Author:
Bentham J,Aplin R,Norman M R
Abstract
Recombinant human growth hormone was covalently linked to biotin via a six-carbon spacer arm. Biotinylation was confirmed by electrophoresis and mass spectrometry showed that approximately 50% of the hormone was monobiotinylated. The modified growth hormone (GH) was shown to bind to the GH receptor of IM9 human lymphoid cells with an affinity of 0.55 x 10(9) M-1. Bioactivity of biotinylated GH measured in the Nb2 bioassay was 53.9% that of unlabeled GH. GH binding sites on human IM9 cells were visualized histochemically with the biotinylated hormone, a technique that provides a means of identifying receptors for GH on target cells in vitro.
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