title: Opposite effects of angiotensin-II and corticotropin on bovine adrenocortical cell steroidogenic responsiveness.
abstract: The long-term effects of angiotensin-II (A-II) and corticotropin (ACTH) on bovine adrenal fasciculata cells (BAC) were studied. Cells were pretreated for 3 days with either A-II or ACTH followed by an examination of the acute steroidogenic response to both hormones as well as the ability to convert several steroid precursors to cortisol and corticosterone. ACTH pretreatment caused a marked increase in cortisol output associated with a decrease in corticosterone secretion in response to both hormones leading to a 50-fold decrease in the corticosterone/cortisol ratio compared to control cells. After incubation with saturating concentrations (5 X 10(-5) M) of 22 R-hydroxycholesterol, pregnenolone or progesterone, ACTH-pretreated cells produced more cortisol than corticosterone whereas the contrary was observed in control cells. However, the conversion of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone and 11-deoxycortisol to cortisol by ACTH-pretreated cells was lower than by control cells. Thus, the main effects of ACTH were a marked increase of 17 alpha-hydroxylase and a small but significant decrease of 21-hydroxylase and 11 beta-hydroxylase activities. A-II pretreatment produced, in a concentration-dependent manner, a down-regulation of its own receptors and homologous and heterologous steroidogenic desensitization. At maximal concentrations (10(-6) M) A-II reduced by 70% its own receptors while the steroidogenic response to A-II and ACTH was reduced by 95% and 75%, respectively. However, the coupling of A-II receptors to phosphoinositide pathway and to Ca2+ influx, as well as its potentiation effect on ACTH-induced cAMP production were similar in control and A-II pretreated cells. Moreover, the conversion of several steroid precursors to corticosterone was similar in control cells and A-II-pretreated cells, whereas the conversion to cortisol was reduced by approximately 30% due mainly to a decrease of 17 alpha-hydroxylase activity. Thus, the marked steroidogenic desensitization induced by A-II is most likely related to some alteration located beyond the activation of the two branches of the phosphoinositide pathway and before the first steps of steroidogenesis.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 307, Hôpital Debrousse, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ouali
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Langlois
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Saez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Begeot
mesh_terms: D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006888:Hydroxycholesterols / Q000378:metabolism; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000378:metabolism; D013256:Steroids / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006888:Hydroxycholesterols; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D013256:Steroids; D000804:Angiotensin II; C003585:22-hydroxycholesterol; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium; D003345:Corticosterone; D006854:Hydrocortisone