The peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBZ) population in the rat liver has been kinetically and pharmacologically characterized. These data revealed a receptor with a dissociation constant (Kd) of 5.67 nM and a receptor density of 758 fmoles/ mg protein in a crude membrane preparation. Subcellular distribution studies demonstrated that PBZs were detected in highly purified nuclear, mitochondrial and microsomal fractions. Porphyrins were shown to interact at the PBZ with protoporphyrin IX and hemin having the highest affinity. Preliminary studies on the subnuclear distribution of PBZs are reported. In summary, the study has (1) characterized liver PBZs, (2) shown the subcellular distribution of these receptors and (3) pharmacologically characterized nuclear, mitochondrial and microsomal PBZs in the liver.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/276794 |
| Date | January 1988 |
| Creators | Duerson, Kevin Collin, 1958- |
| Contributors | Laird, Hugh E. |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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