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  • Title: The presence of high-affinity, low-capacity estradiol-17beta binding in rainbow trout scale indicates a possible endocrine route for the regulation of scale resorption.
    Author: Persson P, Shrimpton JM, McCormick SD, Björnsson BT.
    Journal: Gen Comp Endocrinol; 2000 Oct; 120(1):35-43. PubMed ID: 11042009.
    Abstract:
    High-affinity, low-capacity estradiol-17beta (E(2)) binding is present in rainbow trout scale. The K(d) and B(max) of the scale E(2) binding are similar to those of the liver E(2) receptor (K(d) is 1.6 +/- 0.1 and 1.4 +/- 0.1 nM, and B(max) is 9.1 +/- 1.2 and 23. 1 +/- 2.2 fmol x mg protein(-1), for scale and liver, respectively), but different from those of the high-affinity, low-capacity E(2) binding in plasma (K(d) is 4.0 +/- 0.4 nM and B(max) is 625.4 +/- 63. 1 fmol x mg protein(-1)). The E(2) binding in scale was displaced by testosterone, but not by diethylstilbestrol. Hence, the ligand binding specificity is different from that of the previously characterized liver E(2) receptor, where E(2) is displaced by diethylstilbestrol, but not by testosterone. The putative scale E(2) receptor thus appears to bind both E(2) and testosterone, and it is proposed that the increased scale resorption observed during sexual maturation in both sexes of several salmonid species may be mediated by this receptor. No high-affinity, low-capacity E(2) binding could be detected in rainbow trout gill or skin.
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