HUMAN BLOOD-BRAIN-BARRIER TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR
HUMAN BLOOD-BRAIN-BARRIER TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR
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DOI:
10.1016/0026-0495(87)90099-0
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发表时间:
1987-09-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
JING, Y
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作者:
PARDRIDGE, WM;EISENBERG, J;JING, Y
The kinetics of binding and endocytosis of 125I-human holotransferrin by isolated human brain capillaries was examined using this system as a model of the human blood-brain barrier (BBB). Both binding and endocytosis of the peptide by human brain capillaries was temperature-dependent and the binding was saturated by holotransferrin, but not by insulin, somatostatin, or vasopressin. Scatchard analysis of the binding reaction revealed a dissociation constant of 448 .+-. 110 ng/mL (5.6 .+-. 1.4 nmol/L) and a maximal binding constant (R0) of 8.0 .+-. 1.5 ng/mg protein. Thus, the affinity and capacity of the BBB transferrin receptor is within the same order of magnitude as the affinity and capacity of the BBB receptors for insulin, insulinlike growth factor-I, or insulinlike growth factor-II. The human brain capillary transferrin receptor was also detected with a mouse monoclonal antibody to the receptor using the avidin/biotin/peroxidase technique. In conclusion, these studies characterize the human BBB transferrin receptor and support the hypothesis that this receptor acts as a transport system which mediates the transcytosis of transferrin-bound iron through the brain capillary endothelial cell in man.