{"id":23,"date":"2016-02-09T08:49:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosearch.net.au\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-02-23T23:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:23:36","slug":"autoradiography-receptors-and-enzymes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.prosearch.net.au\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"Radioligands Receptors & Autorads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Autoradiography<\/h6>\n\n\n
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Autoradiography<\/strong> is a laboratory technique whereby substances can be located in tissues, gels etc. by making them radioactive. They are localized and their concentration is determined by the intensity of exposure when stored against radiation sensitive material such as X-ray film. Once developed, the image on the exposed film can be captured by an MCID video camera. Once on computer, the digital image can be transferred from black and white to colours of the rainbow to reflect intensity. The image can be digitally enhanced and the back ground can be subtracted. The intensity can be measured by including radioactive standards in the exposure cassette which equate the exposure to radioactive counts. If the specific activity of the substance is known its presence can be reported in terms of mass present. More specifically, tissue autoradiography uses physiological or pharmacological substances made radioactive and are added to tissues in-vitro or in-vivo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Receptor Autoradiographic Localization<\/h6>\n\n\n
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When the physiological substances are hormones or the pharmacological substances are hormone agonists or antagonists and they bind to that hormone\u2019s receptors, we call this receptor autoradiographic localization. The technique can be used to study receptor numbers and density. We can examine ‘on’ and ‘off’ times, the effect of competition binding, up regulation and down regulation of receptors and congenital or acquired faults\/defects in the receptors.
The science has resulted in an enormous boost to our understanding of hormones and growth factors over the last 30 years. New receptors and hormone are still being discovered and its application goes well beyond this field. The same technique can be used to localize and characterize enzymes e.g. ACE, NEP by their ability to bind radio inhibitors or their natural substrates. New fields like cancer research are only just starting to benefit from this application of radioactively labelled ligand studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACE and NEP Localization Using Radioinhibitors<\/h6>\n\n\n
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RECEPTOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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