Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 71, 398-404, Copyright © 1990 by Endocrine Society

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Biologically active steroids activate receptor-bound human sex hormone- binding globulin to cause LNCaP cells to accumulate adenosine 3',5'- monophosphate

AM Nakhla, MS Khan and W Rosner
Department of Medicine, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University New York, New York 10019.

The binding of human sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) to a human prostatic cancer cell line (LNCaP) and the results of that binding were examined. Membranes derived from LNCaP cells bound unliganded SHBG on two sets of sites whose affinities were: Ka1 = 3.1 +/- 1.6 x 10(10) M-1 and Ka2 = 8.7 +/- 4.3 x 10(6) M-1. Intact cells also bound SHBG, but even after 6 h, less than 10% of specifically bound SHBG was internalized. This observation speaks against a role for the membrane binding of SHBG in steroid transport across cell membranes. When LNCaP cells were prebound with SHBG, addition of dihydrotestosterone or estradiol resulted in a dose-dependent increase in intracellular cAMP. SHBG in the absence of steroids or dihydrotestosterone in the absence of SHBG was without effect. 2-Methoxyestradiol, a steroid metabolite without biological activity, but which binds to SHBG more tightly than does estradiol, was also without effect. These observations demonstrate a potentially important role for SHBG as a regulator of cell function. They also demonstrate an additional mode of action of steroid hormones, one that does not require that the steroid interact with a steroid receptor.

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