title: Localization and characterization of endothelin receptors in human gliomas: a growth factor?
abstract: Localization and characterization of endothelin receptors in surgical specimens of human gliomas (6 benign astrocytomas and 7 glioblastomas multiforme) and in normal human cortices were studied using quantitative receptor autoradiographic methods. Low numbers of [125I]endothelin-1 [( 125I]ET-1) binding sites were detected in the gray matter of the human frontal cortex, with little binding in the white matter. Conversely, relatively high numbers of [125I]ET-1 binding sites were homogeneously present in tissue sections derived from astrocytomas, whereas higher numbers of [125I]ET-1 binding sites were heterogeneously located on groups of cells with a pseudopalisading appearance and pleomorphic astrocytes in glioblastoma multiforme. Necrotic areas within the tissue sections derived from glioblastoma were devoid of binding. Binding of [125I]ET-1 to gliomas and normal gray matter was specific. Unlabeled ET-1 and its natural analogs (ET-2 and ET-3) inhibited the binding of [125I]ET-1 to these lesions in a concentration-dependent manner and with similar high potencies. Possibly related substances, such as ion channel regulators (omega-conotoxin, apamin, and tetrodotoxin), a Ca2+ channel blocker (nicardipine), and growth factors (epidermal growth factor and insulin-like growth factor I), did not affect the binding to tissue sections derived from gliomas or from normal frontal cortices. Scatchard analysis revealed the presence of a single class and high-affinity binding sites for endothelin in normal cortex and in gliomas. There was no significant difference in the binding affinities: dissociation constants (Kd) were 2.1 +/- 0.5 nM in 6 astrocytomas, 2.5 +/- 0.4 nM in 7 glioblastomas, and 1.4 and 1.5 nM in two normal cortices.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ochi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis*; D005910:Glioma / Q000032:analysis*; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000032:analysis*; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin