Specific progesterone receptors in the hypothalamus and anterior hypophysis of the rat.
Specific progesterone receptors in the hypothalamus and anterior hypophysis of the rat.
复制标题
大鼠下丘脑和前垂体中的特异性孕酮受体。
作者:
Junzo Kato;T. Onouchi
Progesterone-binding components were detected in hypothalamic and anterior hypophysial cytosols from estrogen-primed immature and mature female rats. These components were labeled in vitro with a tritiated synthetic progestin, R5020, which binds specifically to progesterone receptors. The radioactive complex sediments in the 7S region in sucrose density gradients containing 10% glycerol. Little 7S binding was detected in similar preparations from the cerebral cortex, amygdala or reticular formation. In contrast with the marked effects by the estrogen-priming, very low or no 7S binding was found in the hypothalamus and hypophysis from intact nonprimed immature female rats. The dissociation constants (Kd) and the number of binding sites (NBS) of the hypothalamic components in immature rats were 3.3 × 10−9M and 1.0 × 10−14 moles\mg cytosol protein, respectively. These values for the adult rat anterior hypophysis were 3.8 × 10−9M and 3.1 × 10−14 moles/mg cytosol protein, respectively. The 7S binding component...