title: Specific binding of beta-endorphin to the isolated renal basolateral membranes in vitro.
abstract: Binding of human beta-endorphin (beta-EP) to rat renal basolateral membranes was characterized using [125I]Tyr27-beta-EP ([125I]beta-EP) as a primary ligand. Ten millimolar of ethylenediaminetetra acetic acid (EDTA) completely inhibited the degradation of [125I]beta-EP in the incubation mixture at 4 degrees C, thus making it possible to quantitatively examine the [125I]beta-EP binding. The specific binding of [125I]beta-EP to the basolateral membranes was reversible and saturable, and a nonlinear least-squares regression analysis of a saturation isotherm revealed two different classes of specific binding sites. One class had an apparent dissociation constant (Kd) of 0.68 nM and a lower number of binding sites (33 fmol/mg protein), whereas the other class had a lower affinity (apparent Kd of 210 nM) and a higher number of binding sites (7.3 pmol/mg protein). Inhibition of the [125I]beta-EP binding by naloxone (10 microM) was approximately only 20%, and that by D-Ala2-D-Leu5-enkephalin (10 microM) was null, suggesting the major role of a non-opioid binding component in specific [125I]beta-EP binding to basolateral membranes. Moreover, a 50% inhibition by 10 microM of dynorphin(1-13) suggests that a certain region of the primary structure of beta-EP, excluding at least the NH2-terminal enkephalin sequence, is of particular importance for the [125I]beta-EP binding. These lines of evidence suggest the existence of two different classes of specific binding sites for beta-EP on the renal basolateral membranes, and the high-and low-affinity bindings may be attributed to opioid and non-opioid receptors, respectively, as judged by known characteristics of opioid and non-opioid receptors in other peripheral tissues.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terasaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuji
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D001615:beta-Endorphin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D001615:beta-Endorphin