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Endocrinology, Vol 114, 1328-1333, Copyright © 1984 by Endocrine Society

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Hypophysectomy and growth hormone receptors in liver membranes of male rats

F Picard and MC Postel-Vinay

The effects of hypophysectomy on GH binding were studied in liver membranes of male rats. Ten days after surgery, the specific binding of [125I]iodobovine GH and of [125I] iodohuman GH was 2- to 3-fold higher in microsomal membranes of hypophysectomized rats than in membranes of control male animals. The number of receptors rather than the affinity of the binding was affected. A nonspecific membrane effect due to hypophysectomy is unlikely since membrane markers such as 5' nucleotidase, galactosyl transferase, and insulin binding were not different in liver membranes of hypophysectomized and control rats. The somatogenic specificity and the subcellular distribution of the binding sites were not altered by hypophysectomy; the number of the GH binding sites were increased in plasma membranes as well as in Golgi fractions. Hypophysectomy in male rats creates a situation where growth failure, absence of circulating GH, and lack of plasma somatomedin activity are associated with increased concentration of liver somatogenic receptors. The latter finding could explain why livers of hypophysectomized rats are more sensitive to GH than those of normal rats.


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