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Query: UMLS:C0278488 (metastatic breast cancer)
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Optimum conditions were established for preparation of nuclei from human breast cancer biopsies. Incubation of nuclei with various concentrations of L-3,3',5-[125I]triiodothyronine showed the presence of three binding systems: a high-affinity binding system (type I) (KD approximately 0.5 micro M); an intermediate-affinity saturable system (type II) (Kd approximately 0.5 micro M)p and a nonsaturable nonspecific system. Salt at high concentrations (0.4 M-KCl) extracted only type I triiodothyronine-binding protein, thus simplifying its study and quantification. Type I binding protein was shown to have the affinity for triiodothyronine and the hormonal specificity usually ascribed to thyroid hormone receptors. Its sedimentation coefficient was 3.6S at 0.4 M KCl. Extractable triiodothyronine receptors was measured in 58 individual biopsies of primary and metastatic breast cancer. It was present in all tumors, but its concentration was highly variable (average, 0.20 pmol/mg DNA; range 0.044 to 0.702). Triiodothyronine receptor concentration was not correlated with age or endocrine status of the patient or with extension or histological grading of the tumor. Moreover, there was no correlation with estradiol and progesterone receptor concentration.
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PMID:Thyroid hormone receptors in human breast cancer. 626 37