title: Purification of a putative brain somatostatin receptor.
abstract: The brain somatostatin (somatotropin release-inhibiting factor; SRIF) receptor was purified by affinity chromatographic techniques. A protein of 60 kDa could be purified from rat brain. The protein was eluted from a [D-Trp8]SRIF affinity column with either sodium acetate (pH 5.5) or free [D-Trp8]SRIF. The binding of the protein to the affinity column was prevented by free [D-Trp8]SRIF or the stable SRIF analogue SMS 201-996 but not by the inactive somatostatin 28-(1-14). The purified receptor could be covalently labeled by the 125I-labeled SRIF analogue CGP 23996. Excess [D-Trp8]SRIF blocked the binding of 125I-labeled CGP 23996 to the purified receptor, but somatostatin 28-(1-14) did not affect the binding. A 60-kDa protein was also purified from the anterior pituitary cell line AtT-20, which has a high expression of SRIF receptors. In contrast, no 60-kDa protein could be purified from CHO cells, which have no detectable SRIF receptors. These findings present evidence for the purification of the SRIF receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thermos
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Reisine
mesh_terms: D000345:Affinity Labels / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000345:Affinity Labels; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; D013004:Somatostatin; C038136:CGP 23996