Binding of dihydrotestosterone, R 1881 and R 5020 in cytosols from normal, benign hypertrophic and cancerous human prostates.

The binding of dihydrotestosterone, R 1881 and R 5020 was examined in cytosols of normal, benign hypertrophic and cancerous tissues of the human prostates. Almost all samples obtained by open operation showed high affinity binding to these ligands. Dissociation constants of the binding to these ligands were approximately 10(-9) M irrespective of the pathological state of the prostates. Maximum binding sites for dihydrotestosterone seemed to be greater in normal tissues than in the pathological ones. However, maximum binding sites for R 1881 and R 5020 were not significantly different among the normal and pathological prostates examined in the present study. Moreover, some correlation was observed between the maximum binding sites for R 1881 and those for R 5020. The samples resected by TUR seemed to be inadequate for analyses of androgen binding.