AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 253, Issue 5 848-F856, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptors in proximal tubules of rat kidney

P. R. Sundaresan, T. L. Fortin and S. L. Kelvie
Department of Pharmacology, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York 14642.

Proximal tubules were isolated from the rat kidney by collagenase digestion of the cortical tissue followed by Percoll gradient centrifugation. Microscopic and hormone-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity studies proved the purity of the preparation. [3H]Prazosin, [3H]rauwolscine, and [125I]iodocyanopindolol were used to identify and quantitate respectively the alpha 1-, alpha 2- and beta-adrenergic receptors. Proximal tubular (F4) particulate fraction was compared against other cortical nephron segment (F1, F2) fractions and the total collagenase-digested cortex particulate suspension (Ft). Proximal tubules were enriched in alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenergic receptors compared with Ft (alpha 1-receptor, 100.4 +/- 4.5 vs. 87.4 +/- 4.9; alpha 2-receptor, 250 +/- 16.2 vs. 185.1 +/- 12 fmol/mg protein). The fractions enriched in glomeruli and distal tubular segments (F1, F2) had relatively low concentrations of alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenergic receptors. In contrast, beta-adrenergic receptor concentration in the proximal tubules was approximately 25% of that in the Ft fraction and approximately 10% of that in the F1 fraction. Isoproterenol-stimulated adenylate cyclase activities in the different fractions corroborated well with the pattern suggested by the [125I]iodocyanopindolol binding studies. Our results suggest that whole-cortex preparation radioligand binding studies may reflect proximal tubular alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenergic receptor changes quite well. They may, however, miss or give erroneous impressions about beta-adrenergic receptor changes occurring in different cortical nephron segments.

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