Buffering action of endogenous nitric oxide on the adrenocortical secretagogue effect of endothelins in the rat.

  • Authors:
    • G Mazzocchi
    • G Neri
    • L K Malendowicz
    • P Rebuffat
    • G G Nussdorfer
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  • Published online on: January 1, 2001     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.7.1.55
  • Pages: 55-64
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Abstract

The secretagogue effect of endothelins (ETs) on the rat adrenal cortex is mediated by the ETB receptor. ETB receptors are coupled with nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS), and NO is known to inhibit steroid-hormone secretion from adrenal cortex. We investigated whether ETB-mediated NO production interferes with the stimulatory action of ETs on rat adrenal cortex. The selective agonist of ETB receptor BQ-3020 concentration-dependently increased aldosterone secretion from dispersed zona glomerulosa (ZG) cells and corticosterone secretion from dispersed zona fasciculata-reticularis (ZF/R) cells, and the NOS inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methylester (L-NAME) potentiated the effect of BQ-3020 in a concentration-dependent manner. The guanylate cyclase inhibitor Ly-83583, at a concentration suppressing guanylin- and L-arginine-induced cyclic-GMP release from dispersed adrenocortical cells, did not affect the secretory response of ZG and ZF/R cells to BQ-3020. ET-1, an agonist of both ETA and ETB receptors, stimulated the release of both aldosterone and corticosterone by in situ perfused rat adrenal gland. This effect was potentiated by L-NAME and unaffected by Ly-83583. Collectively, our findings allow us to suggest that endogenous NO exerts in vivo and in vitro a cyclic-GMP-independent buffering action on the ETB receptor-mediated adrenocortical secretagogue action of ETs.

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January 2001
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Mazzocchi G, Neri G, Malendowicz L, Rebuffat P and Nussdorfer G: Buffering action of endogenous nitric oxide on the adrenocortical secretagogue effect of endothelins in the rat.. Int J Mol Med 7: 55-64, 2001.
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Mazzocchi, G., Neri, G., Malendowicz, L., Rebuffat, P., & Nussdorfer, G. (2001). Buffering action of endogenous nitric oxide on the adrenocortical secretagogue effect of endothelins in the rat.. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 7, 55-64. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.7.1.55
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Mazzocchi, G., Neri, G., Malendowicz, L., Rebuffat, P., Nussdorfer, G."Buffering action of endogenous nitric oxide on the adrenocortical secretagogue effect of endothelins in the rat.". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 7.1 (2001): 55-64.
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Mazzocchi, G., Neri, G., Malendowicz, L., Rebuffat, P., Nussdorfer, G."Buffering action of endogenous nitric oxide on the adrenocortical secretagogue effect of endothelins in the rat.". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 7, no. 1 (2001): 55-64. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.7.1.55