Identification of regions of the follitropin (FSH) beta-subunit that interact with the N-terminus region (residues 9-30) of the FSH receptor.

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Dattatreyamurty B, Reichert LE Jr

Identification of regions of the follitropin (FSH) beta-subunit that interact with the N-terminus region (residues 9-30) of the FSH receptor.

Mol Cell Endocrinol. 1993 May;93(1):39-46.

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We have recently identified a region, N-terminus residues 9-30, in the extracellular domain of the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor capable of binding FSH, but not luteinizing hormone (LH) or thyroid-stimulating hormone (FSH) (Dattatreyamurty and Reichert (1992) Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 87, 9-17). The objectives of the present study were to examine the interaction between a synthetic peptide corresponding to this receptor sequence and the beta-subunit of FSH, and to identify which FSH-beta regions are involved in the interaction. FSH-beta subunit and synthetic FSH-beta peptides 1-15, 71-85 and 101-111 effectively bound 125I-labeled FSH rec-(9-30) peptide, and binding was inhibited by excess unlabeled FSH receptors. Scatchard analysis indicated that the synthetic FSH-beta peptides had affinities for FSH rec-(9-30) peptide in the order of 10(6) M-1 (Ka), with the sum of individual peptide affinities (Ka = 1.21 x 10(7) M-1) closely approximating that of the intact beta-subunit (1.02 x 10(7) M-1). Polyclonal antibodies raised against FSH rec-(9-30) peptide completely inhibited the binding of 125I-labeled receptor peptide to hFSH, hFSH-beta, and hFSH-beta peptides 1-15, 71-85 and 101-111. Our results indicate that recognition of FSH-beta by N-terminus region (9-30) of the FSH receptor involves contact with residues in three discontinuous binding regions on FSH-beta.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Drug	Target	Kind	Organism	Pharmacological Action	Actions
Follitropin	Follicle-stimulating hormone receptor	Protein	Humans	Yes	Agonist	Details
Urofollitropin	Follicle-stimulating hormone receptor	Protein	Humans	Yes	Agonist	Details