title: Tuberoinfundibular peptide 39 binds to the parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-related peptide receptor, but functions as an antagonist.
abstract: The tuberoinfundibular peptide TIP39 [TIP-(1-39)], which exhibits only limited amino acid sequence homology with PTH and PTH-related peptide (PTHrP), stimulates cAMP accumulation in cells expressing the PTH2 receptor (PTH2R), but it is inactive at the PTH/PTHrP receptor (PTH1R). However, when using either (125)I-labeled rat [Nle(8,21),Tyr(34)]PTH-(1-34)amide (rPTH) or (125)I-labeled human [Tyr(36)]PTHrP-(1-36)amide [PTHrP-(1-36)] for radioreceptor studies, TIP-(1-39) bound to LLCPK(1) cells stably expressing the PTH1R (HKrk-B7 cells), albeit with weak apparent affinity (243 +/- 52 and 210 +/- 64 nM, respectively). In comparison to the parent peptide, the apparent binding affinity of TIP-(3-39) was about 3-fold higher, and that of TIP-(9-39) was about 5.5-fold higher. However, despite their improved IC(50) values at the PTH1R, both truncated peptides failed to stimulate cAMP accumulation in HKrk-B7 cells. In contrast, the chimeric peptide PTHrP-(1-20)/TIP-(23-39) bound to HKrk-B7 cells with affinities of 31 +/- 8.2 and 11 +/- 4.0 nM when using radiolabeled rPTH and PTHrP-(1-36), respectively, and it stimulated cAMP accumulation in HKrk-B7 and SaOS-2 cells with potencies (EC(50), 1.40 +/- 0.3 and 0.38 +/- 0.12 nM, respectively) and efficacies (maximum levels, 39 +/- 8 and 31 +/- 3 pmol/well, respectively) similar to those of PTH-(1-34) and PTHrP-(1-36). In both cell lines, TIP(9-39) and, to a lesser extent, TIP-(1-39) inhibited the actions of the three agonists with efficiencies similar to those of [Leu(11),D-Trp(12),Trp(23),Tyr(36)]PTHrP-(7-36)amide, an established PTH1R antagonist. Taken together, the currently available data suggest that the carboxyl-terminal portion of TIP-(1-39) interacts efficiently with the PTH1R, at sites identical to or closely overlapping those used by PTH-(1-34) and PTHrP-(1-36). The amino-terminal residues of TIP-(1-39), however, are unable to interact productively with the PTH1R, thus enabling TIP-(1-39) and some of its truncated analogs to function as an antagonist at this receptor.
authors.affiliation: Endocrine Unit, Department of Medicine and Pediatric Endocrine Unit MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Jonsson
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Gensure
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Gardella
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jüppner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002460:Cell Line; D002678:Chimera; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D018374:LLC-PK1 Cells; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000502:physiology; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000502:physiology; D044168:Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1; D018016:Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D044168:Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1; D018016:Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone; C400136:tuberoinfundibular peptide 39; D000242:Cyclic AMP