Table 1

Cell strains

Cell strain
Subtype, origin
External genitalia/ phenotype
Age at biopsy (years; months)
Androgen receptor

N-33
GSF, foreskin
Normal fertile male
51;11
Normal (Kd 0.08 nM, Bmax 26.40 fmol/mg protein)
N-40
GSF, foreskin
Normal male
7;11
Normal (Kd 0.09 nM, Bmax 32.44 fmol/mg protein)
N-52
GSF, foreskin
Normal male
0;3
Normal (Kd 0.06 nM, Bmax 35.36 fmol/mg protein)
N-56
GSF, foreskin
Normal fertile male
42;10
Normal (Kd 0.07 nM, Bmax 13.35 fmol/mg protein)
N-57
GSF, foreskin
Normal male
5;11
Normal (Kd 0.05 nM, Bmax 24.13 fmol/mg protein)
N-58
GSF, foreskin
Normal male
5;11
Normal (Kd 0.10 nM, Bmax 30.61 fmol/mg protein)
N-59
GSF, foreskin
Normal male
0;8
Normal (Kd 0.07 nM, Bmax 40.01 fmol/mg protein)
N-60
GSF, foreskin
Normal male
5;4
Normal (Kd 0.05 nM, Bmax 20.08 fmol/mg protein)
N-62
GSF, foreskin
Normal male
2;0
Normal (Kd 0.08 nM, Bmax 86.16 fmol/mg protein)
N-AKPZF
PRF, peripheral zone
Normal male
Adult
Not investigated
N-ST4
ASF, abdominal skin
Normal male
46;0
Not investigated
N-LS12
FSF, forearm skin
Normal male
36;0
Not investigated
ARD1097
GSF, labia majora
Normal female
1;3
CAIS, Pro390Ser + Arg855Gly, negative androgen binding
ARD411
GSF, labia majora
Normal female
0;4
CAIS, Arg855Cys, negative androgen binding
ARD682
GSF, labia majora
Normal female
14;10
CAIS, no mutation in AR-gene, negative androgen binding, no AR-protein in western immunoblot
ARD402
GSF, labia majora
Normal female
1;0
CAIS, no mutation in AR-gene, negative androgen binding, very low AR-mRNA transcription, no AR-protein in western immunoblot
ARD377
GSF, labia majora
Predominantly female
1;2
AIS4, Ile841Ser, (Kd 0.55 nM; Bmax 17.01 fmol/mg protein)
ARD842
GOF, gonad
Normal female
38;0
CAIS, 26 bp deletion exon 1 (141-150), frameshift, premature stop codon, negative androgen binding
ARD1004
GOF, gonad
Normal female
17;4
CAIS, Val866Met, negative androgen binding
ARD291
GOF, gonad
Normal female
18;4
CAIS, Phe794Ser, negative amdrogen binding
ARD531
GOF, gonad
Normal female
35,2
CAIS, Ala765Thr, negative androgen binding
ARD557
GOF, gonad
Normal female
6;6
CAIS, donor splice site exon 2/intron 2, negative androgen binding
ARD465
GSF, labia majora
Normal female
5;5
CAIS, Glu287stop, low expression of wild-type AR (Kd 0.11 nM; Bmax 3.6 fmol/mg protein), post-zygotic mutation (somatic mosaicism)
ARD364
GSF, labia majora
Predominantly female
23;0
AIS4, Leu 172 stop, high expression of wild-type AR (Kd 0.06 nM, Bmax 22.6 fmol/mg protein), post-zygotic mutation (somatic mosaicism) (6)

ARD, strain-ID; ASF, abdominal skin fibroblast; FSF, forearm skin fibroblast; GOF, gonadal fibroblast; GSF, genital skin fibroblast; PRF, prostate fibroblast. Normal ranges for androgen (methyltrienolone) binding: Bmax (binding capacity): 13.35-115.98 fmol/mg protein; Kd (dissociation constant): 0.03-0.13 nM.

Holterhus et al. Genome Biology 2003 4:R37   doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-6-r37