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  • Title: Internalization of radioiodinated erythropoietin and the ligand-induced modulation of its receptor in murine erythroleukemia cells.
    Author: Fukamachi H, Tojo A, Saito T, Kitamura T, Nakata M, Urabe A, Takaku F.
    Journal: Int J Cell Cloning; 1987 May; 5(3):209-19. PubMed ID: 3474303.
    Abstract:
    We have studied the internalization of 125I-erythropoietin (Epo) and regulation of Epo receptors by the ligand in a murine erythroleukemia cell clone, TSA8. To determine internalization, a high-salt acid wash was performed. Internalization of 125I-Epo was found in TSA8 cells as well as in fetal mouse liver cells (FMLC), although the percentage of internalized radioactivity reached 40% after incubation at 37 degrees C for 150 min and was lower than that in FMLC. Exposure of TSA8 cells to unlabeled Epo resulted in a rapid, time-dependent reduction in 125I-Epo binding activity. The net loss of the activity was related to the ambient Epo concentration and 5 X 10(-8)M Epo induced approximately 80% loss of total binding capacity. Scatchard analysis of the binding data revealed that the high-affinity receptor number was decreased but the affinity was increased in the Epo-treated cells. In low-affinity receptors, however, the receptor affinity was decreased and the receptor number was not changed much by preincubation with Epo. These results suggest that the decrease in 125I-Epo binding activity after preincubation with unlabeled Epo is mainly accounted for by a decrease in the number of high-affinity receptors, and the high-affinity receptors play an important role in the biological response to Epo.
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