title: Angiotensin II differentially affects cyclic AMP formation in intact adrenal glomerulosa cells and in purified membrane preparations.
abstract: In the present study we have investigated the cyclic AMP (cAMP) responses to angiotensin II (AII) in isolated rat adrenal glomerulosa cells and in purified membrane preparations. When cells were incubated with 10 nM AII cAMP cellular content increased 2-fold at 5 min and 3-fold at 10 min, then rapidly declined. The effect of AII was dose-dependent with EC50 of 4 nM and was mediated by AII receptors as shown by the pharmacological characterization with AII analogs and AII receptor antagonists. Since AII inhibited cAMP formation in purified adrenal cortical membrane preparations, the stimulatory effect observed in intact cells could be indirect and mediated by other intracellular events.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Missale
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Memo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sigala
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Carruba
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Spano
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000502:physiology; D015384:Zona Glomerulosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D000804:Angiotensin II; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D007213:Indomethacin