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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 43, 1170-1174, Copyright © 1976 by Endocrine Society

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Mineralocorticoid receptors in human kidney

DT Matulich, BJ Spindler, M Schambelan and JD Baxter

Cytosol binding of [3H]aldosterone was measured after incubation of the hormone at 37 C with slices of human kidney obtained after surgical removal. High affinity [3H]aldosterone binding with an apparent equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) of approximately 0.5 nM was observed to probably "mineralo-corticoid receptors." [3H]aldosterone binding of lower affinity and higher capacity (probably to "glucocorticoid receptors") was also observed. Binding of other steroids by the mineralocorticoid receptors was determined by competitive analysis using a low concentration of [3H]aldosterone (so that [3H] binding is predominantly by the mineralocorticoid receptors). The binding activities relative to aldosterone (100%) were: deoxycorticosterone, 48%; cortisol, 1.5%; 18-hydroxy- deoxycorticosterone, 1.2%; and 18-hydroxy-corticosterone, 0.2%. The relative sodium-retaining potencies of these steroids in vivo correlate well with their binding activities. These data provide further support to the view that the major high affinity [3H]aldosterone binding is by mineralocorticoid receptors. Two steroids, 16beta-hydroxy- dehydroepiandrosterone and 16-oxo-androstenediol, recently shown to have sodium-retaining activity in the rat, and also implicated in low- renin "essential" hypertension in man, showed no competitive binding activity. The affinity of [3H]aldosterone for binding to these mineralocorticoid receptors and the relative steroid binding activities are similar to the values previously reported in the rat. Thus, human and rat mineralocorticoid receptors appear to be similar in their affinity for aldosterone and their specificity for binding a number of other steroids.


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