Published January 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Evidence for a single class of somatostatin receptors in ground squirrel cerebral cortex

  • 1. Institut for Biological Research Dr S. Stankovic, Beograd (Yugoslavia)

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In the present study we characterized high-affinity somatostatin (SRIF) binding sites (Kd = 2.06 +/- 0.32 nM and Bmax = 295 +/- 28 fmol/mg protein) in cerebral cortex membrane preparations of European ground squirrel using 125I-[Tyr0-D-Trp8]-SRIF14 as a radioligand. The inhibition of radioligand specific binding by SRIF14, as well as by its agonists (SRIF28, Tyr0-D-Trp8-SRIF14, SMS 201 995) was complete and monophasic, thus revealing a single population of somatostatinergic binding sites. Radioautographic analysis of 125I-[Tyr0-D-Trp8]-SRIF14 labeled brain sections confirmed the results of our biochemical study. The homogeneity of SRIF binding sites in the ground squirrel neocortex was not dependent on the animal's life-cycle phase

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Journal Title
Peptides (Fayetteville, New York)
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
1
Series
Peptides (Fayetteville, N.Y.).
Journal Page Range
57-62
ISSN
0196-9781
CODEN
PPTDD