Differential processing of Asn-linked oligosaccharides on pituitary glycoprotein hormones: implications for biologic function |
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Authors: | Eric D. Green Irving Boime Jacques U. Baenziger |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pathology, Washington University Medical School, 660 South Euclid Ave., Box 8118, 63110 St. Louis, MO, USA;(2) Department of Pharmacology, Washington University Medical School, 63110 St. Louis, MO, USA;(3) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University Medical School, 63110 St. Louis, MO, USA |
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Abstract: | Luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, and thyroid-stimulating hormone from pituitary and chorionic gonadotropin from placenta are a family of glycoproteins, each consisting of an and subunit. Within an animal species, the subunit of all four hormones contains the identical amino acid sequence, while each subunit is distinct and confers biologic specificity to the hormone dimer. Despite sharing common subunits, these hormones bear Asn-linked oligosaccharides which differ in structure. Whereas chorionic gonadotropin contains exclusively neutral and sialylated oligosaccharides, the pituitary hormones bear neutral, sialylated, sulfated, and sialylated/sulfated structures. The sulfated oligosaccharides are unique in structure and are more prevalent on certain pituitary hormones, indicating that the synthesis of these unusual oligosaccharides is tightly regulated. The differences in oligosaccharide structures in conjunction with the highly specific endocrine responses elicited by these hormones, suggest an important functional role for the oligosaccharides, such as metabolic clearance, control of hormone response, modulation of hormone potency, and/or intracellular sorting of hormones into separate secretory granules. |
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Keywords: | pituitary glycoprotein hormone sulfation sialylation oligosaccharides |
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