NH2-terminal specificity and axonal localization of adrenocorticotropin binding sites in rat median eminence.

AUTOR(ES)

Van Houten, M

RESUMO

Adrenocorticotropin binding sites in the rat median eminence have been localized in vivo. These binding sites occur in the basalar zone, which is rich in axonal endings. Using competitive binding and quantitative light-microscope radioautography, we found that the median-eminence binding site, in contradistinction to the adrenal receptor, binds specifically the residue 4-10 region of the adrenocorticotropin molecule. Using quantitative electron-microscope radioautography and median-eminence deafferentation, we localized the binding sites to axon terminals in this region. In time-delayed uptake studies using light-microscope radioautography, we failed to observe concentration of radiolabel in neurons of the medial basal hypothalamus after the direct injection of radioiodinated adrenocorticotropin(1-24) into the median eminence.

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