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  • Title: Analysis of the relation between receptor binding affinity and antagonist efficacy of antiglucocorticoids.
    Author: Gagne D, Pons M, Crastes de Paulet A.
    Journal: J Steroid Biochem; 1986 Sep; 25(3):315-22. PubMed ID: 2877119.
    Abstract:
    The biological potencies of four antiglucocorticoids, RU486 (RU), dexamethasone-oxetanone (DOX), R5020, and progesterone have been studied with respect to dexamethasone induction of tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) in rat hepatoma tissue culture (HTC) cells. Their inhibitory effects in whole-cell competition binding studies (at 37 degrees C) and in TAT induction studies were analyzed by Dixon plots and Schild plots, respectively. We show that: In both cases, there is an actual competition of each antiglucocorticoid with the agonist dexamethasone for the same binding site; the two Kd values derived from the two plots are almost identical for each antiglucocorticoid; RU486 can be distinguished from the three other antiglucocorticoids by its high biological efficacy and its high affinity for the glucocorticoid receptor in whole cells at 37 degrees C (identical to its affinity in cytosol at 0 degree C). These results imply that: There is a linear correlation between the antagonist efficacies of antiglucocorticoids and their affinities for the glucocorticoid receptor in whole cells at 37 degrees C; the antagonistic action is solely mediated by competition with the agonist for the receptor binding site; this is verified by the fact that in all cases, in the presence or absence of antiglucocorticoids, a specific TAT induction level was always related to the same level of receptor saturation by the agonist in whole cells; the phenomena responsible for the high antagonist efficacy of RU486 are also responsible for its high affinity in whole cells at 37 degrees C.
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