Expression of androgen receptor in insect cells. Purification of the receptor and renaturation of its steroid- and DNA-binding functions.

A full-length rat androgen receptor cDNA was used to produce a recombinant baculovirus (AcrAR) by homologous recombination. Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells infected with this virus expressed a 110-kDa polypeptide that amounted up to about one-third of total cell protein. Studies with AR antibodies confirmed that this protein was indeed rAR. Only a minor portion of the recombinant AR was soluble in buffers without ionic detergents, but its complete solubilization was achieved in 6 M guanidine HCl (GdnHCl). Electron microscopy of cell pellets revealed that AR was localized to electron-dense cytoplasmic aggregates. The soluble cytosolic receptor was biologically active, in that it bound [3H]mibolerone with high affinity and specificity and interacted with an androgen-responsive element. The functions of the GdnHCl-solubilized AR were partially restored by a 20-50-fold dilution. The solubilized receptor was purified to an apparent homogeneity in a single step by gel filtration on a Sephacryl S-400 column in the presence of 6 M GdnHCl. The homogeneous AR protein could be renatured to bind [3H]mibolerone, interact specifically with a DNA element, and be recognized by receptor antibodies. Receptor-DNA interaction was stabilized by an antibody directed against the N-terminal part and abolished by an antibody against the hinge region of the receptor Zn2+ ions were essential for the purified receptor to refold into a specific DNA-binding form during the renaturation, with the optimal ZnCl2 concentration being 50-100 microM depending on the buffer conditions. Cd2+ ions were also capable of restoring the receptor's DNA-binding activity and did so at concentrations 10-fold lower than those of the Zn2+ ions.

• Publication year

  1992

• Venue

  Journal of Biological Chemistry

• Publication date

  1992-03-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42921-3PMID 1537872
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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