?1-receptors in liver regeneration

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Abstract
The α1 receptor mediates the effects of catecholamines on DNA synthesis, as observed in rat liver following a 2/3 partial hepatectomy and in serum-free primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes exposed to epidermal growth factor.In vitro norepinephrine action at this receptor heterologously down-regulates epidermal growth factor receptors.In vivo, the α1 receptor's effect on DNA synthesis is restricted to early time points after partial hepatectomy. α1 receptor binding capacity does not vary until 48 hr after liver resection (at which time binding is reduced), but an uncoupling of receptor binding from membrane phosphoinositide turnover occurs between 8 and 16 hr after partial hepatectomy. This change is preceded by a fall in membrane-associatedras p21 detected by radioimmunoassays (46% of control levels by 2 hr after partial hepatectomy). Whether this change represents a loss of p21 protein from membranes or a modification that results in a loss of immunoreactivity is not known.