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3H-cyproterone acetate: binding characteristics to human uterine progestagen receptors

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The availability of tritium labeled cyproterone acetate (CPA) facilitated the systematic investigation of the binding characteristics of this compound for human uterine progesterone receptors (PgR). The binding parameters of 3H-CPA are compared to those of 3H-R5020 and 3H-progesterone. The rate constants of association (k1M-1sec-1) to PgR were 7.8 x 103 for 3H-R5020, 4.5 x 104 for 3H-progesterone and 4.0 x 104 for 3H-CPA. The rate constants of dissociation (k-1, sec-1) were 3.6 x 10-5 for 3H-R5020, 21.3 x 10-5 for 3H-progesterone and 17.8 x 10-5 for 3H-CPA. The Kd-values (M), as obtained by titration analysis and subsequent Scatchard plot analysis were 1.2 x 10-9 for 3H-R5020, 6.0 x 10-9 for 3H-progesterone and 5.2 x 10-9 for 3H-CPA. On sucrose density gradient analysis binding in the 3.5, 5 and 8 S area could be observed using 3H-R5020. For 3H-progesterone and 3H-CPA binding was exclusively found in the 5 S area. The specificity of the steroid binding site of PgR is identical for 3H-R5020 and 3H-CPA. The order of potency of binding for various competitors decreases identically for both radioactive ligands: R5020 < progesterone < R1881< CPA < dihydrotestosterone < dexamethasone < cyproterone < 15β-OH-cyproterone. CPA resembles progesterone very closely in its binding characteristics to human uterine PgR.

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Grill, H.J., Manz, B., Elger, W. et al. 3H-cyproterone acetate: binding characteristics to human uterine progestagen receptors. J Endocrinol Invest 8, 135–141 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03350668

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