title: Cellular nuclear binding and retention of glucocorticoids in rat lymphoid cells: effect of long-term adrenalectomy.
abstract: In the present study we have shown for the first time that lymphocytes from the spleen, thymus and mesenteric lymph nodes can specifically bind and retain 3H-dexamethasone in the nuclear fraction. The use of the specific corticosteroid receptor antagonists, RU28362 and RU38486, for the displacement of labeled dexamethasone revealed that binding was mainly of type-II glucocorticoids receptors. In lymphocytes obtained from mesenteric lymph nodes, binding was significantly higher than in cells obtained from spleen and thymus. Long-term adrenalectomy (up to 30 days), which markedly elevated serum ACTH, caused a time-dependent increase in binding in all lymphoid cells. No increase in binding was found in lymphocytes obtained from rats hypophysectomized for 15 days, in which neither serum ACTH nor corticosterone could be measured. These results suggest that the cellular nuclear binding in lymphocytes may be regulated by a pituitary factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ovadia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sobcho
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wholmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weidenfeld
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000732:Androstanols / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000378:metabolism*; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D015735:Mifepristone / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000732:Androstanols; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid; D015735:Mifepristone; C049154:11,17-dihydroxy-6-methyl-17-(1-propynyl)androsta-1,4,6-triene-3-one; D003907:Dexamethasone