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RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Hypo-glycosylated human follicle-stimulating hormone (hFSH(21/18)) is much more active in vitro than fully-glycosylated hFSH (hFSH(24)).
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 2014 Februrary 16
Hypo-glycosylated hFSH(21/18) (possesses FSHβ(21) and FSHβ(18)bands) was isolated from hLH preparations by immunoaffinity chromatography followed by gel filtration. Fully-glycosylated hFSH(24) was prepared by combining the fully-glycosylated FSHβ(24) variant with hCGα and isolating the heterodimer. The hFSH(21/18) glycoform preparation was significantly smaller than the hFSH(24) preparation and possessed 60% oligomannose glycans, which is unusual for hFSH. Hypo-glycosylated hFSH(21/18) was 9- to 26-fold more active than fully-glycosylated hFSH(24) in FSH radioligand assays. Significantly greater binding of (125)I-hFSH(21/18) tracer than hFSH(24) tracer was observed in all competitive binding assays. In addition, higher binding of hFSH(21/18) was noted in association and saturation binding assays, in which twice as much hFSH(21/18) was bound as hFSH(24). This suggests that more ligand binding sites are available to hFSH(21/18) in FSHR than to hFSH(24). Hypo-glycosylated hFSH(21/18) also bound rat FSHRs more rapidly, exhibiting almost no lag in binding, whereas hFSH(24) specific binding proceeded very slowly for almost the first hour of incubation.
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