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. 1982 Dec;79(23):7307–7311. doi: 10.1073/pnas.79.23.7307

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone stimulation of luteinizing hormone release: A ligand-receptor-effector model.

J J Blum, P M Conn
PMCID: PMC347328  PMID: 6296828

Abstract

A divalent antibody conjugate of a pure antagonist of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) behaved as an agonist--i.e., released luteinizing hormone (LH) from pituitary cultures. Release was measured over a wide range of conjugate concentrations; it rose to a maximum of 66% of the LH released by the optimal concentration of GnRH and declined to basal levels at very high concentrations. This behavior was modeled on the assumption that the antibody conjugate, A, can react with a receptor, R, to form a complex, A . R2. This dimer then can react with a quiescent effector, E (e.g., a closed Ca2+ ion channel), to form A . R2 . E, which contains activated effector and leads to cellular responses. The equilibrium equations governing the behavior of this model were derived, solved, and found to yield a good fit to the experimental data. Consideration of our data in this model system, and of other available data describing the behavior of ligands in other cells, suggests that the present model may be of wide applicability.

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