title: Purification and characterization of rat brain cytosolic 3,5,3'-triiodo-L-thyronine-binding protein. Evidence for binding activity dependent on NADPH, NADP and thioredoxin.
abstract: A rat brain cytosolic 3,5,3'-triiodo-L-thyronine-(T3)-binding protein (CTBP) was purified using, successively, carboxymethyl-Sephadex, DEAE-Spherodex, T3-Sepharose-4B affinity chromatography and Sephacryl S-200. The molecular mass determined by SDS/PAGE wa 58 kDa. The binding characteristics determined by Scatchard analysis revealed a single class of binding sites with a Ka of 1.56 nM-1 and a maximal binding capacity of 7500 nmol T3/g protein. The relative binding affinities of iodothyronine analogues were D-T3 > L-T3 > L-T4 > 3,3'-5-triiodothyroacetic acid > reverse T3. The optimum pH for binding was 7.5. Purified brain CTBP was reversibly inactivated by charcoal. NADPH, NADP and thioredoxin restored binding activity to a level higher than that of the control; this effect was concentration dependent. Maximal activation was observed at 25 nM NADPH. NADP was effective only in the presence of 1 mM dithiothreitol; maximal activity was obtained at 10 nM NADP. At concentrations higher than 50 nM NADP, the binding gradually decreased. Thioredoxin in the presence of 1 mM dithiothreitol activated CTBP; maximal binding was obtained with 4 microM thioredoxin. In the presence of NADPH, NADP or thioredoxin the maximal binding capacity increased 2-4 times and the Ka was 2.6 nM-1. These results show that the activity of purified cytosolic brain T3-binding protein may be modulated by NADPH, NADP or thioredoxin.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur la Glande Thyroide et la Régulation Hormonale, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lennon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D002606:Charcoal; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013879:Thioredoxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000097810:Thyroid Hormone-Binding Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002606:Charcoal; D005978:Glutathione; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009249:NADP; D013879:Thioredoxins; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D000097810:Thyroid Hormone-Binding Proteins