title: Binding properties of chimeric insulin receptors containing the cysteine-rich domain of either the insulin-like growth factor I receptor or the insulin receptor related receptor.
abstract: We constructed and expressed chimeric receptor cDNAs with insulin receptor exon 3 (residues 191-297 of the cysteine-rich region) replaced with either the comparable region of the insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-IR) or the insulin receptor related receptor (IRR). Both chimeric receptors still could bind insulin with as high affinity as the wild-type receptor. In addition, chimeric receptors containing exon 3 of the IGF-IR could also bind with high affinity both IGF-I and IGF-II. In contrast, chimeric receptors containing exon 3 of IRR did not bind either IGF-I, IGF-II, or relaxin. These results indicate that (1) the high affinity of binding of insulin to its receptor can occur in the absence of insulin receptor specific residues encoded by exon 3, the cysteine-rich region; (2) the cysteine-rich region of the IGF-I receptor can confer high-affinity binding to both IGF-I and IGF-II; and 3) the IRR is unlikely to be a receptor for either IGF-I, IGF-II, or relaxin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; C066542:insulin receptor-related receptor