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Title: In vivo phosphorylation of progesterone receptors in the T47D sub co human breast cancer cell line

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OSTI ID:6708604

We have had evidence indicating that human progesterone receptors (PR) are phosphoproteins, and used metabolic labeling with ({sup 35}S)methionine and ({sup 32}P)orthophosphate to study the synthesis, structure, and phosphorylation of PR in T47D{sub co} human breast cancer cells, a cell line extremely rich for PR. Human PR exist as two independent hormone-binding proteins; B-receptors which are triplets in SDS-gels (M{sub r} 114, 117, and 120 kDa), and A-receptors that are a single band (94 kDa). The work presented here documents that human A- and B-receptors are phosphorylated on serine residues in the untransformed state, with phosphate being incorporated into all three bands of the B-proteins. However, a brief ({sup 35}S)methionine pulse shows that both A and B are synthesized as singlets of 94 and 114 kDa, respectively. The B-triplet is formed post-translationally by slow phosphorylation. B-triplet formation, or maturation, can be reversed by treatment with calf alkaline phosphatase or stabilized by the presence of phosphatase inhibitors. Additional ({sup 35}S)labeling studies in the presence of progestins demonstrate that receptors that are 15 min old are able to bind hormone and transform to the tight nuclear binding state.

Research Organization:
Colorado Univ., Denver, CO (USA). Health Sciences Center
OSTI ID:
6708604
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English