title: Absence of soluble leptin receptor in plasma from dbPas/dbPas and other db/db mice.
abstract: The leptin receptor (Ob-R) is alternatively spliced into at least five different RNAs designated Ob-R(a-e). Ob-R(a-d) predict receptors with a single transmembrane domain, and Ob-Re predicts a secreted form of the receptor. The presence of an approximately 120-kDa soluble leptin receptor in mouse plasma was confirmed by precipitation with leptin-Sepharose beads followed by immunobloting with anti-leptin receptor antibodies. The soluble leptin receptor is larger than that predicted by the primary sequence. Deglycosylation of the receptor with peptide N:glycosidase F results in a decrease in molecular mass to a size consistent with that of the primary sequence. The secreted receptor was present in plasma from wild type mice but was truncated in plasma from db3J/db3J and absent in dbPas/dbPas plasma. Although db3J/db3J mice are known to have a frameshift mutation at amino acid 625, the basis for the mutation in dbPas/dbPas mice was not known. Further studies indicated that dbPas/dbPas mice carry a duplication of exons 4 and 5 of Ob-R. This mutation introduces a premature stop codon into the protein at amino acid 281. The absence of Ob-R in db3J/db3J and dbPas/dbPas mice confirm the identify of the 120-kDa plasma protein as Ob-Re.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, New York 10021, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ioffe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fidahusein
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Friedman
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D005091:Exons; D016368:Frameshift Mutation; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism*; D020738:Leptin; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011506:Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D054411:Receptors, Leptin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D020738:Leptin; D011506:Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D054411:Receptors, Leptin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C515447:leptin receptor, mouse