In rat liver membranes, oxytocin had low affinity (KI greater than 10 nM) for vasopressin binding sites.
In plain wordsIn lab tests with rat liver membranes, oxytocin bound only weakly to vasopressin binding sites.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- Not applicableOxytocin affinity for AVP binding sites in liver
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
rat liver membrane preparations- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Pharmacology
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- KI
- > 10 nM
- liver binding sites
Source sentences
Oxytocin and the antidiuretic (V2) agonist dDAVP had low affinities (KI greater than 10 nM) both for liver and pituitary binding sites.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The ligand specificities of sites binding tritium-labeled arginine vasopressin (3H-AVP) were investigated in membrane preparations of rat anterior pituitary gland and liver.