RFRP-3 efficiently inhibits forskolin-induced production of cAMP with an IC50 of 0.7 nM.
Scatchard-plot analysis shows that I-labelled hRFRP-3 has a single class of high-affinity binding sites for the membrane fractions of CHO cells expressing rat OT7T022, the Kd value and the Bmax values are 0.19 nM and 1.3 pM, respectively.
RFRP-3 specifically stimulate cells transfected with a new orphan 7TMR, OT7T022, it binds to OT7T022 as a specific ligand with high affinity (Kd= 0.19 nM).
RFRP-3 (10 to 10M) has no effect on LH and FSH levels alone, but when it combines with GnRH, LH and FSH secretion is significantly reduced by the combination.
Medlife has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.