title: Endothelin-1 acutely stimulates the secretory activity of rat zona glomerulosa cells.
abstract: A bolus IV injection of endothelin-1 (ET-1) (0.5 microgram.kg-1) decreased PRA, without affecting plasma aldosterone (A) concentration. ET-1 exerted a dose-dependent stimulation of basal secretion of A and corticosterone (B) by dispersed zona glomerulosa (ZG) cells, while it did not affect B production by inner adrenocortical cells. ET-1 notably enhanced the secretory response of dispersed ZG cells to a maximal effective concentration of ACTH, but not of either angiotensin II (ANG-II) or potassium. The conclusion is drawn that ET-1 acutely stimulates ZG in rats, by a mechanism probably similar to that underlying the adrenoglomerulotropic actions of ANG-II and potassium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazzocchi
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Malendowicz
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Nussdorfer
mesh_terms: D000450:Aldosterone / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000378:metabolism; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D015384:Zona Glomerulosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D000450:Aldosterone; D003345:Corticosterone