Abstract
The established human glioblastoma cell line SF126 was found to bind tritiated human beta-endorphin (beta h-EP) in a saturable fashion. From displacement studies, the ED50 was estimated to be about 2.5 nM. The Kd was estimated as 1.9 X 10(-9) M and Scatchard analysis showed a biphasic pattern with a predominant low-affinity component. Binding reached a maximum at about 90 min at 22 degrees C and was instantaneously reversible. Tritiated [D-Ala2,D-Leu5]enkephalin and tritiated dihydromorphine did not bind to the cells. Sodium at a concentration of 150 mM decreased the specific binding by 80%. The interaction with the cellular binding site appeared to be mediated by the COOH-terminal segment of beta h-EP, as beta h-EP-(6-31) retained a high potency for displacing tritiated beta h-EP, and beta h-EP-(1-27) has no activity. Camel beta-EP was only about 1% as active as the human hormone.
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