We examined the high affinity binding, uptake, and degradation of apo E-free 125I-high density lipoprotein (HDL) in cultured pig hepatocytes. At steady state, the cells degraded 9.4% of cell-associated 125I-HDL/hour, compared with 41.7%/hour for 125I-LDL. Pulse-chase experiments at 4 degrees C revealed that high affinity 125I-HDL binding was reversible. Similar experiments at 37 degrees C revea...

Two different methods were evaluated for incorporating [125I]cholesteryl iopanoate ([125I]CI), a non-hydrolyzable cholesteryl ester analog, into LDL. The first procedure was an organic solvent delipidation-reconstitution procedure (R[125I-CI]LDL) while the second involved incubation of detergent (Tween-20)-solubilized [125I]CI with whole plasma (D[125I-CI]LDL). R[125I-CI]LDL behaved similar to ...

Human growth hormone (hGH) and ovine prolactin (oPRL) are both lactogenic as defined by their ability to induce milk-protein synthesis in vitro in the presence of insulin and hydrocortisone. At physiological concentrations, both hGH and oPRL have similar dose-response curves in a mouse mammary gland organ culture system. Binding of 125I-labeled hGH (125I-hGH) to lactogenic receptors is competed...

Neurotensin receptors (nomenclature as recommended by NC-IUPHAR [39]) are activated the endogenous tridecapeptide neurotensin (pGlu-Leu-Tyr-Glu-Asn-Lys-Pro-Arg-Arg-Pro-Tyr-Ile-Leu) derived from a precursor (NTS, 30990), which also generates neuromedin N, an agonist at NTS2 receptor. [3H]neurotensin (human, mouse, rat) and [125I]neurotensin may be used to label NTS1 0.1-0.3 3-5 nM concentrations...

Studies were performed to elucidate the nature of the pathway of hepatic thyroxine (T4) metabolism that is activated by inhibitors of liver catalase. For this purpose, the metabolism of T4 in homogenates of rat liver was monitored with T4 labeled with 125I either at the 5'-position of the outer-ring (125I-beta-T4) or uniformly in both the outer and inner rings (125I-U-T4). In homogenates incuba...

Electron microscope autoradiographic and biochemical methods were used to study the intracellular fates of several 125I-glycoproteins, known to be specifically bound and internalized by the different cell types in the liver. At the earliest times examined (1--2 min), 125I-glycoproteins (ASGP) were localized predominantly along the sinusoidal front of hepatocytes. Analysis of the distribution of...

We have used compartmented cultures of rat sympathetic neurons to quantitatively examine the retrograde transport of 125I-nerve growth factor (NGF) supplied to distal axons and to characterize the cellular events that maintain steady-state levels of NGF in cell bodies. In cultures allowed to reach steady-state 125I-NGF transport, cell bodies contained only 5-30% of the total neuron-associated 1...