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Endothelial cells stimulate aldosterone release from bovine adrenal zona glomerulosa cells. Am J Physiol 1994 Jan;266(1 Pt 1):E107-17

Date

01/01/1994

Pubmed ID

8304436

DOI

10.1152/ajpendo.1994.266.1.E107

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0027953213 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   30 Citations

Abstract

Intra-adrenal factors promote basal as well as adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-, angiotensin-, and flow-induced steroid secretion. Because endothelial cells respond to changes in flow and are in a close anatomical relationship to steroidogenic cells, we examined the effect of endothelial cells on the secretion of aldosterone from zona glomerulosa (ZG) cells. Endothelial cells and endothelial cell-conditioned medium (EC-CM) stimulated the release of aldosterone from ZG cells. The stimulatory effect was related to the concentration of endothelial cells or EC-CM. The maximal stimulatory effect was 60-70% of the maximal effect of ACTH. Endothelial cells alone did not produce aldosterone. Human fibroblasts were ineffective in promoting aldosterone release. Endothelial cells and EC-CM failed to stimulate cortisol release from zona fasciculata cells. Treatment of the EC-CM with trypsin and pronase abolished the activity, indicating that a protein mediated the effect. However, the EC-CM activity could be distinguished from angiotensin, endothelin-1, and bradykinin. The factor stimulated the formation of pregnenolone but not the conversion of corticosterone to aldosterone. This endothelium-derived steroidogenic factor appeared to be a novel stimulus to aldosterone secretion. This study represents the first demonstration that endothelial cells alter endocrine function in vitro.

Author List

Rosolowsky LJ, Campbell WB

Author

William B. Campbell PhD Professor in the Pharmacology and Toxicology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Aldosterone
Animals
Cattle
Culture Media
Drug Stability
Endothelium, Vascular
Growth Substances
Hydrocortisone
Lipids
Microspheres
Nitric Oxide
Pronase
Solubility
Time Factors
Trypsin
Zona Glomerulosa