title: Down-regulation of atrial natriuretic factor receptors and correlation with cGMP stimulation in rat cultured vascular smooth muscle cells.
abstract: The relationship between the binding of 125I-labeled rat ANF and the responsiveness in cGMP production of ANF receptors were examined in cultured rat thoracic smooth muscle cells after preexposure with the peptide. Binding assay of 125I-labeled ANF showed a specific, reversible and saturable binding with a KD value of 3.1 +/- 0.3 10(-10) M and a maximum binding (Bmax) of 240 +/- 30 fmol/10(6) cells. Pretreatment of the cells with increasing concentrations of unlabeled ANF (10(-9) M to 10(-7) M) resulted in a dose-dependent decrease of the number of binding sites without a change in the affinity. This effect was clearly associated with a desensitization of ANF-induced cGMP production.
authors.affiliation: Institut Henri Beaufour, Les Ulis, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roubert
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Lonchampt
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Chabrier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Plas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goulin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Braquet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000378:metabolism; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D017461:Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C472610:atrial natriuretic peptide, rat; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D017461:Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D006152:Cyclic GMP