title: Prolactin causes the dissociation of prolactin from plasma membrane receptor in lactating mouse mammary cell: action of high prolactin concentration.
abstract: In order to characterize the dissociation of receptor-bound prolactin (PRL) by mammary cells, cells were prepared from lactating mice by collagenase digestion and loaded with PRL. The dissociation reaction was performed in the presence of PRL. In the concentration range 1 ng/ml-1 micrograms/ml examined, PRL at higher than 10 ng/ml accelerated the dissociation of PRL in an concentration-dependent manner. The action of PRL on dissociation was completed within a short period. At the end of the 1 h-incubation period, the dissociation rate constant (k-1) was about 2 times larger in the presence of 1 microgram/ml of PRL than in its absence. The action of PRL occurred predominantly at the level of the plasma membrane receptor. Mammary cells with greater PRL-binding capacities had larger k-1 in response to PRL. The present data showed that the dissociation of PRL from the receptor was influenced by the concentration or PRL and by the PRL-binding capacity of the cell. The rate of PRL-receptor interaction is expressed by the equation of k-1 (PRL-bound receptors). It is probable that the exceedingly high levels of PRL, the PRL-receptor interaction occurs more frequently in the presence of PRL-dependent dissociation than in its absence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D019342:Acetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D007700:Kinetics; D007774:Lactation / Q000502:physiology*; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D011388:Prolactin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011981:Receptors, Prolactin / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D014238:Trichloroacetic Acid
chemical_list: D011981:Receptors, Prolactin; D014238:Trichloroacetic Acid; D011388:Prolactin; D019342:Acetic Acid