title: Nerve growth factor binding sites on hepatic parenchymal cells.
abstract: Nerve growth factor (NGF) binding sites on rat hepatocytes (HCs) in culture for 24 to 48 h were characterized using 125I-NGF. Specific binding of 125I-NGF to HCs was saturable. Scatchard analysis indicated a single population of binding sites with a Kd of 5.5 nM and a Bmax of 540 fmol/mg protein. In isolated hepatocyte membranes, specific binding of 125I-NGF was also apparent with Kd and Bmax values of 10.8 nM and 3740 fmol/mg protein, respectively. Specific binding of 125I-NGF to HCs was displaced by excess, unlabeled NGF but not by up to 1000-fold excess of either insulin or epidermal growth factor. Internalization/sequestration of 125I-NGF into HCs was measured as radioactivity present in solubilized cells after exposure to high salt and acid. These studies indicated 83 +/- 11% of 125I-NGF was accumulated by internalization/sequestration at a concentration of 1 nM 125I-NGF. Internalization was reduced to 43 +/- 4% when incubations were carried out at 4 degrees C. These results indicate the presence of a specific, low-affinity binding site for NGF on hepatocytes in culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Bailie
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Contreras
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D017475:Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor