title: Effects of steroid hormones pretreatment on isoprenaline-induced cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate in rat lung.
abstract: 1. Steroid hormones have been shown to regulate the concentration of adrenergic and muscarinic receptors in many tissues. 2. The cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) content in rat lung tissues in response to either dexamethasone, corticosterone, deoxycorticosterone or progesterone for 7 days were measured following intraperitoneal injection of isoprenaline just before sacrificed. 3. There was a significant increase in cAMP level (P less than 0.001) in dexamethasone and corticosterone-treated rats compared to controls that received isoprenaline alone. 4. Pretreatment with deoxycorticosterone and progesterone suppressed the increase in cAMP in response to isoprenaline. 5. The effect of glucocorticoids in causing bronchodilatation in asthmatic patients is partly due to the restoration of adenyl cyclase responsiveness to beta-agonist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Nabishah
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Merican
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Morat
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Alias
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Khalid
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011292:Premedication; D011374:Progesterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D011374:Progesterone; D003907:Dexamethasone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D007545:Isoproterenol; D003345:Corticosterone