Association of human corticotropin-releasing hormone to its binding protein in blood may trigger clearance of the complex.
Late in the last trimester of human pregnancy, as plasma CRH levels rise, the concentration of circulating CRH-binding protein (CRH-BP) falls. We have investigated, using nonpregnant subjects, the hypothesis that CRH has a negative effect on plasma levels of CRH-BP. A specific RIA developed with the...
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| author | Woods, R Grossman, A Saphier, P Kennedy, K Ur, E Behan, D Potter, E Vale, W Lowry, P |
| author_facet | Woods, R Grossman, A Saphier, P Kennedy, K Ur, E Behan, D Potter, E Vale, W Lowry, P |
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| description | Late in the last trimester of human pregnancy, as plasma CRH levels rise, the concentration of circulating CRH-binding protein (CRH-BP) falls. We have investigated, using nonpregnant subjects, the hypothesis that CRH has a negative effect on plasma levels of CRH-BP. A specific RIA developed with the aid of recombinant binding protein has been used to measure CRH-BP. Subjects given iv infusions of human CRH for 10 h showed a sustained fall in plasma CRH-BP for the duration of the infusion. Intravenous bolus injection of human CRH produced a rapid reduction in CRH-BP levels to 54% of the basal value, whereas ovine CRH was without effect, even though both peptides are cleared from the plasma at similar rates and have similar effects on the pituitary-adrenal axis. The rapid clearance was concluded to be related to ligand affinity, as ovine CRH has a 200-fold lower affinity than human CRH for CRH-BP. We suggest that the rising levels of CRH are responsible for the reduction in CRH-BP concentrations observed in late pregnancy, and that this reduction is triggered by the binding of CRH-BP to its ligand. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:c2297685-0667-465f-9b23-841997edaa3f2022-03-27T06:06:57ZAssociation of human corticotropin-releasing hormone to its binding protein in blood may trigger clearance of the complex.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c2297685-0667-465f-9b23-841997edaa3fEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1994Woods, RGrossman, ASaphier, PKennedy, KUr, EBehan, DPotter, EVale, WLowry, PLate in the last trimester of human pregnancy, as plasma CRH levels rise, the concentration of circulating CRH-binding protein (CRH-BP) falls. We have investigated, using nonpregnant subjects, the hypothesis that CRH has a negative effect on plasma levels of CRH-BP. A specific RIA developed with the aid of recombinant binding protein has been used to measure CRH-BP. Subjects given iv infusions of human CRH for 10 h showed a sustained fall in plasma CRH-BP for the duration of the infusion. Intravenous bolus injection of human CRH produced a rapid reduction in CRH-BP levels to 54% of the basal value, whereas ovine CRH was without effect, even though both peptides are cleared from the plasma at similar rates and have similar effects on the pituitary-adrenal axis. The rapid clearance was concluded to be related to ligand affinity, as ovine CRH has a 200-fold lower affinity than human CRH for CRH-BP. We suggest that the rising levels of CRH are responsible for the reduction in CRH-BP concentrations observed in late pregnancy, and that this reduction is triggered by the binding of CRH-BP to its ligand. |
| spellingShingle | Woods, R Grossman, A Saphier, P Kennedy, K Ur, E Behan, D Potter, E Vale, W Lowry, P Association of human corticotropin-releasing hormone to its binding protein in blood may trigger clearance of the complex. |
| title | Association of human corticotropin-releasing hormone to its binding protein in blood may trigger clearance of the complex. |
| title_full | Association of human corticotropin-releasing hormone to its binding protein in blood may trigger clearance of the complex. |
| title_fullStr | Association of human corticotropin-releasing hormone to its binding protein in blood may trigger clearance of the complex. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association of human corticotropin-releasing hormone to its binding protein in blood may trigger clearance of the complex. |
| title_short | Association of human corticotropin-releasing hormone to its binding protein in blood may trigger clearance of the complex. |
| title_sort | association of human corticotropin releasing hormone to its binding protein in blood may trigger clearance of the complex |
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