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Stowasser M, Gordon RD. Primary Aldosteronism: Changing Definitions and New Concepts of Physiology and Pathophysiology Both Inside and Outside the Kidney. Physiol Rev 2016; 96:1327-84. [DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00026.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In the 60 years that have passed since the discovery of the mineralocorticoid hormone aldosterone, much has been learned about its synthesis (both adrenal and extra-adrenal), regulation (by renin-angiotensin II, potassium, adrenocorticotrophin, and other factors), and effects (on both epithelial and nonepithelial tissues). Once thought to be rare, primary aldosteronism (PA, in which aldosterone secretion by the adrenal is excessive and autonomous of its principal regulator, angiotensin II) is now known to be the most common specifically treatable and potentially curable form of hypertension, with most patients lacking the clinical feature of hypokalemia, the presence of which was previously considered to be necessary to warrant further efforts towards confirming a diagnosis of PA. This, and the appreciation that aldosterone excess leads to adverse cardiovascular, renal, central nervous, and psychological effects, that are at least partly independent of its effects on blood pressure, have had a profound influence on raising clinical and research interest in PA. Such research on patients with PA has, in turn, furthered knowledge regarding aldosterone synthesis, regulation, and effects. This review summarizes current progress in our understanding of the physiology of aldosterone, and towards defining the causes (including genetic bases), epidemiology, outcomes, and clinical approaches to diagnostic workup (including screening, diagnostic confirmation, and subtype differentiation) and treatment of PA.
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- Michael Stowasser
- Endocrine Hypertension Research Centre, University of Queensland School of Medicine, Greenslopes and Princess Alexandra Hospitals, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Endocrine Hypertension Research Centre, University of Queensland School of Medicine, Greenslopes and Princess Alexandra Hospitals, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Pecori Giraldi F, Pagliardini L, Cassarino MF, Martucci F, Sesta A, Castelli L, Montanari E, Schmid HA, Cavagnini F. Stimulatory effect of SOM230 on human and rat adrenal corticosteroid secretion in vitro. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2012; 178:436-9. [PMID: 22634958 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2012] [Revised: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 05/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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SOM230 (pasireotide, Signifor), a recently developed somatostatin analog, has been tested in ACTH-secreting pituitary tumors with promising results. No study has yet evaluated whether this analog also directly affects adrenal steroid production. The aim of the current study was to evaluate whether SOM230 modulates corticosteroid secretion by normal adrenals in vitro. Primary cultures from normal human and rat adrenals were incubated with 10-100 nM SOM230 with and without 10nM ACTH. Dose-response studies with 1 nM-1 μM SOM230 were performed on rat adrenals. Cortisol/corticosterone levels in medium were measured after 4 and 24h. SOM230 (10nM) significantly increased corticosteroid levels after 24h incubation in both human (36.4 ± 0.43 ng/well vs 27.7 ± 3.17 ng/well, p<0.05) and rat (16.2 ± 1.16 ng/well vs 11.6 ± 0.92 ng/well p<0.05) adrenals; lesser effects were observed with 100 nM SOM (33.4 ± 2.59 ng/well vs 27.7 ± 3.17 ng/well p<0.05; 13.4 ± 0.82 ng/well vs 11.6 ± 0.92 ng/well, N.S. vs baseline secretion for human and rat adrenals, respectively). Dose-response curves confirmed maximal effect at 10nM SOM230. The corticosteroid secretory response to ACTH was unaffected by SOM230 co-incubation. In conclusion, SOM230 exerts a moderate stimulatory effect on adrenal corticosteroid secretion in vitro. This argues against a direct adrenal involvement in the clinical efficacy of SOM230 in patients with ACTH-secreting pituitary tumors and widens the known range of action of SOM230.
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Nestorović N, Manojlović-Stojanoski M, Ristić N, Sekulić M, Šošić-Jurjević B, Filipović B, Milošević V. Somatostatin-14 influences pituitary–ovarian axis in peripubertal rats. Histochem Cell Biol 2008; 130:699-708. [DOI: 10.1007/s00418-008-0442-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Milosevic V, Terzic M, Filipovic B, Manojlovic M, Sosic-Jurjevic B, Sekulic M, Starcevic V. Adrenal cortex in peripubertal and adult female rats after neonatal treatment with SRIH-14. ARCH BIOL SCI 2008. [DOI: 10.2298/abs0801041m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Neonatal female rats (3-7 days old) were injected subcutaneously twice daily with 20 ?g of SRIH-14/100g b.w. for five consecutive days. The animals were sacrificed in the peripubertal (38 days old) or adult (80 days old) periods of life. Control rats were treated in the same way with identical volumes of saline. SRIH-14 led to significant reduction (p<0.05) of the absolute and relative volumes of the ZG in peripubertal animals, by 11 and 22%, respectively in comparison with the controls. The total number and volume of ZG cells and their nuclei were also significantly decreased (p<0.05) in peripubertal SRIH-14-treated rats as compared to the controls. There were no significant (p>0.05) changes in the morphometric parameters of adult adrenal cortex after SRIH-14 treatment compared with control females. It can be concluded that subcutaneously applied SRIH-14 in the neonatal period inhibits growth of adrenal ZG cells in female rats only up to the peripubertal stage, while the adrenal gland cortex recovers before mature adulthood is reached.
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- Institut za fiziologiju, Medicinski fakultet, Beograd
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- Institut za biološka istraživanja 'Siniša Stanković', Beograd
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- Institut za biološka istraživanja 'Siniša Stanković', Beograd
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Neonataly applied SRIH-14 has immediate and prolonged inhibitory effect on pituitary GH cells. ACTA VET-BEOGRAD 2006. [DOI: 10.2298/avb0606457n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Nestorović N, Lovren M, Sekulić M, Negić N, Sosić-Jurjević B, Filipović B, Milosević V. Chronic somatostatin treatment affects pituitary gonadotrophs, ovaries and onset of puberty in rats. Life Sci 2004; 74:1359-73. [PMID: 14706567 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.07.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The effects of chronic somatostatin (SRIH-14) treatment on the pituitary gonadotrophs (FSH and LH cells) and ovaries of female Wistar rats were examined. Females were given 20 microg/100 g b.w. twice per day from the immature (23rd day) till the adult period of life (71st day). The onset of puberty was determined by daily examination for vaginal opening. The peroxidase-antiperoxidase immunocytochemical procedure was used to study the gonadotrophs. Changes in the number per unit area (mm2), cell volume and volume densities of LH- and FSH-immunoreactive cells were evaluated by morphometry and stereology. Ovaries were analysed by simple point counting of follicles and corpora lutea (CL). Follicles were divided by size according to the classification of Gaytán and Osman. The mitotic indexes of granulosa and theca cells in the follicles were estimated at all stages of folliculogenesis. The number, volume and the volume density of FSH- and LH-immunoreactive cells decreased after chronic SRIH-14 treatment, particularly the latter. In the ovary, SRIH-14 treatment decreased the number of healthy follicles at all phases of folliculogenesis, lowered the mitotic indexes of granulosa and theca cells but increased the number of atretic follicles. Healthy CL were fewer in number, while regressive CL were increased. Vaginal opening occurred at a later age in treated females. It can be concluded that chronic SRIH-14 treatment markedly inhibited LH cells and to a lesser extent FSH cells. In the ovary SRIH-14 inhibited folliculogenesis, enhanced atretic processes and lowered proliferative activity of granulosa and theca cells. It also delayed puberty onset.
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- N Nestorović
- Institute for Biological Research, 29. November 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
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Changes of somatotropes in female rats after multiple and chronical treatment with somatostatin. ARCH BIOL SCI 2002. [DOI: 10.2298/abs0202003m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Nestorović N, Lovren M, Sekulić M, Filipović B, Milosević V. Effects of multiple somatostatin treatment on rat gonadotrophic cells and ovaries. THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 2001; 33:695-702. [PMID: 12197678 DOI: 10.1023/a:1016366704630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The effect of multiple somatostatin (SRIH-14) treatment on the pituitary gonadotrophs, follicle stimulating harmone (FSH) and luteinizing harmone (LH), and ovaries of adult female Wistar rats was examined. Females received two 20 microg/100 g body wt. doses daily subcutaneously, for five consecutive days. FSH and LH cells were studied using a peroxidase-antiperoxidase immunocytochemical procedure. Morphometry and stereology were used to evaluate changes in the number per unit area (mm2), cell volume and volume densities of LH- and FSH-immunoreactive cells. Ovaries were analysed by simple point counting of follicles and corpora lutea. Follicles were divided by size according to the classification of Gaytán and Osman. Morphometric and stereological analysis of the pituitary showed that the number, volume and the volume density of FSH- and LH-immunoreactive cells were decreased after multiple SRIH-14 treatment, particularly in the latter. In the ovary, SRIH-14 induced decreases in the number of healthy follicles in all phases of folliculogenesis and corpora lutea, but the large antral follicle stage was most affected. The number of atretic follicles was increased. It can be concluded that multiple SRIH-14 treatment markedly inhibited LH cells, but affected FSH cells as well. In the ovary, SRIH- 14 acted by inhibiting folliculogenesis and enhancing atretic processes.
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- N Nestorović
- Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stanković, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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Rebuffat P, Belloni AS, Musajo FG, Rocco S, Markowska A, Mazzocchi G, Nussdorfer GG. Evidence that endogenous somatostatin (SRIF) exerts an inhibitory control on the function and growth of rat adrenal zona glomerulosa. The possible involvement of zona medullaris as a source of endogenous SRIF. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1994; 48:353-60. [PMID: 7908223 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(94)90075-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The effect of SRIF and its antagonist cyclo(7-aminoheptanonyl-Phe-D-Trp-Lys-Thr magnitude of Bzl)(SRIF-A) were studied in sham-operated and bilaterally adrenalectomized rats bearing ACTH- and angiotensin II (ANG-II)-responsive adrenocortical autotransplants. SRIF-A (10(-5) M) completely annulled SRIF (10(-6) M)-induced inhibition of ANG-II (10(-8) M)-evoked rise in aldosterone (ALDO) secretion by both dispersed zona glomerulosa (ZG) cells and autotransplant slices. A 7-day intraperitoneal infusion with SRIF (0.3 nmol.kg-1.min-1) significantly lowered plasma ALDO concentration (PAC) in both groups of animals, without affecting plasma renin activity and the plasma levels of ACTH and corticosterone. This treatment caused a marked atrophy of adrenal ZG and its parenchymal cells (without inducing any significant change in the zona fasciculata morphology), as well as of ZG-like cells of autotransplants. Isolated ZG cells and autotransplant slices from SRIF-infused rats evidenced a notable decrease in both their basal and maximally ACTH- or ANG-II-stimulated ALDO production. The simultaneous infusion of rats with SRIF-A (3 nmol.kg-1.min-1) completely reversed all these effects of SRIF. The prolonged infusion with SRIF-A alone caused, in sham-operated rats, a marked increase in PAC and a significant hypertrophy of ZG and ZG cells; basal and maximally-stimulated ALDO secretion of dispersed ZG cells was also notably raised. Conversely, SRIF-A infusion did not evoke any appreciable effect in autotransplanted rats. These findings suggest that endogenous SRIF is specifically involved in the negative control of the secretion and growth of the rat adrenal ZG. Since regenerated adrenocortical autotransplants, which are responsive to SRIF but not to SRIF-A infusion, are completely deprived of chromaffin cells, the hypothesis is advanced that adrenal zona medullaris may be the source of endogenous SRIF regulating ZG function.
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- P Rebuffat
- Department of Anatomy, University of Padua, Italy
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Mazzocchi G, Malendowicz LK, Meneghelli V, Nussdorfer GG. Calcitonin gene-related peptide depresses the growth and secretory activity of rat adrenal zona glomerulosa. Neuropeptides 1992; 21:157-61. [PMID: 1321362 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4179(92)90039-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The bolus ip. injection of rat calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) (5 pm. kg-1) significantly lowered plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) in rats, despite a mild rise in plasma renin activity. Natremia, kalaemia and the blood levels of ACTH or corticosterone were not affected. Similar results were obtained after prolonged (5 days) sc. infusion of rats with CGRP (1 pm. kg-1. h-1). Moreover, CGRP infusion caused a notable atrophy of the zona glomerulosa (ZG) and its parenchymal cells, as well as a clearcut reduction in the surge of PAC evoked by a bolus injection of a high dose of angiotensin-II (100 micrograms. kg-1). From these results it is suggested that CGRP exerts an inhibitory effect on the growth and secretory activity of ZG in rats.
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- G Mazzocchi
- Department of Anatomy, University of Padua, Italy
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Kasprzak A, Rebuffat P, Andreis PG, Mazzocchi G, Nussdorfer GG. Effects of prolonged cysteamine administration on the rat adrenal cortex: evidence that endogenous somatostatin is involved in the control of the growth and steroidogenic capacity of zona glomerulosa. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1991; 38:469-73. [PMID: 1674425 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(91)90334-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A week daily administration of cysteamine (CYS, 300 mg kg-1) lowered plasma aldosterone concentration in rats, without affecting PRA, kalaemia and the plasma levels of ACTH and corticosterone. Prolonged CYS treatment caused a notable hypertrophy of adrenal zona glomerulosa (ZG) and its parenchymal cells, without inducing any apparent change in zona fasciculata morphology. Isolated ZG cells from CYS-treated rats evidenced a notable enhancement in their basal and maximally-stimulated productions of aldosterone and corticosterone. All these effects of chronic CYS administration were completely reversed by the simultaneous infusion of rats with somatostatin (SRIF, 12 micrograms kg-1 h-1). CYS exposure was not found to directly affect the secretory activity of isolated ZG cells from normal rats. Since CYS is known to be a specific depletor of SRIF in different organs of rats, these findings suggest that endogenous SRIF may be involved in the modulation of ZG function.
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- A Kasprzak
- Department of Anatomy, University of Padua, Italy
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Mazzocchi G, Rebuffat P, Meneghelli V, Malendowicz LK, Kasprzak A, Nussdorfer GG. Effects of prolonged infusion with endothelin-1 on the function and morphology of rat adrenal cortex. Peptides 1990; 11:767-72. [PMID: 2172942 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(90)90193-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A week of SC infusion with endothelin-1 (ET-1) (0.2 microgram.kg-1.hr-1) lowered PRA and raised plasma aldosterone (A) concentration in rats. Kalaemia and the plasma levels of ACTH and corticosterone (B) were not affected. Prolonged ET-1 administration caused a notable hypertrophy of zona glomerulosa (ZG) and its parenchymal cells, without inducing any apparent change in zona fasciculata. Stereology showed that ZG cell hypertrophy was mainly due to the increase in the volume of the mitochondrial compartment and to the proliferation of smooth endoplasmic reticulum (i.e., the two organelles in which the enzymes of steroid synthesis are contained). Isolated ZG cells from ET-1-infused animals evidenced a notable enhancement in their basal production of A and B. The secretory responses of ZG cells to the maximal effective concentrations of their three main stimulators (ACTH, angiotensin-II and K+) displayed comparable increases. These findings indicate that ET-1, when chronically administered, is able to specifically enhance the growth and steroidogenic capacity of rat ZG, and suggest that the mechanism underlying this ET-1 effect involves stimulation of the de novo synthesis of both the steroidogenic enzymes and the membrane framework in which they are located.
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- G Mazzocchi
- Department of Anatomy, University of Padua, Italy
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Pawlikowski M, Lewiński A, Sewerynek E, Szkudliński M, Kunert-Radek J, Wajs E. Somatostatin analog (SMS 201-995) inhibits the basal and angiotensin II-stimulated 3H-thymidine uptake by rat adrenal glands. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1990; 166:1171-5. [PMID: 2306237 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(90)90989-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The effects of a long-acting somatostatin analog SMS 201-995 injections on the basal and angiotensin II-stimulated [3H]-thymidine uptake by the rat adrenal glands incubated in vitro were examined. It was shown that SMS 201-995 significantly inhibited the [3H]-thymidine uptake and, additionally, suppressed the stimulatory effect of a single angiotensin II injection.
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- M Pawlikowski
- Institute of Endocrinology, Medical Academy of Lódź, Poland
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Sewerynek E, Szkudliński M, Lewiński A, Kunert-Radek J. Increased 3H-thymidine incorporation into DNA of organ-cultured adrenal explants from rats injected with corticotropin and/or cysteamine. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1988; 157:95-9. [PMID: 2904265 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(88)80016-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The effect of a single injection of cysteamine /CySH/ - a sulfhydryl substance, known to deplete tissue content of somatostatin /SS/ - on 3H-thymidine incorporation into DNA of rat adrenal explants incubated in vitro was investigated. It was shown that: 1/ Single in vivo injection of ACTH or of CySH increased 3H-thymidine incorporation into DNA of the organ-cultured adrenals, 2/ Dexamethasone reduced the 3H-thymidine uptake, but that decrease did not attain statistical significance versus controls.
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- E Sewerynek
- Department of Experimental Endocrinology and Hormone Diagnostic, Medical Academy of Lódź, Poland
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Nussdorfer GG, Malendowicz LK, Belloni AS, Mazzocchi G, Rebuffat P. Effects of substance P on the rat adrenal zona glomerulosa in vivo. Peptides 1988; 9:1145-9. [PMID: 2469063 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(88)90102-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Substance P (SP) acutely enhanced the plasma concentration of aldosterone in rats whose hypothalamo-hypophyseal-adrenal axis and renin-angiotensin system were pharmacologically interrupted. The maximal response was obtained with a dose of 100 micrograms/kg. A prolonged (7 days) subcutaneous infusion with SP (50 micrograms/kg/hr) caused a notable hypertrophy of zona glomerulosa cells associated with significant rises in both basal and angiotensin-stimulated plasma levels of aldosterone. Zona fasciculata and the blood concentration of corticosterone were not affected. These findings suggest that SP is specifically involved in the stimulation of the growth and secretory activity of the rat zona glomerulosa.
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Rebuffat P, Malendowicz LK, Belloni AS, Mazzocchi G, Nussdorfer GG. Long-term stimulatory effect of neuropeptide-Y on the growth and steroidogenic capacity of rat adrenal zona glomerulosa. Neuropeptides 1988; 11:133-6. [PMID: 3386788 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4179(88)90082-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A prolonged infusion with neuropeptide-Y (NPY) caused a notable hypertrophy of the adrenal zona glomerulosa and its parenchymal cells in rats whose hypothalamo-hypophyseal axis and renin-angiotensin system were pharmacologically interrupted. Zona glomerulosa hypertrophy was associated with a significant rise in both basal and stimulated plasma levels of aldosterone. Zona fasciculata cells and the blood concentration of corticosterone were not affected. These findings suggest that NPY is specifically involved in the stimulation of the growth and steroidogenic capacity of rat adrenal zona glomerulosa.
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- P Rebuffat
- Department of Anatomy, University of Padua, Italy
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Sieber C, Gnädinger M, Del Pozo E, Shaw S, Weidmann P. Effect of a new somatostatin analogue SMS 201-995 (Sandostatin) on the renin-aldosterone axis. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1988; 28:25-32. [PMID: 3048792 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1988.tb01199.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The effects of a new somatostatin analogue SMS 201-995 (H-D-Phe-Cys-Phe-D-Trp-Lys-Thr-Cys-Thr(ol), Sandostatin) on the orthostatic stimulation of plasma renin activity (PRA) following head-up tilting and on angiotensin II (Ang-II) induced aldosterone (PA) release were studied under placebo controlled conditions in separate groups of healthy volunteers consisting of six and 10 subjects, respectively. Head-up tilting (by 60 degrees) produced the characteristic increases in PRA and PA. Administration of SMS 201-995 significantly (P less than 0.05) inhibited this PRA elevation from 30 min on. Throughout the study period, PA levels were not consistently altered by this analogue. Furthermore, SMS 201-995 failed to inhibit the stimulation of PA secretion induced by exogenous angiotensin-II (2-10 ng/kg/min). Results presented here are at variance with data collected with natural somatostatin showing an inhibitory effect on stimulated PA. This discrepancy can be explained by the recently described absence of SMS 201-995 binding sites in primate adrenal cortex and in human aldosteronomas.
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- C Sieber
- Experimental Therapeutics Department, Sandoz Ltd, Basle, Switzerland
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Neuropeptide-Y (NPY) acutely enhanced the plasma concentration of aldosterone (but not that of corticosterone) in both normal animals and in rats whose hypothalamo-hypophyseal axis and renin-angiotensin system were pharmacologically interrupted. The maximal response was obtained with a dose of 150 micrograms/kg. This dose of NPY raised the activity of 11 beta-hydroxylase and 18-hydroxylase in the capsular adrenal (zona glomerulosa), but not that of 11 beta-hydroxylase in the inner adrenocortical layers (zonae fasciculata and reticularis). These findings seem to indicate that NPY is specifically and directly involved in the acute stimulation of the late steps of the secretory activity of the rat zona glomerulosa.
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MAZZOCCHI GIUSEPPINA, ROBBA CLAUDIA, MALENDOWICZ LUDWIKK, NUSSDORFER GASTONEG. STIMULATORY EFFECT OF VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE (VIP) ON THE GROWTH AND STEROIDOGENIC CAPACITY OF RAT ADRENAL ZONA GLOMERULOSA . Biomed Res 1987. [DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.8.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Robba C, Mazzocchi G, Nussdorfer GG. Further studies on the inhibitory effects of somatostatin on the growth and steroidogenic capacity of rat adrenal zona glomerulosa. EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY 1986; 29:77-82. [PMID: 2872079 DOI: 10.1016/s0232-1513(86)80037-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Chronic somatostatin administration was found to partially reverse the ACTH-enhanced growth of the rat zona glomerulosa. The effect of somatostatin was completely superposable to that of captopril, a specific inhibitor of the angiotensin-converting enzyme, and the inhibitory actions of these two agents did not cumulate. Neither somatostatin nor captopril counteracted the ACTH-induced stimulation of the growth and steroidogenic capacity of the rat zona fasciculata. These findings support the view that somatostatin acts as an exclusive and specific modulator of the adrenoglomerulotrophic action of the renin-angiotensin system.
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Mazzocchi G, Robba C, Rebuffat P, Gottardo G, Nussdorfer GG. Effect of somatostatin on the zona glomerulosa of rats treated with angiotensin II or captopril: stereology and plasma hormone concentrations. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY 1985; 23:353-6. [PMID: 2864479 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(85)90416-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Chronic somatostatin (SRIF) administration induced atrophy of zona glomerulosa cells of the rat adrenal cortex and a noticeable fall in the plasma concentration of aldosterone. The effects of SRIF were comparable with those of captopril, a specific inhibitor of the angiotensin-converting enzyme. SRIF completely abrogated the adrenoglomerulotrophic effects of angiotensin II (AII); the inhibitory actions of SRIF and captopril were not additive. The slight but significant enhancement of zona fasciculata cell growth and plasma corticosterone levels caused by chronic AII administration were ot reversed by SRIF. We interpret these data to indicate that SRIF specifically modulates the stimulatory effects of AII on the growth and steroidogenic capacity of rat zona glomerulosa.
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