PROLACTIN RECEPTORS IN THE RAT KIDNEY
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Journal of Endocrinology
- Vol. 87 (1) , 47-+
- https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.0870047
Abstract
Specific binding of 125I-labelled ovine prolactin iodinated by a lactoperoxidase method was demonstrated in crude membrane preparations of kidneys and adrenals of male Sprague–Dawley rats and livers from female rats. Membrane preparations derived from the 100 000 g fractions of tissue homogenates contained most of the specific prolactin binding. Kinetic and affinity characteristics of prolactin binding to kidney membranes were examined in detail. Maximal specific binding occurred after incubation for 30 h at room temperature. Scatchard analysis indicated that prolactin binding to kidney membranes was of high affinity (dissociation constant = 1·4 × 10−10 mol/l) and similar to that for liver membranes, although kidney membranes from male rats bound approximately sixfold less prolactin/mg membrane protein than did liver membranes from female rats. Specific prolactin binding was demonstrated in both renal medulla and cortex. Autoradiography showed maximal prolactin binding activity in the epithelial cells of the proximal tubule and faint activity in the tubular cells throughout the nephron. Specificity of uptake by proximal tubular cells was indicated by the gross reduction in prolactin activity when excess ovine prolactin was administered simultaneously. The demonstration of specific binding sites for prolactin localized primarily in the proximal tubules was consistent with renal action of prolactin, predominantly on sodium metabolism.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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