title: Identification of a high-affinity receptor for interleukin-1 beta in rat brain.
abstract: A single type of high-affinity binding sites for IL-1 beta was identified in the rat hypothalamus (Kd = 1.0 +/- 0.2 nM) and cerebral cortex (Kd = 1.3 +/- 0.2 nM), but not in the pituitary. The maximum binding capacity (Bmax) in the hypothalamus (Bmax = 75.4 +/- 10.8 fmol/mg protein) was 4 times greater than in the cerebral cortex (Bmax = 17.2 +/- 1.5 fmol/mg protein). Neither various neuropeptides nor IL-2 appeared to influence the binding of [125I]IL-1 beta to the hypothalamic membrane preparations. The potency of unlabeled IL-1 alpha to replace the binding of [125I]IL-1 beta to the hypothalamic membrane preparations was considerably less than that of unlabeled IL-1 beta. These findings indicate that IL-1 beta receptors are heterogeneously distributed in the central nervous system and that IL-1 alpha does not bind with IL-1 beta receptors in the brain.
authors.affiliation: U.S.-Japan Biomedical Research Laboratories, Tulane University Hebert Center, Belle Chasse, LA 70037.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Katsuura
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Gottschall
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000276:immunology*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000276:immunology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins