[H-3]CORTICOSTERONE BINDING IN THE CAUDATE-PUTAMEN
[H-3]CORTICOSTERONE BINDING IN THE CAUDATE-PUTAMEN
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(83)90227-5
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
TURNER, BB
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作者:
DEFIORE, CH;TURNER, BB
Autoradiographic data indicate little specific binding of corticosterone in the caudate-putamen. Chronic glucocorticoid treatment was reported to alter certain biochemical parameters within the caudate-putamen, including high-affinity choline uptake could glucocorticoid receptors in the caudate-putamen of adrenalectomized rats be detected by a biochemical approach. The amount of specific [3H]corticosterone binding in cytosols from the caudate-putamen and the ability of nuclei in this brain region to retain [3H]corticosterone in vivo was determined. Results indicated that 72 h post-adrenalectomy, the caudate-putamen has 56% of the maximal binding capacity of the hippocampus (205 .+-. 11 vs. 361 .+-. 19 fmol/mg protein). The apparent Kd of [3H]corticosterone in the 2 tissues did not differ substantially. The cytosolic binding capacity of the caudate-putamen was similar to that of the cerebellum, a brain region which also fails to demonstrate marked retention of glucocorticoids in autoradiographic studies. When cytosol binding was measured at a shorter time period after adrenalectomy (12 h), no differences were observed between the binding capacities of the hippocampus and the caudate-putamen. In competition experiments using [3H]corticosterone as ligand, no differences between the caudate-putamen and the hippocampus were found in the relative affinities of any of 8 steroids; the order of relative affinities obtained was in good agreement with those reported for the classical glucocorticoid receptor in other tissues. Rats were injected via the tail vein with [3H]corticosterone, 36 nmol/kg, an amount calculated to saturate more than half the nuclear sites. Nuclei purified from the caudate-putamen of these rats demonstrated about 40% of the radioactivity present in hippocampal nuclei (1158 .+-. 24 vs. 2988 .+-. 320 fmol/mg DNA). In the caudate-putamen and hippocampus, radioactivity was concentrated several-fold in the cell nuclei relative to whole tissue; this degree of nuclear concentration was not seen in the cerebellum or hypothalamus. Specific [3H]corticosterone binding proteins exist in the caudate-putamen of rats and they are functional glucocorticoid receptors, capable of nuclear translocation. The caudate-putamen is distinguished from other brain regions which appear predominantly unlabeled on autoradiographs, not in its number of cytosol binding sites, but by the degree to which its cell nuclei are able to concentrate [3H]corticosterone.