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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
The leptin receptor (OB-R) mediates the weight regulatory effects of the adipocyte secreted hormone leptin (OB). Previously we have shown that the long form of OB-R, expressed predominantly in the hypothalamus, can mediate ligand-induced activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription factors 1, 3, and 5 and stimulate transcription via interleukin-6 and hematopoietin receptor responsive gene elements. Here we report that deletion and tyrosine substitution mutagenesis of OB-R identifies two distinct regions of the intracellular domain important for signaling. In addition, granulocyte-colony stimulatory factor receptor/OB-R and OB-R/granulocyte-colony stimulatory factor receptor chimeras are signaling competent and provide evidence that aggregation of two OB-R intracellular domains is sufficient for ligand-induced receptor activation. However, signaling by full-length OB-R appears to be relatively resistant to dominant negative repression by signaling-incompetent OB-R, suggesting that mechanisms exist to permit signaling by the long form of OB-R even in the presence [corrected] of excess naturally occurring short form of OB-R.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
272
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4065-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Leptin receptor (OB-R) signaling. Cytoplasmic domain mutational analysis and evidence for receptor homo-oligomerization.
pubmed:affiliation
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02215-2406, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't