title: Aldosterone nuclear receptors in kidneys of chick embryo.
abstract: We have studied the properties of the nuclear receptors for aldosterone in kidneys of chick embryo. Aliquots of 0.4 M KCl nuclear extracts were incubated with [3H]aldosterone with or without 1 microM RU28362, a potent glucocorticoid analog. Scatchard analyses of binding data revealed two classes of binding sites with Ka of 0.26 and 0.03 X 10(9) M-1 and Nmax of 330 fmol and 620 fmol/mg DNA respectively. In presence of RU28362, however, we observed only a single class of binding sites with a Ka of 1.02 X 10(8) M-1 and a Nmax of 90 fmol/mg DNA. Competition studies performed in presence of RU28362 showed that aldosterone was the more effective competitor followed by corticosterone, progesterone, deoxycorticosterone, dexamethasone, cortisol, triamcinolone acetonide and cortisone. The nuclear complexes had a sedimentation coefficient in the area of 8 S which changed to 4-5 S in the presence of 0.4 M KCl. This effect of KCl was prevented by the addition of 10 mM sodium molybdate. Always in the presence of the glucocorticoid analog, by DEAE-c chromatography we observed a major specific aldosterone-binding fraction which was eluted with 0.2 M KCl. This fraction sedimented at 8.4 S in the absence of sodium molybdate and KCl. In the absence of RU28362, DNA-c columns retained only a small portion of the nuclear complexes which were eluted with KCl. These complexes sedimented, on sucrose gradient, at 4.6 and 3.1 S, whereas those which did not bind to DNA-c had a sedimentation coefficient of 8 S. In the presence of RU28362, the majority of bound [3H]aldosterone remained in the column flow-through fraction; when this fraction was further analyzed on DEAE-c, complexes were eluted with 0.2 and 0.3 M KCl. These data indicate that nuclear receptors for aldosterone are present in small number in kidneys of chick embryo and that they are mostly in the 8 S form.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Sherbrooke University, Canada.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lehoux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allard
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bouthillier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bélisle
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bellabarba
mesh_terms: D000450:Aldosterone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D018161:Receptors, Mineralocorticoid
chemical_list: D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid; D018161:Receptors, Mineralocorticoid; D000450:Aldosterone