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  • Title: Photoaffinity labelled rat androgen-binding protein and human sex hormone steroid-binding protein bind specifically to rat germ cells.
    Author: Felden F, Guéant JL, Ennya A, Gérard A, Frémont S, Nicolas JP, Gérard H.
    Journal: J Mol Endocrinol; 1992 Aug; 9(1):39-46. PubMed ID: 1515024.
    Abstract:
    A specific receptor with high affinity for rat androgen-binding protein (rABP) was identified in isolated adult rat germ cells and in the corresponding plasma membrane-enriched preparations. Binding was reversible and time-dependent, with maximum relative binding after 40 min at 4 degrees C; it was pH-dependent, with maximum binding at pH 6-8. Unlabelled rABP and human sex steroid-binding protein (hSBP), but not lactotransferrin, serotransferrin, asialofetuin, fetuin or bovine serum albumin, competed with labelled rABP for binding sites on isolated germ cells. Scatchard analysis revealed a single class of binding site with apparent dissociation constant (Kd) values of 0.78 +/- 0.04 nM and 0.97 +/- 0.05 nM in intact germ cells and plasma membrane preparations respectively. A Kd of 1.72 +/- 0.12 nM for hSBP showed that the receptor binding site was effective for both androgen-carrier molecules. Labelled rABP incubated with solubilized germ cell membrane fractions at pH 7 formed a complex excluded from Superose 6B mini-gels; this complex was not formed at pH 3. The receptor complex was also abolished in the presence of a 100-fold excess of either unlabelled rABP or unlabelled hSBP, or in the presence of 20 mM EDTA. These results suggest that the plasma membrane of rat germ cells contains a receptor which selectively binds rABP and hSBP.
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