title: Stimulatory effect of insulin and insulin-like growth factor I on Gi proteins and angiotensin-II-induced phosphoinositide breakdown in cultured bovine adrenal cells.
abstract: Recent data have shown that pretreatment of bovine adrenal fasciculata cells with insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) or insulin enhances the steroidogenic response to angiotensin II (A-II). In the present work we have studied the effects of both peptides on the first steps of the mechanism of action of A-II and on the amounts of pertussis toxin (PT)-sensitive guanine nucleotide binding proteins (Gi proteins). Both peptides increased A-II-induced phosphoinositide breakdown without modification of either A-II-induced Ca2+ uptake or the A-II-potentiating effect on ACTH-induced cAMP production. The effects of IGF-I at a nanomolar concentration were higher than those induced by insulin at a micromolar concentration, which in turn was higher than those induced by a nanomolar concentration of this peptide. Treatment of cells with pertussis toxin (0.5 microgram/ml) for 24 h reduced by 25% of the A-II-induced phosphoinositide breakdown in control cells and 32% and 28% in cells pretreated with insulin at nanomolar and micromolar concentrations, respectively, but had no significant effect in cells pretreated with IGF-I. No effect of pertussis toxin was observed on A-II-induced Ca2+ uptake or on its potentiating action on ACTH-induced cAMP production. Moreover, both IGF-I and insulin enhanced the amounts of Gi protein(s) evaluated by pertussis toxin ADP-ribosylation or immunoblotting. Again, the effects of insulin at nanomolar concentrations were lower than those induced by the same concentrations of IGF-I or insulin at micromolar concentrations. These results suggest that, in bovine adrenal fasciculata cells, A-II receptors are coupled to the phosphoinositide pathway through pertussis toxin sensitive and insensitive Gp protein(s). Moreover, the findings also indicate that the enhanced A-II responsiveness of IGF-I or insulin treated cells is in part mediated through an increase in the amount of G protein(s).
authors.affiliation: INSERM U.307, Hôpital Debrousse, Lyon.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Langlois
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Hinsch
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Saez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Begeot
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004357:Drug Synergism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D013002:Somatomedins; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000804:Angiotensin II; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium