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. 2005 Oct 10;391(Pt 2):221–230. doi: 10.1042/BJ20050457

Table 2. Antagonistic activity of human (h) and ovine (o) leptin muteins in BAF/3 cells stably transfected with the long form of hLEPR.

Cells were stimulated with 62.5 pM leptin. IC50 values are means±S.E.M. (or means±S.D. where indicated by an asterisk, *) for the number of experiments indicated in parentheses.

IC50 (nM)
Mutein h-leptin o-leptin Agonistic activity
L39A/D40A 17.7±3.76 (4) 41.8±14.1 (7) None
F41A 531±447* (2) Not prepared Very weak
I42A 53.4±16.5 (4) Not prepared Very weak
F41A/I42A 15.6±3.87 (4) 31.0±19.9 (3) None
L39A/D40A/F41A 11.9±1.94 (3) 18.0±6.2 (3) None
L39A/D40A/F41A/I42A 9.3±1.60 (5) 9.5±4.6 (3) None
Y119A Not prepared No inhibition Weak (5%)
L39A/D40A/Y119A Not prepared 98.0±14.6 (3) Very weak
S120A/T121A† 165±81 (5) Not prepared Very weak
L39A/D40A/F41A/I42A/S120A/T121A 14.3±1.34* (2) Not prepared None

† Mutein prepared as described in [12].