Immunofluorescence microscopy of the intracellular translocation of glucocorticoid-receptor complexes in rat hepatoma (HTC) cells

1980 ◽  
Vol 127 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.V. Govindan
1981 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 536-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
R A McDonald ◽  
T D Gelehrter

The transport of alpha-aminoisobutyric acid (AIB) by rat hepatoma tissue culture (HTC) cells is rapidly and reversibly inhibited by dexamethasone and other glucocorticoids. To investigate the role of the nucleus in the regulation of transport and to determine whether steroid hormones or steroid-receptor complexes may have direct effects on cytoplasmic or membrane functions, we have examined the regulation of transport by dexamethasone in anucleate HTC cells. Cytoplasts prepared from suspension cultures of HTC cells fully retain active transport of AIB with the same kinetic properties as intact cells. However, the uptake of AIB is not inhibited by dexamethasone or other corticosteroids. Neither is the inhibited rate of transport, manifested by cytoplasts prepared from dexamethasone-treated cells, restored to normal upon removal of the hormone. Anucleate cells exhibit specific, saturable binding of [3H]dexamethasone; however, the binding is reduced compared with that of intact cells. The nucleus is thus required for the glucocorticoid regulation of amino acid transport in HTC cells.


1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 633-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Paolo Rossini ◽  
Ann-Charlotte Wikström ◽  
Jan-Åke Gustafsson

1988 ◽  
Vol 151 (2) ◽  
pp. 763-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiyotaka Ueda ◽  
Fumihide Isohashi ◽  
Kazuki Okamoto ◽  
Ikuo Kokuhu ◽  
Kotohiko Kimura ◽  
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