Rat uterine progesterone receptor: Stabilization of hormone-binding components for biochemical analyses |
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Authors: | Marian R Walters |
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Institution: | Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A method was developed for quantitative recovery of the labile rat uterine progesterone receptor hormone-binding components. Initial conditions were established by the sucrose gradient procedure. Upon centrifugation through low-salt 5–20% sucrose gradients prepared in 10% glycerol, the well-known 6–8 S progesterone receptor components were observed either when cytosol was prelabeled with 3H]17,21-dimethyl-19-nor-4,9-pregnadiene-3, 20-dione (3H]R5020) or when prelabeled with 3H]progesterone followed by postlabeling the fractions collected after centrifugation with either 3H]progesterone or 3H]R5020. Recovery of progesterone receptor binding was improved by prelabeling with 3H]R5020, by adding 1.5 mm ethylene glycol bis(β-aminoethylether)N,N′-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) to all buffers, and at high tissue concentrations. Under these conditions quantitative conversion of the receptor to specific 3H]R5020-binding 4S components was achieved with 150 or 400 mm KCl. Similar conditions proved unsuitable for receptor analysis by gel filtration (Bio-Rad agarose A0.5M or A1.5M), apparently due to 3H]R5020 dissociation from the receptor in the large volume of elution buffer. However, excellent receptor recovery (97.2 ± 6.7%) was achieved by including 10 nm unlabeled progesterone in all preparation and elution buffers. Receptors were then detected by the addition of 5 nm 3H]R5020 to the column fractions, exchange incubation for 3–6 h at 4 °C, and subsequent separation of bound and free steroid by the hydroxyapatite assay. This method resulted in a consistent elution pattern suggestive of receptor heterogeneity. Identity of the peak(s) as progesterone receptor components(s) was confirmed by the lack of competition by 2 μm cortisol when added either to cytosol or during the post-labeling-exchange process. Neither the qualitative nor quantitative results of the column profiles were changed substantially in the presence of 20 mm molybdate. Although the receptor structure has yet to be established, both statistical analysis of the column profiles by computer curve-fitting procedures and rechromatography of peak fractions suggested that the rat uterine progesterone receptor may be composed of multiple components. This ligand-stabilization/postlabeling-exchange procedure provides a method for further studies of progesterone receptor biochemistry in mammalian systems. Additionally, similar procedures may stabilize other labile ligand-binding proteins for biochemical analyses and/or purification. |
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