title: Effects of amiloride on the induction of DNA synthesis and casein gene expression in rabbit mammary explants.
abstract: Amiloride, an inhibitor of Na+/H+ exchange, was added at various concentrations to the culture medium of rabbit mammary explants. In the concentration range 100-250 microM, amiloride progessively inhibited 14C-thymidine incorporation induced by insulin, EGF or prolactin. Up to 250 microM, amiloride, which did not inhibit basal protein synthesis, was not cytotoxic, but it reduced basal DNA synthesis at the highest concentration. Addition of amiloride to the culture medium of mammary explants also strongly inhibited the induction of casein synthesis and casein mRNA accumulation by prolactin. The inhibition by amiloride is therefore not specific of the mitogenic action of prolactin since this drug also prevented its lactogenic action. The data reported here describe a new inhibitory action of amiloride on the transmission of the lactogenic signals.
authors.affiliation: INRA, Laboratoire des Sciences de la Consommation, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martel
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Houdebine
mesh_terms: D000584:Amiloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002364:Caseins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D007329:Insulin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D011388:Prolactin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011817:Rabbits; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002364:Caseins; D007329:Insulin Antagonists; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D000584:Amiloride; D011388:Prolactin