title: Receptors for insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I in the human adrenal gland.
abstract: Human adrenal glands contain high-affinity receptors for insulin and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I). Comparative studies with rat, hamster and human adrenal membranes confirmed that IGF-I receptors are most abundant in rat and hamster adrenals, whereas insulin and IGF-I receptors are present in equivalent numbers in human adrenal glands. Covalent crosslinking studies revealed that the human adrenal gland IGF-I receptor binding subunit migrated on dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gels with Mr = 135,000, which is identical to the migration of IGF-I receptor binding subunits isolated from other tissues. Autoradiography of frozen human adrenal slices incubated with [125I]insulin showed prominent, displaceable binding of this radioligand to the zona reticularis, zona glomerulosa, vasculature and medulla; in contrast, [125I]IGF-I binding to human adrenal tissue was most prominent in the zona reticularis and negligible in the medullary region.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Pillion
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Stockard
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Grizzle
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D001345:Autoradiography; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007700:Kinetics; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013002:Somatomedins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D011972:Receptor, Insulin