Gonadotropic hormone (GtH) receptors in the testis of the troutSalmo gairdneri: in vitro studies |
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Authors: | Florence Le Gac Bernard Breton Muriel Bougoussa |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratoire de Physiologie des Poissons, INRA, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cédex, France |
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Abstract: | A particulate fraction obtained from trout testis at the time of spermiation shows saturable binding sites for125I-labeled salmon gonadotropin (125I-GtH). Non-gonadal tissues (liver, muscle and spleen) did not demonstrate specific125I-GtH binding. The tracer's specific activity was determined by the self-displacement method (18 to 30 Ci/ g). Maximal specific binding ability of125I-GtH varied from 20 to 30% of the labelled ligand added, depending on the hormone preparation. Specific binding of125I-GtH to 20 mg of the testis membrane varied from 40 to 85% of the total binding depending on the method of membrane prepratation, and was competitively inhibited by concentrations of unlabelled GtH ranging from ca 1 to 1000 ng/ml of incubate. Gonadotropin of mammalian origin, ovine TSH or salmon prolactin competed only weakly, or not at all, for testicular gonadotropin binding sites (relative potencies s-GtH>>FSH=hCG>s-PRL>bTSH). Scatchard analysis of equilibrium binding studies shows that saturable gonadotropin binding was due to a class of high affinity binding sites (sites I Ka 3×1010 M–1) and possibly to a second class of lower affinity binding sites (sites II Ka=5 to 14×108 M–1). The binding capacity of sites I, as measured in enriched membrane preparations, was 45±18 fmoles/g of testis during the period of spermiation. The concentration of GtH required to obtain half maximal displacement of125I-GtH in the binding studies was of the same order of magnitude as the apparent ED50 for GtH stimulation of 11-Cetotestosterone (11KT) secretion by trout testesin vitro. Mammalian LH and FSH were 100 to 1000 folds less potent than salmor GtH to increase 11 KT secretion. |
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Keywords: | trout testis membrane fraction GtH receptors hormone and tissue specificity affinity constant androgen secretion stimulation |
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