title: Localization and characterization of somatostatin binding sites in the mouse retina.
abstract: We studied the binding of [125I]Tyr11-somatostatin-14 and [125I]Leu8,D-Trp22,Tyr25-somatostatin-28 to frozen, unfixed sections of C57BL/6J mouse eyes with autoradiography. Specific binding of both ligands occurred in 3 maxima, a broad band extending from the retinal ganglion cell to the inner nuclear layers, a narrow and inconstant band over the outer plexiform layer, and a band over the retinal pigment epithelium and choroid. We quantified the label over the inner plexiform layer and found evidence for a single, saturable binding site after Scatchard analysis of saturation binding data. With [125I]Tyr11-somatostatin-14 the dissociation constant (Kd) was 1.48 nM and the total number of binding sites (Bmax) was 68 fmol/mg protein; in competition experiments the inhibitory binding constant (Ki) was 900 pM for somatostatin-14 and 350 pM for somatostatin-28. With [125I]Leu8,D-Trp22,Tyr25-somatostatin-28, Kd was 625 pM and Bmax was 69 fmol/mg protein; in competition experiments Ki was 4.58 nM for somatostatin-14 and 710 pM for somatostatin-28. These results demonstrate the existence of somatostatin receptors in the inner plexiform layer of the retina that appear to have greater specificity for somatostatin-28 than for somatostatin-14.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kossut
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Aldrich
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Pinto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000378:metabolism*; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; D012160:Retina / Q000378:metabolism*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D053561:Somatostatin-28 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; D013004:Somatostatin; C032367:somatostatin, Tyr(11)-; D053561:Somatostatin-28; C045259:somatostatin 28, Leu(8)-Trp(22)-iodo-Tyr(25)-