title: Characterization of specific somatostatin binding sites in guinea pig lung.
abstract: Somatostatin binding sites have been demonstrated in the cytosolic fraction of guinea-pig lung. Binding of 125I-Tyr11-somatostatin was dependent on time and temperature, saturable, reversible and highly specific. Under equilibrium condition, i.e. 60 min at 25 degrees C, native somatostatin inhibited tracer binding in a dose-dependent manner. Two types of somatostatin binding sites were defined by Scatchard analysis: a small population with a high affinity (Kd = 23.4 nM) and a large population with a low affinity (Kd = 253.5 nM) for somatostatin. The biphasic nature of the dissociation process confirmed the heterogeneity of somatostatin binding sites. Apart from somatostatin, no peptide (1 microM) tested influenced the binding of 125I-Tyr11-somatostatin. The present data represent the first analysis of somatostatin binding sites in lung.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000378:metabolism*; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; D013004:Somatostatin