with global K(a) data for the corresponding nonimmobilized DHT derivatives from equilibrium measurements using competitions with a tritiated testosterone tracer: the K(a) values were 1.25 x 10(7) M(-1) for 1, 1.50 x 10(7) M(-1) for 2, and 140 x 10(7) M(-1) for 3, confirming a remarkably high binding affinity of this latter compound for SHBG. A global fitting analysis of the biosensor data revealed that the interaction of the three immobilized steroids with SHBG was best described by a kinetic model assuming two structurally independent binding sites. This hypothesis of a bivalent binding model was also directly suggested by a dual fluorescent signal observed by the flow cytometry analysis of SHBG immobilized as a hybrid complex binding simultaneously two 1alpha-aminohexyl DHT ligands, one formed by 3, covalently coupled to phycoerythrin-labeled latex microspheres, and the other by the same DHT derivative, coupled to a fluorescein derivative (4).

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Drug	Carrier	Kind	Organism	Pharmacological Action	Actions
Stanolone	Sex hormone-binding globulin	Protein	Humans	Unknown	Not Available	Details
Stanolone acetate	Sex hormone-binding globulin	Protein	Humans	Unknown	Not Available	Details