Short stature explained by dimerization of human growth hormone induced by a p.C53S point mutation.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Max SanderC J Strasburger

Abstract

A homozygous mutation in growth hormone 1 (GH1) was recently identified in an individual with growth failure. This mutation, c.705G>C, causes replacement of cysteine at position 53 of the 191-amino-acid sequence of 22 kDa human GH (hGH) with serine (p.C53S). This hGH molecule (hereafter referred to as GH-C53S) lacks the disulfide bond between p.Cys-53 and p.Cys-165, which is highly conserved among species. It has been reported previously that monomeric GH-C53S has reduced bioactivity compared with WT GH (GH-WT) because of its decreased ability to bind and activate the GH receptor in vitro In this study, we discovered that substitution of p.Cys-53 in hGH significantly increased formation of hGH dimers in pituitary cells. We expressed His-tagged hGH variants in the cytoplasm of genetically modified Rosetta-gami B DE3 Escherichia coli cells, facilitating high-yield production. We observed that the bioactivity of monomeric GH-C53S is 25.2% of that of GH-WT and that dimeric GH-C53S-His has no significant bioactivity in cell proliferation assays. We also found that the expression of GH-C53S in pituitary cells deviates from that of GH-WT. GH-C53S was exclusively stained in the Golgi apparatus, and no secretory granules formed for this...Continue Reading

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