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Receptors for insulin-like peptides (ILAs) in rat reticulocytes and erythrocytes
Rat reticulocytes possess receptors for an insulin-like somatomedin peptide ILAs. At 20 C, pH 7.4 and 10(8) cells per ml, the binding of 125I-ILAs reached a steady-state at 120 min. Binding was partially reversible at 20 C and totally reversible at 37 C. Insulin did not compete with ILAs at concentrations as high as 10 microgram/ml. Insulin-like growth factor II (IGF II) competed with the same potency as ILAs itself, while insulin-like growth factor I (IGF I) was five times less potent. The optimum pH for 125I-ILAs binding was 8.5. Mature erythrocytes possessed seven times less binding sites than reticulocytes. These data suggest that the somatomedins might mediate the effect of growth hormone on erythropoiesis.
Rat reticulocytes possess receptors for an insulin-like somatomedin peptide ILAs. At 20 C, pH 7.4 and 10(8) cells per ml, the binding of 125I-ILAs reached a steady-state at 120 min. Binding was partially reversible at 20 C and totally reversible at 37 C. Insulin did not compete with ILAs at concentrations as high as 10 microgram/ml. Insulin-like growth factor II (IGF II) competed with the same potency as ILAs itself, while insulin-like growth factor I (IGF I) was five times less potent. The optimum pH for 125I-ILAs binding was 8.5. Mature erythrocytes possessed seven times less binding sites than reticulocytes. These data suggest that the somatomedins might mediate the effect of growth hormone on erythropoiesis.