title: Changes in immunohistochemical properties of beta-adrenergic receptors in frog erythrocytes by isoproterenol-induced desensitization.
abstract: Immunohistochemical properties of beta-adrenergic receptor (BAR) in frog erythrocytes have been studied by using antiserum raised against purified guinea pig BAR. Immunoblotting of frog erythrocyte membranes with the anti-BAR serum revealed prominent staining of a protein with Mr of 65,000-67,000. BARs present in intact frog erythrocytes were made visible by incubation with the anti-BAR serum and then goat-anti rabbit IgG conjugated with colloidal gold. About 50-60% of the cells showed small, punctate dots by staining with the anti-BAR serum. After 4 hr exposure of the cells to isoproterenol, the density of the staining was markedly increased. Labeling of BAR after permeabilization of erythrocytes with saponin was markedly enhanced in isoproterenol-desensitized, but not in control cells. The BARs present in cytoslic fraction of desensitized cells migrated in the void volume of Sepharose-4B and were effectively labeled by a lipophilic BAR ligand capable of penetrating the cell membranes, but not by a hydrophilic ligand. Thus, isoproterenol-induced desensitization is associated with alteration of the immunoreactivity of BAR. Moreover, our immunochemical and biochemical data provide further evidence for the internalization of BAR in desensitized frog erythrocytes.
authors.affiliation: Fidia Georgetown Institute for Neuroscience, Washington, DC 20007.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alho
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dillion-Carter
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Moxham
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Malbon
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Chuang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011892:Rana catesbeiana; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D007545:Isoproterenol