GnRH-II analogs for selective activation and inhibition of non-mammalian and type-II mammalian GnRH receptors

Mol Cells. 2003 Oct 31;16(2):173-9.

Abstract

Recently, we identified three types of non-mammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors (GnRHR) in the bullfrog (designated bfGnRHR-1-3), and a mammalian type-II GnRHR in green monkey cell lines (denoted gmGnRHR-2). All these receptors responded better to GnRH-II than GnRH-I, while mammalian type-I GnRHR showed greater sensitivity to GnRH-I than GnRH-II. In the present study, we designed new GnRH-II analogs and examined whether they activated or inhibited non-mammalian and mammalian type-II GnRHRs. [D-Ala6]GnRH-II, with D-Ala substituted for Gly6 in GnRH-II, increased inositol phosphate (IP) production in cells stably expressing non-mammalian GnRHRs more effectively than native GnRH-II. However, it exhibited lower activity for mammalian type-I GnRHR than GnRH-I itself. Trptorelix-1, a GnRH-II antagonist, inhibited GnRH-induced IP production in cells expressing non-mammalian GnRHRs more effectively than Cetrorelix, a GnRH-I antagonist. Trptorelix-1, however, had lower potency for mammalian type-I GnRHR than Cetrorelix. Ligand-receptor binding assays revealed that [D-Ala6]GnRH-II and Trptorelix-1 have higher affinities for non-mammalian GnRHRs but lower affinities for mammalian type-I GnRHR than GnRH-II and Cetrorelix, respectively. Moreover, [D-Ala6]GnRH-II and Trptorelix-1 had a higher affinity for gmGnRHR-2 than GnRH-II and Cetrorelix, respectively. These results indicate that [D-Ala6]GnRH-II and Trptorelix-1 are highly effective agonist and antagonist, respectively, for non-mammalian and type-II mammalian GnRHRs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Substitution
  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / analogs & derivatives*
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / metabolism*
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / pharmacology*
  • Hormone Antagonists / pharmacology*
  • Inositol Phosphates / biosynthesis
  • Ligands
  • Protein Binding
  • Rana catesbeiana
  • Receptors, LHRH / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Receptors, LHRH / genetics
  • Receptors, LHRH / metabolism*

Substances

  • GNRHR protein, human
  • GNRHR2 protein, human
  • Hormone Antagonists
  • Inositol Phosphates
  • Ligands
  • Receptors, LHRH
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
  • cetrorelix