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Immunoprecipitation of the parathyroid hormone receptor

Journal Article · · Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.84.1.26· OSTI ID:5723737

An /sup 125/I-labeled synthetic analog of bovine parathyroid hormone, (8-norleucine,18-norleucine,34-tyrosine)PTH-(1-34) amide ((Nle)PTH-(1-34)-NH/sub 2/), purified by high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), was employed to label the parathyroid hormone (PTH) receptor in cell lines derived from PTH target tissues: the ROS 17/2.8 rat osteosarcoma of bone and the CV1 and COS monkey kidney lines. After incubation of the radioligand with intact cultured cells, the hormone was covalently attached to receptors by using either a photoaffinity technique or chemical (affinity) crosslinking. In each case, covalent labeling was specific, as evidenced by a reduction of labeling when excess competing nonradioactive ligand was present. After covalent attachment of radioligand, membranes were prepared form the cells and solubilized in the nonionic detergent Nonidet P-40 or octyl glucoside. Analysis of the immunoprecipitate on NaDod-SO/sub 4//polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by autoradiography revealed the presence of a doublet of apparent molecular mass 69-70 kDa. Specifically labeled bands of approximate molecular mass 95 and 28 kDa were also observed. The anti-PTH IgG was affinity purified by passage over a PTH-Sepharose column and used to made an immunoaffinity column. These studies suggest that the use of an anti-PTH antiserum that binds receptor-bound hormone is likely to be a useful step in the further physicochemical characterization and purification of the PTH receptor.

Research Organization:
Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Labs., West Point, PA
OSTI ID:
5723737
Journal Information:
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States), Journal Name: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States) Vol. 84:1; ISSN PNASA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English