Relaxinâlike bioactivity of ovine Insulin 3 (INSL3) analogues
2002
Claasz, Antonia A. | Bond, Courtney P. | Bathgate, Ross A. | Otvos, Laszlo Jr | Dawson, Nicola F. | Summers, Roger J. | Tregear, Geoffrey W. | Wade, John D.
Relaxin is an insulinâlike peptide consisting of two separate chains (A and B) joined by two interâ and one intrachain disulfide bonds. Binding to its receptor requires an Arg–X–X–X–Arg–X–X–Ile motif in the Bâchain. A related member of the insulin superfamily, INSL3, has a tertiary structure that is predicted to be similar to relaxin. It also possesses an Arg–X–X–X–Arg motif within its Bâchain, although this is displaced by four amino acids towards the Câterminus from the corresponding position within relaxin. We have previously shown that synthetic INSL3 itself does not display relaxinâlike activity although analogue (Analogue A) with an introduced arginine residue in the Bâchain giving it an Arg cassette in the exact relaxin position does possess weak activity. In order to identify further the structural features that impart relaxin function, solid phase peptide synthesis was used to prepare three additional analogues for bioassay. Each of these contained point substitutions within the arginine cassette. Analogue D contained the full human relaxin binding cassette, Analogue G consisted of the native INSL3 sequence containing an Arg to Ala substitution, and Analogue E was a further modification of Analogue A, with the same substitution. Each analogue was fully chemically characterized by a number of criteria. Detailed circular dichrosim spectroscopy analyses showed that the changes caused little alteration of secondary structure and, hence, overall conformation. However, each analogue displayed only weak relaxinâlike activity. These results indicate that while the arginine cassette is vital for relaxinâlike activity, there are additional, as yet unidentified structural requirements for relaxin binding.
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