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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-10
pubmed:abstractText
Interaction of leptin with its receptors resembles that of interleukin-6 and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, which interact with their receptors through binding sites I-III. Site III plays a pivotal role in receptors' dimerization or tetramerization and subsequent activation. Leptin's site III also mediates the formation of an active multimeric complex through its interaction with the IGD (immunoglobulin-like domain) of LEPRs (leptin receptors). Using a sensitive hydrophobic cluster analysis of leptin's and LEPR's sequences, we identified hydrophobic stretches in leptin's A-B loop (amino acids 39-42) and in the N-terminal end of LEPR's IGD (amino acids 325-328) that are predicted to participate in site III and to interact with each other in a beta-sheet-like configuration. To verify this hypothesis, we prepared and purified to homogeneity (as verified by SDS/PAGE, gel filtration and reverse-phase chromatography) several alanine muteins of amino acids 39-42 in human and ovine leptins. CD analyses revealed that those mutations hardly affect the secondary structure. All muteins acted as true antagonists, i.e. they bound LEPR with an affinity similar to the wild-type hormone, had no agonistic activity and specifically inhibited leptin action in several leptin-responsive in vitro bioassays. Alanine mutagenesis of LEPR's IGD (amino acids 325-328) drastically reduced its biological but not binding activity, indicating the importance of this region for interaction with leptin's site III. FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer) microscopy experiments have documented that the transient FRET signalling occurring upon exposure to leptin results not from binding of the ligand, but from ligand-induced oligomerization of LEPRs mediated by leptin's site III.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1470-8728
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
391
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
221-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of the hydrophobic strand in the A-B loop of leptin as major binding site III: implications for large-scale preparation of potent recombinant human and ovine leptin antagonists.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't