title: Adenylate cyclase in the semicircular canal. Hormonal stimulation and ultrastructural localization.
abstract: The modulation of the cyclic AMP (cAMP) production and the cytochemical localization of adenylate cyclase were studied in isolated semicircular canal epithelium of the frog. The basal cAMP content, as measured by radioimmunoassay, was 344 +/- 37.8 fmoles/structure/5 min (mean +/- SEM, n = 41). This content was increased 6- to 8-fold by forskolin (10(-7) M to 10(-5) M). Among the tested drugs, only prostaglandin E2, isoproterenol, and vasotocin increased the cAMP production: 1.7-fold by prostaglandin E2 (1.5 X 10(-7) M) and isoproterenol (10(-6) M), and 1.3- and 3.3-fold by vasotocin at 10(-8) M and 10(-7) M, respectively. The addition of alpha 2-adrenergic agonists blunted the stimulatory effect of vasotocin. The adenylate cyclase was evidenced in both the basolateral and apical membranes of the dark cells. Vasotocin stimulated only the apical adenylate cyclase of dark cells. These results indicated that the adenylate cyclase located in the apical dark cells of the semicircular canal was stimulated by the antidiuretic hormone which may be involved in the regulation of the endolymph secretion.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U.251, Département de Physiologie, Faculté Xavier Bichat, Université Paris, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrary
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oudar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Friedlander
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feldmann
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sterkers
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000494:pharmacology; D011893:Rana esculenta; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014668:Vasotocin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011458:Prostaglandins E; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D007545:Isoproterenol; D014668:Vasotocin