Localisation and characterisation of functional vasoactive intestinal peptide receptors in feline kidney

Specific 125I-labelled vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) binding was determined in feline renal cortical and medullary plasma membranes. For the cortex, Scatchard analysis of the data resulted in a curvilinear plot with a high-affinity site K0.5 of 8.4 +/- 2.6 nmol l-1 (SE, n = 6) and a second low-affinity site K0.5 204 +/- 16 nmol l-1 with binding site concentrations (Bmax) of 385 +/- 44.5 and 2710 +/- 181.3 fmol mg protein-1 respectively. Conversely a similar analysis of the results obtained for outer medullary membranes gave a single site with a K0.5 of 1.2 +/- 0.2 nmol l-1 (SE, n = 4) and Bmax of 157.8 +/- 24.7 fmol mg-1. Inner medullary membrane binding data. Gave a single site of lower affinity (K0.5 = 62.5 +/- 21.6 nmol l-1; n = 3). Structurally related peptides, glucagon and secretin, were ineffective (up to 1 mumol l-1) in displacing VIP from specific sites in both cortex and medulla. Porcine PHI 1-27 (a peptide having N-terminal histidine and C-terminal isoleucine) and a VIP antagonist [4-Cl-D-Phe6Leu17]VIP both displaced 125I-VIP from cortical and medullary membrane binding sites with IC50 values of 43.0 nmol l-1 and 1.3 mumol l-1 (cortex) and 132.0 nmol l-1 and 1.5 mumol l-1 (medulla) respectively. The localisation of specific VIP binding sites in feline kidney was investigated further by in vitro autoradiography.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)