title: Nuclear progestin receptor-like component in human cervical tissue.
abstract: To study progestin action in human glandular cervix, we extracted the nuclear pellet with 0.5 M KCl and immediately adsorbed a progestin-binding receptor-like component to hydroxylapatite. Binding of 2 nM [3H]R5020 at 4 degrees C for 18 h, in the presence or absence of 100-fold molar excess progesterone and other steroids, was used to measure the total extractable and adsorbed progestin-binding component. With this assay, the amounts of progestin-binding component in the nuclear-rich fraction in specimens from women in the follicular and luteal phases of the ovarian cycle were 930 +/- 143 and 995 +/- 148 fmol/g wet wt (+/- SE), respectively; total cytoplasmic progestin receptor was 2,989 +/- 812 and 1,861 +/- 188 fmol/g wet wt (+/- SE) in the follicular and luteal phases, respectively. The progestin-binding component extracted from the nuclear pellet has a sedimentation velocity coefficient in the 3.5 S region when measured in high salt on 5-20% linear sucrose density gradients that contain 10% glycerol. The progestin binding measured by the hydroxylapatite-exchange assay with [3H]R5020 and radio-insert progesterone is high affinity (Kd 2.6 X 10(-10) M) and heat labile and appears specific for progestins and progesterone target tissues.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000032:analysis; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000032:analysis; D017886:Durapatite; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006882:Hydroxyapatites / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D011397:Promegestone / Q000378:metabolism; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone; D014316:Tritium; D011374:Progesterone; D017886:Durapatite; D011397:Promegestone