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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6776
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
Activins and inhibins, structurally related members of the TGF-beta superfamily of growth and differentiation factors, are mutually antagonistic regulators of reproductive and other functions. Activins bind specific type II receptor serine kinases (ActRII or IIB) to promote the recruitment and phosphorylation of the type I receptor serine kinase, ALK4 (refs 7-9), which then regulates gene expression by activating Smad proteins. Inhibins also bind type II activin receptors but do not recruit ALK4, providing a competitive model for the antagonism of activin by inhibin. Inhibins fail to antagonize activin in some tissues and cells, however, suggesting that additional components are required for inhibin action. Here we show that the type III TGF-beta receptor, betaglycan, can function as an inhibin co-receptor with ActRII. Betaglycan binds inhibin with high affinity and enhances binding in cells co-expressing ActRII and betaglycan. Inhibin also forms crosslinked complexes with both recombinant and endogenously expressed betaglycan and ActRII. Finally, betaglycan confers inhibin sensitivity to cell lines that otherwise respond poorly to this hormone. The ability of betaglycan to facilitate inhibin antagonism of activin provides a variation on the emerging roles of proteoglycans as co-receptors modulating ligand-receptor sensitivity, selectivity and function.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
404
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
411-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Activin Receptors, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Activin Receptors, Type II, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Activins, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Inhibins, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Ovary, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Proteoglycans, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Receptors, Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Receptors, Peptide, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:10746731-Testis
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Betaglycan binds inhibin and can mediate functional antagonism of activin signalling.
pubmed:affiliation
Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't