Androgen Receptor in Macrophages of Male Rat is Greater Than in Female
- 1 Baqiyatallah Medical Science University, United Kingdom
- 2 University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Abstract
The presence and possible sex differences of androgen receptor in peritoneal macrophages was investigated using immunomagnetic beads. Macrophages were incubated with different concentrations of [3H]-5αDHT in the presence or absence of a 100 fold excess of unlabelled 5α-DHT. Labelled cells were separated from unbound steroid by immunomagnetic beads coated with anti-rat macrophage antibody. The binding identified in the rat macrophages was highly selective towards androgenic compounds. The dissociation constant (kd) value for the receptor was calculated to be 3.3X10-9M and 5X10-9M for macrophages of male and female rat respectively. The number of receptors in each cell was 792±3 and 120±1 for male and female respectively. Indicating a sex differences in androgen receptor (p<0.001). Taken together it can be concluded that part of sex differences in immune responses and also auto-immune disease could be related to sex differences in androgen receptor in macrophages.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2005.48.54
Copyright: © 2005 Kazem Ahmadi and Alan B. McCruden. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- 3,842 Views
- 2,745 Downloads
- 0 Citations
Download
Keywords
- Macrophage androgen receptor
- immunomagnetic
- male and female