title: Isolation of leptin-binding peptides from a random peptide phage library.
abstract: Leptin plays a role in regulating the body weight in mice. Injection of recombinant mouse leptin expressed in Escherichia coli reduced the food intake and body weight in normal, ob/ob and diet-induced obesity mice. Hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia and hypothermia can also be corrected in ob/ob mice after leptin injection. Leptin is a 16-kDa secretory protein comprising 167 amino acids produced in adipose tissue and is secreted to blood stream. In this study, a recombinant mouse leptin was generated and purified from a baculovirus expression system. This protein was used to identify putative ligands using a phage library of random peptides. Three leptin-binding phage clones were found, which were characterized by DNA sequencing and ELISA methods. The amino acid sequences of the reactive peptides are: LAYCSDPVRCLVWWY, MFWISAVSFVDHALV and LVLVLSAFLCCGVG. All three clones bound to recombinant human and mouse leptins. These peptides may be useful tools to study leptin-receptor interaction, food intake and body weight regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Tam
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000378:metabolism; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta / Q000166:cytology; D020738:Leptin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008024:Ligands; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D020738:Leptin; D008024:Ligands; D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins