Further evidence for the presence of androgen receptors in the lungs and in the head appendages of the cock
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 55 (3) , 263-265
- https://doi.org/10.1139/o77-037
Abstract
The presence of cytoplasmic dihydrotestosterone receptors in the lungs, the comb, the wattle and the ear lobes of the cock was demonstrated by sucrose density-gradient centrifugation. All these tissues exhibited saturable in vitro binding of dihydrotestosterone in the 8-11S region of the gradient. When 0.5 M KCl was added to the lung, wattle, and comb cytosols and to the gradients, the radioactive dihydrotestosterone migrated in the 4-5S region. The mechanism of action of androgens in the head appendages of the cock and in other target tissues is probably similar.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: