title: Glucagon binding to receptors on the surface of chicken adipocytes.
abstract: Adipocytes isolated from abdominal fat of chickens were used 1) to demonstrate that [125I]-tyr10-glucagon binds with all the characteristics of a hormone-receptor interaction and 2) to determine whether glucagon binds to one or more receptor sites. Binding of [125I]-tyr10-glucagon was characterized at 12 degrees C, a temperature found to completely inhibit internalization of the radioligand. Culturing adipocytes increased radioligand binding by 60 to 100% and, therefore, fat cells were incubated for 72 h before characterizing binding. Binding of [125I]-tyr10-glucagon to chicken adipocytes reached steady-state, was reversible, was specific for glucagon, was saturable, and increased linearly as a function of fat cell concentration. Both kinetic and steady-state experiments indicated that [125I]-tyr10-glucagon bound to two sites on chicken adipocytes. Equilibrium dissociation constants (Kd) of 54 +/- 16 pM and 3.3 +/- 1.3 nM were obtained for [125I]-tyr10-glucagon, whereas Kd of .49 and 81 nM were calculated for mammalian glucagon. There were 4,831 +/- 1,057 high-affinity receptors and 200,780 +/- 63,404 low-affinity receptors per adipocyte. Thus, only 2.3% of the glucagon binding sites were of high affinity. In addition to higher binding affinity, [125I]-tyr10-glucagon stimulated glycerol release from chicken adipocytes with greater potency than porcine glucagon. Therefore, it was concluded that [125I]-tyr10-glucagon was a supra-agonist that bound to high- and low-affinity receptors on the surface of chicken adipocytes with all the characteristics of a hormone-receptor interaction.
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Georgetown, DE 19947, USA.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Oscar
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005934:Glucagon / Q000378:metabolism*; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon; D005934:Glucagon