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Angove JL, Willson NL, Cadogan DJ, Forder REA. In ovo corticosterone administration alters body composition irrespective of arginine supplementation in 35-day-old female chicken meat birds. ANIMAL PRODUCTION SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1071/an20254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Context
Exposure to maternal hormones can permanently alter an embryo’s developmental trajectory. Maternal mediated effects have significant potential in the chicken meat industry, as breeder hens are feed restricted in a bid to improve performance. Evidence suggests breeder hens are chronically stressed, resulting from periods of prolonged hunger. However, evidence linking embryonic exposure to early-life stress and altered offspring phenotype in meat chickens is lacking. Additionally, methods to alleviate the phenotypic consequences of early-life stress have not been comprehensively explored. Nutritional supplementation with amino acids, such as arginine (Arg), may provide one such option, as Arg reportedly enhances performance characteristics in chicken meat birds.
Aims
An in ovo study was conducted to investigate whether exposure to in ovo stress altered offspring performance in meat chickens. Additionally, Arg was supplemented post-hatch to alleviate reductions in performance, hypothesised to occur as a result of exposure to corticosterone.
Method
A total of 400 eggs were divided into two groups and administered a corticosterone (CORT) or control (CON) solution at embryonic Day 11. At hatch, birds were separated into four groups based on in ovo and dietary treatments: CORT-Control, CORT-Arg, CON-Arg and CON-Control. Birds fed supplementary Arg diets received an Arg:lysine inclusion of 125%. Bodyweight (bwt) and feed conversion were recorded weekly. Birds were euthanised at embryonic Day 15, Day 0, 7, 21 (n = 40 birds/time point), 28 and 35 (n = 48 birds/time point) for organ collection. A total of 12 additional female birds were euthanised and subjected to a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scan for body composition at Day 35.
Results
Neither in ovo nor diet treatments influenced bwt, bwt gain, feed conversion or plasma corticosterone at any time point, nor did any in ovo by diet interaction exist. Female birds exposed to CORT exhibited significantly greater fat mass (%bwt; P = 0.007) and reduced lean mass (%bwt; P = 0.026) compared with CON females at Day 35. Supplementary Arg did not influence bird body composition.
Conclusions
These findings suggest in ovo exposure to CORT may negatively influence body composition of female birds.
Implications
Understanding the effects of the maternal/in ovo environment may provide a novel approach to further improve carcass quality and flock uniformity.
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Hammadi S, Chan O, Abdellali M, Medjerab M, Agoun H, Bellahreche Z, Khalkhal A, Dahmani Y. Hyperactivation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis in streptozotocin-diabetic gerbils (Gerbillus gerbillus). Int J Exp Pathol 2019; 99:172-179. [PMID: 30256482 DOI: 10.1111/iep.12284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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This study was designed to investigate the HPA-axis impairment in the streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic gerbils (Gerbillus gerbillus). Twenty-six male gerbils (body weight ~27 g) were divided into 3 groups: vehicle control (n = 10), 2 days of diabetes (n = 09) and 30 days of diabetes (n = 07). The latter 2 groups received an intraperitoneal injection of STZ (150 mg/kg of body weight). At 2 and 30 days of diabetes, streptozotocin-diabetic gerbils underwent a retro-orbital puncture for assessment of biochemical and hormonal parameters. Subsequently the animals were decapitated and the adrenal glands were removed, weighed and processed for light microscopy and stereology. Nondiabetic control gerbils that had been injected with citrate buffer were examined as a comparison. At 2 days of diabetes, STZ gerbils exhibited symptoms that are characteristic of human diabetes type 1. The adrenal gland showed significant increase in weight, associated with a larger cortex layer, hypertrophy of the fasciculate cells and a significant decrease in the nucleocytoplasmic index. These changes were associated with higher plasma ACTH and cortisol concentrations compared to nondiabetic controls. At 30 days postdiabetes, ACTH levels remained elevated, whereas cortisol levels decreased compared to the early stage of diabetes. Histological analysis revealed the existence of a band of connective tissue (collagen) that separates the cortical and medullary zones and is not present in humans or laboratory rodents, which represents a striking change seen throughout the disease. STZ-induced diabetes mellitus in Gerbillus gerbillus resulted in hyperactivation of the HPA axis in the early stages of diabetes mellitus which did not persist into the final stages of the disease, suggesting a possible reduction in adrenocortical sensitivity over time.
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- Soumia Hammadi
- Department of Biology and Physiology of Organisms (LBPO), Nutrition-Metabolism/FSB/USTHB, Algiers, Algeria
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Service of Pathology and Anatomy, CHU Hussein Dey: Ex: Parnet, Algiers, Algeria
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- Department of Biology and Physiology of Organisms (LBPO), Nutrition-Metabolism/FSB/USTHB, Algiers, Algeria
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- Department of Biology and Physiology of Organisms (LBPO), Nutrition-Metabolism/FSB/USTHB, Algiers, Algeria
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- Department of Biology and Physiology of Organisms (LBPO), Nutrition-Metabolism/FSB/USTHB, Algiers, Algeria
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- Department of Biology and Physiology of Organisms (LBPO), Nutrition-Metabolism/FSB/USTHB, Algiers, Algeria
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- Department of Biology and Physiology of Organisms (LBPO), Nutrition-Metabolism/FSB/USTHB, Algiers, Algeria
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Lai FJ, Huang SS, Hsieh MC, Hsin SC, Wu CH, Hsin YC, Shin SJ. Upregulation of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase mRNA and Protein in Adrenal Medulla of Water-deprived Rats. J Histochem Cytochem 2016; 53:45-53. [PMID: 15637337 DOI: 10.1177/002215540505300106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Experiments were performed to investigate whether adrenal neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) mRNA and protein expression are responsive to alterations in body volume. Using an RT-PCR technique, the relative quantities of nNOS mRNA as well as the tyrosine hydroxylase and phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase mRNA in the adrenals of water-deprived rats significantly increased from 12 hr to 4 days. In situ hybridization and immunohistochemical study showed that water deprivation activated nNOS mRNA and protein expression in the adrenal medulla. Four days after water deprivation, nNOS protein expression determined by Western blot significantly increased in the adrenal gland. Our results are the first to demonstrate that nNOS syntheses in the adrenal medulla are markedly increased in water-deprived rats. This study also indicates that the upregulation of nNOS synthesis of the adrenal medulla is associated with the activation of adrenal medullary function in the face of volume depletion.
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- Feng-Jie Lai
- Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung , Taiwan
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Wang CN, Duan GL, Liu YJ, Yu Q, Tang XL, Zhao W, Li XH, Zhu XY, Ni X. Overproduction of nitric oxide by endothelial cells and macrophages contributes to mitochondrial oxidative stress in adrenocortical cells and adrenal insufficiency during endotoxemia. Free Radic Biol Med 2015; 83:31-40. [PMID: 25744413 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Revised: 02/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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We have recently demonstrated that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) causes mitochondrial oxidative stress and dysfunction in adrenal glands, thereby leading to adrenocortical insufficiency. Since nitric oxide (NO) produced by inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) leads to mitochondrial damage in various tissues, the present study aims to investigate whether NO contributes to mitochondrial oxidative stress in adrenal cortex and adrenocortical insufficiency during endotoxemia. Systemic administration of LPS increased iNOS expression and NO production in adrenal glands of mice. The specific iNOS inhibitor 1400 W significantly attenuated the LPS-induced mitochondrial superoxide production and dysfunction in adrenal glands, and reversed the LPS-induced adrenocortical hyporesponsiveness to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). In contrast, administration of the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) led to mitochondrial oxidative stress and dysfunction in adrenal glands, which resulted in a blunted corticosterone response to ACTH. Using double immunofluorescence staining for iNOS with the vascular endothelial cell marker CD31 or the macrophage marker CD68, we found that increased iNOS expression was found in vascular endothelial cells and macrophages, but not adrenocortical cells in the adrenal gland during endotoxemia. Administration of the hydrogen sulfide (H2S) donor GYY4137 inhibited NO production and reversed LPS-induced adrenocortical hyporesponsiveness. Our data suggest that overproduction of NO, which is mainly generated by endothelial cells and macrophages during endotoxemia, contributes to mitochondrial oxidative stress in adrenocortical cells and subsequently leads to adrenal insufficiency.
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- Chang-Nan Wang
- Department of Physiology and The Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Physiology and The Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 200433, China; The Eight-year Program on Clinical Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- School of Kinesiology, The Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Department of Physiology and The Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Physiology and The Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Physiology and The Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Physiology and The Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Physiology and The Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Department of Physiology and The Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology of Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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Sanchez R, Mercau ME, Repetto EM, Martinez Calejman C, Astort F, Perez MN, Arias P, Cymeryng CB. Crosstalk between nitric oxide synthases and cyclooxygenase 2 in the adrenal cortex of rats under lipopolysaccharide treatment. Endocrine 2014; 46:659-67. [PMID: 24272593 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-013-0104-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Accepted: 10/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The effect of lipopolysaccharide on the modulation of steroid production by adrenal cells has been recently acknowledged. The purpose of this study was to determine the in vivo effects of LPS on adrenal cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) expression, analyze its crosstalk with the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) system, and assess its involvement on the modulation of glucocorticoid production. Male Wistar rats were injected with LPS and with specific inhibitors for NOS and COX activities. PGE2 and corticosterone levels were determined by RIA. Protein levels were analyzed by immunoprecipitation and western blotting. Transfection assays were performed in murine adrenocortical Y1 cells. Results show that LPS treatment increases PGE2 production and COX-2 protein levels in the rat adrenal cortex. Systemic inhibition of COX-2 blunted the glucocorticoid response to ACTH, as well as the increase in NOS activity and the NOS-2 expression levels induced by LPS. Conversely, NOS inhibition prevented the LPS-dependent increase in PGE2 production, COX-2 protein levels, and the nitrotyrosine modification of COX-2 protein. Treatment of adrenocortical cells with a NO-donor significantly potentiated the LPS-dependent increase in NFκB activity and COX-2 expression levels. In conclusion, our results show a significant crosstalk between COX-2 and NOS in the adrenal cortex upon LPS stimulation, in which each activity has a positive impact on the other. In particular, as both the activities differently affect adrenal steroid production, we hypothesize that this kind of fine modulation enables the gland to adjust steroidogenesis to prevent either an excessive or an insufficient response to the endotoxin challenge.
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- Rocío Sanchez
- Departamento de Bioquímica Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires-CEFYBO-CONICET, Paraguay 2155 5º, CP ABG1121, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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dos Santos FS, da Silva LA, Pochapski JA, Raczenski A, da Silva WC, Grassiolli S, Malfatti CRM. Effects of l-arginine and creatine administration on spatial memory in rats subjected to a chronic variable stress model. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2014; 52:1033-1038. [PMID: 24617967 DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2013.876654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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CONTEXT Chronic stress results from repeated exposure to one or more types of stressors over a period, ranging from days to months, and can be associated with physical, behavioral, and neuropsychiatric manifestations. Some physiological alterations resulting from chronic stress can potentially cause deficits on spatial learning and memory. OBJECTIVE This study investigated the effects of chronic variable stress (CVS) and administration of l-arginine and creatine on spatial memory in rats. Furthermore, body, heart, adrenal weight, and plasma glucose and corticosterone levels were analyzed. MATERIAL AND METHODS Male Wistar rats were subjected to a CVS model for 40 days and evaluated for spatial memory after the stress period. Chronically stressed animals were treated daily by gavage with: 0.5% carboxymethylcellulose (Group Cs), 500 mg/kg l-arginine (Group Cs/La), 300 mg/kg creatine (Group Cs/Cr); and 500 mg/kg l-arginine and 300 mg/kg creatine (Group Cs/La + Cr) during the entire experimental period. RESULTS Our results showed that animals in the Cs/Cr and Cs/La + Cr groups presented significantly decreased corticosterone levels compared to group Cs (p < 0.05); animals in group Cs/Cr were more efficient in finding the platform, in the working memory task, compared to all other groups (p < 0.01); and animals in group Cs/La + Cr significantly improved in reference memory retention compared to controls (p < 0.05). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Overall, these results demonstrated that a single administration of creatine improves working memory efficiency, and, when co-administrated with l-arginine, improves reference memory retention, a phenomenon that is possibly associated with increased creatine/phosphocreatine levels and l-arginine-derived NO synthesis.
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- Fabio Seidel dos Santos
- Department of Physiotherapy, Biomedical Science Laboratory, Midwest State University , Guarapuava , Brazil
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Orqueda AJ, Dansey MV, Español A, Veleiro AS, Bal de Kier Joffé E, Sales ME, Burton G, Pecci A. The rigid steroid 21-hydroxy-6,19-epoxyprogesterone (21OH-6,19OP) is a dissociated glucocorticoid receptor modulator potentially useful as a novel coadjuvant in breast cancer chemotherapy. Biochem Pharmacol 2014; 89:526-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2014.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Revised: 04/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Mercau ME, Astort F, Giordanino EF, Martinez Calejman C, Sanchez R, Caldareri L, Repetto EM, Coso OA, Cymeryng CB. Involvement of PI3K/Akt and p38 MAPK in the induction of COX-2 expression by bacterial lipopolysaccharide in murine adrenocortical cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2014; 384:43-51. [PMID: 24424443 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Previous studies from our laboratory demonstrated the involvement of COX-2 in the stimulation of steroid production by LPS in murine adrenocortical Y1 cells, as well as in the adrenal cortex of male Wistar rats. In this paper we analyzed signaling pathways involved in the induction of this key regulatory enzyme in adrenocortical cells and demonstrated that LPS triggers an increase in COX-2 mRNA levels by mechanisms involving the stimulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and the activation of p38 MAPK and Akt, in addition to the previously demonstrated increase in NFκB activity. In this sense we showed that: (1) inhibition of p38 MAPK or PI3K/Akt (pharmacological or molecular) prevented the increase in COX-2 protein levels by LPS, (2) LPS induced p38 MAPK and Akt phosphorylation, (3) antioxidant treatment blocked the effect of LPS on p38 MAPK phosphorylation and in COX-2 protein levels, (4) PI3K inhibition with LY294002 prevented p38 MAPK phosphorylation and, (5) the activity of an NFκB reporter was decreased by p38 MAPK or PI3K inhibition. These results suggest that activation of both p38 MAPK and PI3K/Akt pathways promote the stimulation of NFκB activity and that PI3K/Akt activity might regulate both p38 MAPK and NFκB signaling pathways. In summary, in this study we showed that in adrenal cells, LPS induces COX-2 expression by activating p38 MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways and that both pathways converge in the modulation of NFκB transcriptional activity.
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- M E Mercau
- Department of Human Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, CEFYBO/CONICET, Argentina
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- Department of Human Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, CEFYBO/CONICET, Argentina
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- Department of Human Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, CEFYBO/CONICET, Argentina
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- Department of Human Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, CEFYBO/CONICET, Argentina
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- Department of Human Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, CEFYBO/CONICET, Argentina
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- Department of Human Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, CEFYBO/CONICET, Argentina
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- Department of Human Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, CEFYBO/CONICET, Argentina
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- Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, School of Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, IFIBYNE/CONICET, Argentina
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- Department of Human Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, CEFYBO/CONICET, Argentina.
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Astort F, Mercau M, Giordanino E, Degese MS, Caldareri L, Coso O, Cymeryng CB. Nitric oxide sets off an antioxidant response in adrenal cells: involvement of sGC and Nrf2 in HO-1 induction. Nitric Oxide 2013; 37:1-10. [PMID: 24361900 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2013.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Revised: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Induction of microsomal heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) activity is considered a cytoprotective mechanism in different cell types. In adrenal cells, HO-1 induction by ACTH exerts a modulatory effect on steroid production as well. As nitric oxide (NO) has been also regarded as an autocrine/paracrine modulator of adrenal steroidogenesis we sought to study the effects of NO on the induction of HO-1 and the mechanism involved. We hereby analyzed the time and dose-dependent effect of a NO-donor (DETA/NO) on HO-1 induction in a murine adrenocortical cell line. We showed that this effect is mainly exerted at a transcriptional level as it is inhibited by actinomycin D and HO-1 mRNA degradation rates were not affected by DETA/NO treatment. HO-1 induction by NO does not appear to involve the generation of oxidative stress as it was not affected by antioxidant treatment. We also demonstrated that NO-treatment results in the nuclear translocation of the nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor (Nrf2), an effect that is attenuated by transfecting the cells with a dominant negative isoform of Nrf2. We finally show that the effects of the NO-donor are reproduced by a permeable analog of cGMP and that a soluble guanylate cyclase specific inhibitor blocked both the induction of HO-1 by NO and the nuclear translocation of Nrf2.
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- F Astort
- Departamento de Bioquímica Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CEFYBO-CONICET, Argentina.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CEFYBO-CONICET, Argentina
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- Departamento de Bioquímica Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CEFYBO-CONICET, Argentina
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- LFBM-DFBMC, Departamento de Fisiología y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Bioquímica Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CEFYBO-CONICET, Argentina
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- LFBM-DFBMC, Departamento de Fisiología y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Bioquímica Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CEFYBO-CONICET, Argentina
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Monau TR, Vargas VE, Zhang L, Myers DA, Ducsay CA. Nitric oxide inhibits ACTH-induced cortisol production in near-term, long-term hypoxic ovine fetal adrenocortical cells. Reprod Sci 2010; 17:955-62. [PMID: 20713972 PMCID: PMC2943550 DOI: 10.1177/1933719110376092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We previously reported that in the sheep fetus, long-term hypoxia (LTH) resulted in elevated basal plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH(1- 39)) whereas the cortisol levels were not different from normoxic controls. We also showed that LTH enhances endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression in the fetal adrenal. This study was designed to determine the effect of NO on cortisol production in adrenocortical cells from LTH fetal sheep. Ewes were maintained at high altitude (3820 m) from ∼40 days' gestation (dG) to near term. Between 138 and 141 dG, fetal adrenal glands were collected from LTH and age-matched normoxic control fetuses. Adrenal cortical cells were pretreated with sodium nitroprusside (SNP), nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), L-arginine, or diethyleneamine NO (DETA-NO) and then challenged with 10 nmol/L ACTH. Cortisol responses were compared after 1 hour. Adrenocorticotropic hormone -induced cortisol secretion was significantly higher in LTH versus control (P < .01). Enhancement of NO with L-arginine resulted in a significant reduction of ACTH-mediated cortisol production in the LTH group. DETA-NO also caused a significant decrease in ACTH-mediated cortisol production (P < .05). Inhibition of NOS with L-NAME significantly increased cortisol production in the LTH group (P < .05 compared to ACTH alone), whereas the effect on the control group was not significant. Nitric oxide synthase activity was significantly higher in the LTH group compared to control, but this difference was eliminated following ACTH treatment. These data indicate that LTH enhances adrenal cortical sensitivity to the inhibitory effects of NO on cortisol production. Nitric oxide may, therefore, play an important role in regulating ACTH-induced cortisol production in the LTH fetal adrenal.
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- Tshepo R. Monau
- Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350
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- Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350
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- Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73190
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- Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 92350
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Chang LL, Alfred Wun WS, Wang PS. Effects and mechanisms of nonylphenol on corticosterone release in rat zona fasciculata-reticularis cells. Toxicol Sci 2010; 118:411-9. [PMID: 20837582 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Alkylphenol ethoxylate, consisting of ∼80% nonylphenol ethoxylate (NPEO), is a major group of nonionic surfactant. The primary degradation product of NPEO, nonylphenol (NP), interferes with reproduction, induces cell death in gonads, and leads to changes in other reproductive parameters. With such apparent stress, NP is believed to induce stress response mechanism, i.e., adrenal cortical hormone. However, the effects and action mechanisms of NP on rat adrenal zona fasciculata-reticularis (ZFR) cells are still unclear. This study explored the effects of NP on corticosterone release. ZFR cells were incubated with NP in the presence or absence of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), 8-bromo-cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate (8-Br-cAMP), forskolin (FSK), 25-hydroxyl cholesterol (25-OH-cholesterol), pregnenolone, progesterone, or deoxycorticosterone at 37°C for 1 h. The concentrations of corticosterone or pregnenolone in the spent media were measured by radioimmunoassay. The expressions of steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein, cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage (P450scc) protein, and 11β-hydroxylase in the cells were measured by Western blot. The data demonstrated that (1) NP stimulated corticosterone release induced by ACTH, 8-Br-cAMP, FSK, 25-OH-cholesterol, pregnenolone, progesterone, or deoxycorticosterone; (2) NP significantly increased pregnenolone release in the control, 25-OH-cholesterol, trilostane, and 25-OH-cholesterol + trilostane groups; (3) NP-stimulated corticosterone release was estrogen receptor dependent, but mediated by nitric oxide and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway independent; and (4) NP did not affect StAR, 11β-hydroxylase, or P450scc protein expression. These results suggest that NP acts directly on rat ZFR cells to stimulate corticosterone release and that the stimulation mechanism of NP mediates through post-cAMP corticosterone manufacture enzymes, i.e., P450scc and 11β-hydroxylase.
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- Ling-Ling Chang
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chinese Culture University, Shih-Lin, Taipei 11114, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Iranmanesh A, Bowers CY, Veldhuis JD. Secretagogue type, sex-steroid milieu, and abdominal visceral adiposity individually determine secretagogue-stimulated cortisol secretion. Eur J Endocrinol 2010; 162:1043-9. [PMID: 20299490 PMCID: PMC3108036 DOI: 10.1530/eje-10-0149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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DESIGN While androgens and estrogens control glucocorticoid secretion in animal models, how the sex-steroid milieu determines cortisol secretion in humans is less clear. To address this issue, cortisol was measured in archival sera obtained at 10-min intervals for 5 h in 42 healthy men administered double placebo, placebo and testosterone, testosterone and dutasteride (to block 5alpha-reductases type I and type II), or testosterone and anastrozole (to block aromatase) in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, prospectively randomized design. METHODS Subjects received i.v. injection of saline, GHRH, GH-releasing peptide-2 (GHRP-2), somatostatin (SS), and GHRP-2/GHRH/l-arginine (triple stimulus) each on separate mornings fasting. Outcomes comprised cortisol concentrations, pulsatile cortisol secretion, and relationships with age or abdominal visceral fat (AVF). RESULTS By ANCOVA, baseline (saline-infused) cortisol concentrations (nmol/l) did not differ among the sex-steroid milieus (overall mean 364+/-14). In contrast, stimulated peak cortisol concentrations were strongly determined by secretagogue type (P<0.001) as follows: triple stimulus (868+/-27)>GHRP-2 (616+/-42)>saline=SS=GHRH (grand mean 420+/-21). After GHRP-2 injection, pulsatile cortisol secretion increased with age (R(2)=0.16, P=0.012). After the triple stimulus, pulsatile cortisol secretion correlated i) inversely with serum 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) concentrations (R(2)=0.53, P=0.026) and ii) directly with computerized tomography-estimated AVF (R(2)=0.11, P=0.038). CONCLUSION Age, DHT concentrations, AVF, and secretagogue type influence pulsatile cortisol secretion at least in men. Further studies should be performed to assess ACTH secretion and native ghrelin action in defined sex-steroid milieus.
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- Ali Iranmanesh
- Endocrine Section, Department of Medicine, Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salem, VA 24153
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- Endocrine Division, Department of Medicine, Tulane University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA 70112
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- Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Clinical Translational Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905
- Corresponding author: Tel: 507-255-0902, Fax: 507-255-0901,
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Repetto EM, Sanchez R, Cipelli J, Astort F, Calejman CM, Piroli GG, Arias P, Cymeryng CB. Dysregulation of corticosterone secretion in streptozotocin-diabetic rats: modulatory role of the adrenocortical nitrergic system. Endocrinology 2010; 151:203-10. [PMID: 19940040 DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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An increased activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis resulting in exaggerated glucocorticoid secretion has been repeatedly described in patients with diabetes mellitus and in animal models of this disease. However, it has been pointed out that experimental diabetes is accompanied by a decreased glucocorticoid response to ACTH stimulation. Because previous studies from our laboratory demonstrate the involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in the modulation of corticosterone production, present investigations were designed to evaluate 1) the impact of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes on the adrenocortical nitrergic system and 2) the role of NO in the modulation of adrenal steroidogenesis in STZ-diabetic rats. Four weeks after STZ injection, increased activity and expression levels of proteins involved in L-arginine transport and in NO synthesis were detected, and increased levels of thiobarbituric acid reactive species, carbonyl adducts, and nitrotyrosine-modified proteins were measured in the adrenocortical tissue of hyperglycemic rats. An impaired corticosterone response to ACTH was evident both in vivo and in adrenocortical cells isolated from STZ-treated animals. Inhibition of NO synthase activity resulted in higher corticosterone generation in adrenal tissue from STZ-treated rats. Moreover, a stronger inhibition of steroid output from adrenal cells by a NO donor was observed in adrenocortical Y1 cells previously subjected to high glucose (30 mM) treatment. In summary, results presented herein indicate an inhibitory effect of endogenously generated NO on steroid production, probably potentiated by hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress, in the adrenal cortex of STZ-treated rats.
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- E M Repetto
- Departamento de Bioquímica Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botanicos-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CEFYBO-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Astort F, Repetto EM, Martínez Calejman C, Cipelli JM, Sánchez R, Di Gruccio JM, Mercau M, Pignataro OP, Arias P, Cymeryng CB. High glucose-induced changes in steroid production in adrenal cells. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2009; 25:477-86. [PMID: 19489000 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Increased activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, resulting in enhanced adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and serum glucocorticoid levels, has been described in patients with diabetes mellitus and in animal models of this disease; however, altered steroid production by adrenocortical cells could result from local changes triggered by increased reactive oxygen species (ROS), induced in turn by chronic hyperglycaemia. Experiments were designed (1) to analyse the effects of incubating murine adrenocortical cells in hyperglycaemic media on the generation of oxidative stress, on steroid synthesis and on its modulation by the activity of haeme oxygenase (HO); and (2) to evaluate the effect of antioxidant treatment on these parameters. METHODS Y1 cells were incubated for 7 days with either normal or high glucose (HG, 30 mmol/L) concentrations, with or without antioxidant treatment. Parameters of oxidative stress and expression levels of haeme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), nitrite levels, L-arginine uptake and progesterone production were determined. RESULTS HG augmented ROS and lipoperoxide production, decreasing glutathione (GSH) levels and increasing antioxidant enzymes and HO-1 expression. Basal progesterone production was reduced, while a higher response to ACTH was observed in HG-treated cells. The increase in HO-1 expression and the effects on basal steroid production were abolished by antioxidant treatment. Inhibition of HO activity increased basal and ACTH-stimulated steroid release. Similar results were obtained by HO-1 gene silencing while the opposite effect was observed in Y1 cells overexpressing HO-1. CONCLUSIONS HG induces oxidative stress and affects steroid production in adrenal cells; the involvement of HO activity in the modulation of steroidogenesis in Y1 cells is postulated.
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- F Astort
- Departamento de Bioquímica Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CEFYBO (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Monau TR, Vargas VE, King N, Yellon SM, Myers DA, Ducsay CA. Long-term hypoxia increases endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression in the ovine fetal adrenal. Reprod Sci 2009; 16:865-74. [PMID: 19525401 DOI: 10.1177/1933719109336678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study was designed to test the hypothesis that fetal adrenal nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is elevated in response to long-term hypoxia (LTH). Pregnant ewes were maintained at high altitude (3820 m) for approximately the last 100 days of gestation. Between days 138 and 141 of gestation, adrenal glands were collected from LTH fetuses and age-matched normoxic controls. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and Western analysis were used to quantify NOS expression, and NOS distribution was examined by immunohistochemistry and double-staining immunofluorescence for endothelial NOS (eNOS) and 17alpha-hydroxylase (CYP17). Neuronal NOS (nNOS) was expressed at very low levels and with no differences between groups. Expression of eNOS was significantly greater in the LTH group compared with control. Neuronal NOS was distributed throughout the cortex while the greatest density of eNOS was observed in the zona fasciculata/reticularis area and eNOS co-localized with CYP17. We conclude that LTH enhances eNOS expression in the inner adrenal cortex which may play a role in regulation of cortisol biosynthesis in the LTH fetus.
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- Tshepo R Monau
- Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, USA
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Rettori V, Fernandez-Solari J, Mohn C, Zubilete MAZ, De La Cal C, Prestifilippo JP, De Laurentiis A. Nitric Oxide at the Crossroad of Immunoneuroendocrine Interactions. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009; 1153:35-47. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03968.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ahabrach H, Piedrafita B, Ayad A, El Mlili N, Errami M, Felipo V, Llansola M. Chronic hyperammonemia alters the circadian rhythms of corticosteroid hormone levels and of motor activity in rats. J Neurosci Res 2009; 88:1605-14. [DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Han J, Liu YL, Fan W, Chao J, Hou YQ, Yin YL, Zhu HL, Meng GQ, Che ZQ. Dietary l-arginine supplementation alleviates immunosuppression induced by cyclophosphamide in weaned pigs. Amino Acids 2008; 37:643-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-008-0184-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2008] [Accepted: 09/12/2008] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Zhang DX, Gauthier KM, Falck JR, Siddam A, Campbell WB. Steroid-producing cells regulate arterial tone of adrenal cortical arteries. Endocrinology 2007; 148:3569-76. [PMID: 17446179 DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Adrenal blood flow is coupled to adrenal hormone secretion. ACTH increases adrenal blood flow and stimulates the secretion of aldosterone and cortisol in vivo. However, ACTH does not alter vascular tone of isolated adrenal cortical arteries. Mechanisms underlying this discrepancy remain unsolved. The present study examined the effect of zona glomerulosa (ZG) cells on cortical arterial tone. ZG cells (10(5) to 10(7) cells) and ZG cell-conditioned medium relaxed preconstricted adrenal arteries (maximal relaxations = 79 +/- 4 and 66 +/- 4%, respectively). In adrenal arteries coincubated with a small number of ZG cells (0.5-1 x 10(6)), ACTH (10(-12) to 10(-8) m) induced concentration-dependent relaxations (maximal relaxation = 67 +/- 4%). Similarly, ACTH (10(-8) m) dilated (55 +/- 10%) perfused arteries embedded in adrenal cortical slices. ZG cell-dependent relaxations to ACTH were endothelium-independent and inhibited by high extracellular K(+) (60 mm); the K(+) channel blocker, iberiotoxin (100 nm); the cytochrome P450 inhibitors SKF 525A (10 microm) and miconazole (10 microm); and the epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) antagonist 14,15-EEZE (2 microm). Four EET regioisomers were identified in ZG cell-conditioned media. EET production was stimulated by ACTH. We conclude that ZG cells release EETs and this release is stimulated by ACTH. Interaction of endocrine and vascular cells represents a mechanism for regulating adrenal blood flow and couples steroidogenesis to increased blood flow.
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- David X Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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Repetto EM, Pannunzio V, Astort F, Martinez Calejman C, Moreno MB, Pignataro OP, Cymeryng CB. Characterization of L-arginine transport in adrenal cells: effect of ACTH. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2006; 291:E291-7. [PMID: 16478777 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00413.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nitric oxide synthesis depends on the availability of its precursor L-arginine, which could be regulated by the presence of a specific uptake system. In the present report, the characterization of the L-arginine transport system in mouse adrenal Y1 cells was performed. L-arginine transport was mediated by the cationic/neutral amino acid transport system y+L and the cationic amino acid transporter (CAT) y+ in Y1 cells. These Na+-independent transporters were identified by their selectivity for neutral amino acids in both the presence and absence of Na+ and by the effect of N-ethylmaleimide. Transport data correlated to expression of genes encoding for CAT-1, CAT-2, CD-98, and y+LAT-2. A similar expression profile was detected in rat adrenal zona fasciculata. In addition, cationic amino acid uptake in Y1 cells was upregulated by ACTH and/or cAMP with a concomitant increase in nitric oxide (NO) production.
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- Esteban M Repetto
- Departamento de Bioquímica Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Weissman BA, Niu E, Ge R, Sottas CM, Holmes M, Hutson JC, Hardy MP. Paracrine modulation of androgen synthesis in rat leydig cells by nitric oxide. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 26:369-78. [PMID: 15867005 PMCID: PMC1351298 DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.04178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The free radical nitric oxide (NO), generated through the oxidation of L-arginine to L-citrulline by NO synthases (NOSs), has been shown to inhibit steroidogenic pathways. NOS isoforms are known to be present in rat and human testes. Our study examined the sensitivity of Leydig cells to NO and determined whether NOS activity resides in Leydig cells or in another cell type such as the testicular macrophage. The results showed a low level of L-[14C]arginine conversion in purified rat Leydig cell homogenates. Administration of the NOS inhibitor L-N(G)-nitro-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), or the calcium chelator ethylenebis (oxyethylenenitrilo)tetraacetic acid (EGTA), had no effect on L-[14C]citrulline accumulation. Increased intracellular Ca2+ concentrations that were induced by a calcium ionophore, or the addition of luteinizing hormone (LH), failed to affect NO formation in intact cells that were cultured in vitro. Introduction of a high concentration of the NO precursor L-arginine did not decrease testosterone (T) production, and NOS inhibitors did not increase T biosynthesis. However, exposing Leydig cells to low concentrations of the NO donor S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) induced a dramatic blockade of T production under basal and LH-stimulated conditions. DNA array assays showed a low level of expression of endothelial NOS (eNOS), while the neuronal and inducible isoforms of NOS (nNOS and iNOS) were below detection levels. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analyses confirmed these findings and demonstrated the presence of high iNOS messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in activated testicular macrophages that produced large amounts of NO. These data suggest that, while T production in rat Leydig cells is highly sensitive to NO and an endogenous NO-generating system is not present in these cells, NOS activity is more likely to reside in activated testicular macrophages.
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- Ben A Weissman
- Department of Pharmacology, Israel Institute for Biological Research, PO Box 19, Ness Ziona 74100, Israel .
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Mohn CE, Fernandez-Solari J, De Laurentiis A, Prestifilippo JP, de la Cal C, Funk R, Bornstein SR, McCann SM, Rettori V. The rapid release of corticosterone from the adrenal induced by ACTH is mediated by nitric oxide acting by prostaglandin E2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:6213-8. [PMID: 15837925 PMCID: PMC1087960 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502136102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The adrenal cortex is a major stress organ in mammals that reacts rapidly to a multitude of external and internal stressors. Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) is the main stimulator of the adrenal cortex, activating corticosteroid synthesis and secretion. We evaluated the mechanism of action of ACTH on adrenals of male rats, preserving the architecture of the gland in vitro. We demonstrated that both sodium nitroprusside (NP), a nitric oxide (NO) donor, and ACTH stimulate corticosterone release. NO mediated the acute response to ACTH because Nomega-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester, a NO synthase inhibitor, and hemoglobin, a NO scavenger, blocked the stimulation of corticosterone release induced by ACTH. NP stimulated prostaglandin E release, which in turn stimulated corticosterone release from the adrenal. Additionally, indomethacin, which inhibits cyclooxygenase, and thereby, prostaglandin release, prevented corticosterone release from the adrenal induced by both NP and ACTH, demonstrating that prostaglandins mediate acute corticosterone release. Corticosterone content in adrenals after incubation with ACTH or NP was lower than in control glands, indicating that any de novo synthesis of corticosterone during this period was not sufficient to keep up with the release of the stored hormone. The release induced by ACTH or NP depleted the corticosterone content in the adrenal by approximately 40% compared with the content of glands incubated in buffer. The mechanism of rapid release is as follows: NO produced by NO synthase activation by ACTH activates cyclooxygenase, which generates PGE(2), which in turn releases corticosterone stored in microvesicles and other organelles.
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- Claudia E Mohn
- Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Serrano 669, 1414 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Sainz JM, Reche C, Rábano MA, Mondillo C, Patrignani ZJ, Macarulla JM, Pignataro OP, Trueba M. Effects of nitric oxide on aldosterone synthesis and nitric oxide synthase activity in glomerulosa cells from bovine adrenal gland. Endocrine 2004; 24:61-71. [PMID: 15249705 DOI: 10.1385/endo:24:1:061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2004] [Revised: 04/29/2004] [Accepted: 05/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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This study investigated the effects of two NO-releasing agents, diethylenetriamine-NO (deta-NO) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP), on basal, ACTH-, and angiotensin II (AngII)-stimulated aldosterone production in glomerulosa cells from bovine adrenal gland. NO donors inhibited basal and ACTH- or AngII-stimulated aldosterone synthesis in a concentration-dependent manner. Deta-NO and SNP also provoked a concentration-dependent stimulation of cGMP production. However, cGMP was not responsible for the inhibition of aldosterone secretion, because a cGMP analog did not reproduce the inhibitory effect. Moreover, soluble guanylyl cyclase or protein kinase G inhibitors did not revert the inhibitory effect of NO on aldosterone production. NO donors did not modify ACTH-stimulated cAMP production or AngII-stimulated PLC activity stimulation, but inhibited 22[R] hydroxycholesterol- or pregnenolone-stimulated aldosteronogenesis. NO can be synthesized in bovine glomerulosa cells because nitrite production was determined and characterization of NOS activity was also performed. Nitrite accumulation was not modified in the presence of ACTH, AngII, or other factors used to induce iNOS. NOS activity that showed a Michaelis-Menten kinetic was NADPH- and calcium-dependent and was inhibited by two competitive inhibitors, L-NAME and L-NMMA. These results show that NO inhibits aldosterone production in glomerulosa cells acting on P450scc and other P450-dependent steroidogenic enzymes, and these cells display NOS activity suggesting that NO can be produced by constitutive NOS isozymes.
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- José M Sainz
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Box 644, 48080-Bilbao, Spain
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Vicente S, González MP, Oset-Gasque MJ. Neuronal nitric oxide synthase modulates basal catecholamine secretion in bovine chromaffin cells. J Neurosci Res 2002; 69:327-40. [PMID: 12125074 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The role of endogenously produced nitric oxide (NO) in the regulation of basal catecholamine (CA) secretion was studied in chromaffin cells. Treatment of chromaffin cells with nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors produced a dose-dependent increase in basal catecholamine secretion, which paralleled their ability to inhibit NOS activity. This inhibitory profile was similar to that found in neurons, suggesting the constitutive expression of neuronal NOS (nNOS) in these cells, which was confirmed by Western blot analysis. A study of the kinetics and pharmacology of nNOS activity expressed in chromaffin cells in culture indicated that NOS activity is calcium-dependent, increases with time, and is highly dependent on both intracellular concentrations of L-arginine (K(m) approximately 4 microM, V(max) = 908 +/- 60 pmol/hr x 10(6) cells) and transport of L-arginine into the cells (exhibiting two affinity constants of k(1) = 3.2 +/- 0.3 microM and k(2) = 126 +/- 5.5 microM). The effects of NOS inhibitors on CA secretion were mediated by the L-arginine-NO-cGMP pathway, insofar as exogenous L-arginine was able to partially block the increase in CA secretion evoked by them, and 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxaline-1-one (ODQ), a specific inhibitor of guanylate cyclase, and zaprinast, an inhibitor of the cGMP phosphodiesterase, were able to increase and inhibit, respectively, basal CA secretion in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that chromaffin cells exhibit a tonic production of NO by nNOS that keeps the basal CA secretion at low levels, and this could be necessary for maintaining a normotensive state.
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- S Vicente
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
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Cymeryng CB, Lotito SP, Colonna C, Finkielstein C, Pomeraniec Y, Grión N, Gadda L, Maloberti P, Podestá EJ. Expression of nitric oxide synthases in rat adrenal zona fasciculata cells. Endocrinology 2002; 143:1235-42. [PMID: 11897679 DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.4.8727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) expression was analyzed in rat adrenal zona fasciculata. Both neuronal NOS and endothelial NOS mRNAs were detected by RT-PCR, immunohistochemistry, and immunoblot analysis. The biochemical characterization of adrenal zona fasciculata NOS enzymatic activity confirmed the presence of a constitutive isoform. In a cell line derived from mouse adrenal cortex, only endothelial NOS expression was detected by both RT-PCR and immunoblot analysis. Nitrate plus nitrite levels in Y1 cell incubation medium were increased in the presence of L-arginine and the calcium ionophore A23187, but not D-arginine, indicating enzymatic activity. Moreover, a low, but significant, conversion of Larginine to L-citrulline, abolished by the NOS inhibitor, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine, was detected in Y1 cells. The effect of L-arginine on pregnenolone production was examined. L-Arginine decreased both basal and ACTH-stimulated pregnenolone production in Y1 cells. The inhibitory effect of L-arginine could be attributed to endogenously generated NO, because it was blocked by N(G)-nitro-L-arginine, and it was mimicked by the addition of a NO donor, diethylenetriamine-NO. An inhibitory effect of NO on pregnenolone production from 22Rhydroxycholesterol and on steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression was also determined. Taken together, these results suggest that at least part of the adrenal NO could derive from steroidogenic cells and modulate their function.
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- Cora B Cymeryng
- Departamento de Bioquímica Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155 5th (C1121ABG), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Luo Z, Han Q, Zhang X. Influence of magnetic field on nitric oxide and neuropeptide Y in rat adrenal gland. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN-CHINESE 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02901908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Turner SW, Mangos GJ, Whitworth JA. Nitric oxide synthase activity in adrenocorticotrophin-induced hypertension in the rat. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2001; 28:881-3. [PMID: 11703388 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2001.03539.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1. The nitric oxide (NO) system has been implicated in the pathogenesis of various forms of experimental hypertension. We studied nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity as a possible indicator of NO production in adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH)-induced hypertension in the rat. 2. Haemodynamic, metabolic and biochemical parameters were examined in sham (saline)- and ACTH (100 microg/kg per day)-treated male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 20). 3. Adrenocorticotrophin treatment increased systolic blood pressure, serum corticosterone, adrenal NOS activity and adrenal nitrate and nitrite concentrations and decreased bodyweight and plasma nitrate/nitrite. 4. Previous observations of diminished NO production in ACTH- and corticosterone-induced hypertension in the rat were confirmed, but could not be explained by reduced NOS activity in the present study.
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- S W Turner
- Department of Medicine, The St George Hospital, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Zhang X, Luo Z, He X, Han Q, Zhang W. Molecular mechanism of effect of rotating constant magnetic field on organisms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001; 44:554-60. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02882398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2000] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Hanke CJ, Campbell WB. Endothelial cell nitric oxide inhibits aldosterone synthesis in zona glomerulosa cells: modulation by oxygen. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2000; 279:E846-54. [PMID: 11001767 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2000.279.4.e846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The regulation of aldosterone synthesis by endogenous nitric oxide (NO) was examined in cultured cells of the adrenal cortex. Endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) was detected by Western blot in cultured adrenal endothelial cells (ECs) but not in zona glomerulosa (ZG) cells or adrenal fibroblasts. Neither inducible (iNOS) nor neuronal NOS (nNOS) isoforms were detected in the cells. Only ECs had NOS activity and converted [(3)H]L-arginine to [(3)H]L-citrulline. Angiotensin II (ANG II, 100 nM) increased EC production of nitrate/nitrite by 2.4-fold. Coincubation with ECs or treatment with DETA nonoate increased the fluorescence of ZG cells loaded with an NO-sensitive dye, diaminofluorescein 2 diacetate (DAF-2 DA). DETA nonoate inhibited ANG II (1 nM) and potassium (10 mM) -stimulated aldosterone release in a concentration-related manner. This inhibitory effect of NO was enhanced >10-fold by decreasing the oxygen concentration from 21 to 8%. Coincubation of EC and ZG cells in 8% oxygen inhibited ANG II-induced aldosterone release, and inhibition was reversed by blockade of NOS. These findings indicate that adrenal EC-derived NO inhibits aldosterone release by cultured ZG cells and that the sensitivity to NO inhibition is increased at low oxygen concentrations.
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- C J Hanke
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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Dodd F, Limoges M, Boudreau RT, Rowden G, Murphy PR, Too CK. L-arginine inhibits apoptosis via a NO-dependent mechanism in Nb2 lymphoma cells. J Cell Biochem 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(20000615)77:4<624::aid-jcb10>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Hanke CJ, O'Brien T, Pritchard KA, Campbell WB. Inhibition of adrenal cell aldosterone synthesis by endogenous nitric oxide release. Hypertension 2000; 35:324-8. [PMID: 10642319 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.35.1.324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Adrenal zona glomerulosa (ZG) cells do not contain nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS). We conferred endothelial NOS activity onto adrenal ZG cells through transduction with a recombinant adenovirus encoding the endothelial NOS gene (AdeNOS) to determine the effect of endogenous NO on aldosterone synthesis. A 135-kDa protein band immunoreactive to anti-endothelial NOS antibody was observed in Western blots of AdeNOS-transduced ZG cells but not in control cells or cells transduced with adenovirus encoding the beta-galactosidase gene (AdbetaGal). Nitrate/nitrite production in AdeNOS-transduced ZG cells increased from 0.15+/-0.01 to 0.27+/-0.01 micromol/L after stimulation with 1 nmol/L angiotensin II. The treatment of AdeNOS-transduced cells with 30 micromol/L L-nitro-arginine decreased angiotensin II-stimulated nitrite production from 0.27+/-0. 01 to 0.17+/-0.01 micromol/L. Basal and angiotensin II-stimulated nitrite production was not increased in AdbetaGal-transduced or control cells. AdeNOS-transduced cells demonstrated diaminofluorescein-2 diacetate fluorescence, which was blocked by pretreatment with L-nitro-arginine. Angiotensin II-stimulated aldosterone synthesis decreased from 5123+/-177 pg/mL in AdbetaGal-transduced ZG cells to 72+/-27 pg/mL in AdeNOS-transduced cells. Treatment with the NOS inhibitor thiocitrulline (30 micromol/L) increased angiotensin II-stimulated aldosterone synthesis to 2158+/-45 pg/mL after AdeNOS transduction. These data demonstrate that adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of eNOS in ZG cells results in the expression of active endothelial NOS enzyme and that this endogenous NO production by ZG cells decreases aldosterone synthesis.
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Affiliation(s)
- C J Hanke
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA
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