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Prolactin and testicular Leydig cell function: characterization of prolactin receptors in the murine MA-10 testicular Leydig cell line. 1994

R J Barkey, and E Weiss-Messer, and H Hacham, and S Herscovich, and R Ber, and T Amit
Department of Pharmacology, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

The direct role of prolactin (PRL) in testicular function is still unclear, mostly because of lack of a suitable in vitro model. To establish the suitability of the MA-10 murine tumor Leydig cell line for the study of PRL receptors (PRLR) and effects on steroidogenesis, we initially characterized PRLR on cultured MA-10 cells. The specific binding (Bs) of [125I]human growth hormone (hGH) depends on time, temperature, and Mg2+ ion and protein concentrations, with absolute specificity for the lactogenic hormones hGH and ovine PRL. Bs is saturable and is to a single class of high-affinity (Ka = 3.6 x 10(9) M-1) low-capacity (Bmax = 19.5 fmol/mg protein) binding sites. The molecular weight of PRLR, determined by cross-linking to [125I]hGH, SDS-PAGE and autoradiography, is 35 kDa for the free receptor, suggesting that the short-form PRLR protein, previously described in liver and mammary glands, is that primarily found in MA-10 cells. Thus, the demonstration of specific PRL binding sites on MA-10 Leydig cells, with characteristics similar to primary Leydig cell PRLR, suggests that this cell line can serve as a good model for both the study of PRLR mechanism of action and the role of PRL in Leydig cell function.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D007984 Leydig Cell Tumor Gonadal interstitial or stromal cell neoplasm composed of only LEYDIG CELLS. These tumors may produce one or more of the steroid hormones such as ANDROGENS; ESTROGENS; and CORTICOSTEROIDS. Clinical symptoms include testicular swelling, GYNECOMASTIA, sexual precocity in children, or virilization (VIRILISM) in females. Interstitial Cell Tumor,Interstitial Cell Tumors,Tumor, Interstitial Cell,Tumor, Leydig Cell,Tumors, Interstitial Cell
D007985 Leydig Cells Steroid-producing cells in the interstitial tissue of the TESTIS. They are under the regulation of PITUITARY HORMONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; or interstitial cell-stimulating hormone. TESTOSTERONE is the major androgen (ANDROGENS) produced. Interstitial Cells, Testicular,Leydig Cell,Testicular Interstitial Cell,Testicular Interstitial Cells,Cell, Leydig,Cell, Testicular Interstitial,Cells, Leydig,Cells, Testicular Interstitial,Interstitial Cell, Testicular
D008274 Magnesium A metallic element that has the atomic symbol Mg, atomic number 12, and atomic weight 24.31. It is important for the activity of many enzymes, especially those involved in OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION.
D008297 Male Males
D008970 Molecular Weight The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule. Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D011388 Prolactin A lactogenic hormone secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). It is a polypeptide of approximately 23 kD. Besides its major action on lactation, in some species prolactin exerts effects on reproduction, maternal behavior, fat metabolism, immunomodulation and osmoregulation. Prolactin receptors are present in the mammary gland, hypothalamus, liver, ovary, testis, and prostate. Lactogenic Hormone, Pituitary,Mammotropic Hormone, Pituitary,Mammotropin,PRL (Prolactin),Hormone, Pituitary Lactogenic,Hormone, Pituitary Mammotropic,Pituitary Lactogenic Hormone,Pituitary Mammotropic Hormone
D011981 Receptors, Prolactin Labile proteins on or in prolactin-sensitive cells that bind prolactin initiating the cells' physiological response to that hormone. Mammary casein synthesis is one of the responses. The receptors are also found in placenta, liver, testes, kidneys, ovaries, and other organs and bind and respond to certain other hormones and their analogs and antagonists. This receptor is related to the growth hormone receptor. Prolactin Receptors,PRL Receptors,Prolactin Receptor,Receptors, PRL,Receptor, Prolactin
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001665 Binding Sites The parts of a macromolecule that directly participate in its specific combination with another molecule. Combining Site,Binding Site,Combining Sites,Site, Binding,Site, Combining,Sites, Binding,Sites, Combining

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