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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2011 Jan 26;337(1-2):16–23. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.01.016

Table 1.

Binding parameters, maximal Buserelin-stimulated inositol phosphate (IP) production, and ED50 of the WT and mutant hGnRHRs (means ± SEM from three or more independent experiments)

GnRHR IC50
(nM)
Cell surface
receptor number
(fmol × 105 cells)
Max IP
production
(% GnRHR WT)
ED50
(pM)
WT 2.7 ± 0.2 a 4.6 ± 0.9 a 100 a 22.1 ± 5.4 a
T104I - - 25 ± 3 b -
Y108C - - 3 ± 0.5 c -

WT ΔK191 2.2 ± 0.2 a 11.5 ± 2.2 b 258 ± 8 d 13.5 ± 3.4 a
T104I ΔK191 3.4 ± 0.6 a,b 3.8 ± 0.6 a,c 166 ± 4 e 24.0 ± 3.1 a
Y108C ΔK191 6.7 ± 0.9 b 4.4 ± 0.6 a 73 ± 9 f 76 ± 10 b

WT/C-tail 2.5 ± 0.2 a 16.0 ± 1.4 b 277 ± 5 d 13.5 ± 1.4 a
T104I/C-tail 4.3 ± 0.9 a,b 2.1 ±0.6 a 167 ± 8 e 72.1 ± 8.0 b
Y108C/C-tail - - 13 ± 3 g -

Different superscript letters indicate statistically significant differences between means in the same column (p<0.05 for IC50 and cell surface receptor number; p≤ 0.01 for maximal IP production; p<0.01 for ED50).