Title: Characterization of the AtT-20 cell's ‘repleting’ glucocorticoid receptor
Abstract: Glucocorticoids deplete the AtT-20 mouse pituitary tumor cell of its glucocorticoid receptors. Once placed into steroid-free medium, however, these 'receptor-deplete' cells gradually regain their ability to bind glucocorticoids displaceably. The goal of this paper is to determine whether replete binding-species is indeed a glucocorticoid receptor, and whether any precursor or modified forms are seen during repletion. Once depleted, cells take nearly 3-4 days to replete their full complement of cytosolic glucocorticoid-binding species. Scatchard analysis revealed only one binding site, of which the affinity for dexamethasone was identical to that of the native receptor. The steroid-binding specificity of the 'replete' binding species was exactly the same as that of the original receptor. The molecular size and surface charge density of the glucocorticoid-binding species obtained throughout the process of repletion were identical to those of the original receptor. Finally, studies in which replete cells were exposed to glucocorticoid agonists showed that the cell was able to decrease its production of ACTH, indicating that the regenerated binding species was able to function as a biologically active glucocorticoid receptor. We conclude that the replete species is a glucocorticoid receptor identical to the original, and that probably no precursor or modified forms of the repleting receptor exist.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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