title: Acute action of polypeptide YY (PYY) on rat adrenocortical cells: in vivo versus in vitro effects.
abstract: Polypeptide YY (PYY), a 36-amino-acid peptide contained in high concentration in the chromaffin granules of adrenal medullary cells, significantly raised aldosterone (but not corticosterone) plasma level, when acutely administered intraperitoneum to rats at a dose of 25 microM.kg-1. Conversely, the exposure to PYY (10(-6) M) notably and specifically depressed both basal and ACTH-stimulated production of 18-hydroxylated steroids (aldosterone, 18-hydroxy-corticosterone and 180H-DOC) by isolated rat zona glomerulosa cells. The discrepancy between in vivo and in vitro results is tentatively explained by assuming that the direct inhibitory effect of PYY on aldosterone secretion by rat zona glomerulosa is masked in vivo by the interference of this peptide with one or more of the various factors that are involved in the multifactorial regulation of zona glomerulosa function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Andreis
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Malendowicz
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Nussdorfer
mesh_terms: D015069:18-Hydroxycorticosterone / Q000378:metabolism; D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008297:Male; D019894:Peptide YY; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D015384:Zona Glomerulosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D019894:Peptide YY; C042509:18-hydroxydeoxycorticosterone; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D000450:Aldosterone; D011374:Progesterone; D015069:18-Hydroxycorticosterone; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D003345:Corticosterone