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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 23, 715-719, Copyright © 1982 by Lipid Research, Inc.
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P Engfeldt, P Arner, H Wahrenberg and J Ostman
The beta-adrenergic receptors have been characterized in isolated human adipocytes using a potent beta-adrenergic antagonist (-)- [3H]dihydroalprenolol. Binding of (-)-[3H]dihydroalprenolol to isolated fat cells was stereospecific and saturable, the maximum number of binding sites calculated being 7.8 +/- 2.2 pmol of bound ligand/10(7) cells, corresponding to 450,000 binding sites/cell. The dissociation constant was estimated to be 2.7 +/- 1.1 nM. The results with competition-inhibition experiments using beta-adrenergic agonists and antagonists indicated that the binding sites in isolated adipocytes were predominantly of the beta1-subtype; about 80% of the receptors were of this type. With the present method, specific beta-adrenergic receptor number and affinity in isolated human adipocytes could be determined in about 1 g of human adipose tissue.
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