title: Lack of inhibitory effect of alpha-human atrial natriuretic polypeptide on cortisol secretion in cultured adrenocortical adenoma cells from the patients with Cushing's syndrome.
abstract: The effects of synthetic alpha-human atrial natriuretic polypeptide (alpha-hANP) on cortisol secretion by adrenocortical adenoma cells from patients with Cushing's syndrome (CS cells) in primary monolayer cultures, compared to cultured normal adrenal cells, were studied. alpha-hANP significantly inhibited cortisol secretion by human normal adrenal cells in culture, but had no direct effect on cortisol secretion from CS cells, in the presence or absence of 10(-8) M ACTH. alpha-hANP enhanced the accumulation of intracellular cyclic GMP in normal adrenal cells in culture, but not in CS cells. Visualization of [125I] iodo-alpha-hANP-specific binding sites by an in vitro receptor autoradiographic technique showed that these sites were lacking in adrenocortical adenoma tissues. These results suggest that the loss of alpha-hANP inhibitory effect on cortisol secretion in CS cells may be due to the absence of alpha-hANP receptor sites.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nawata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ibayashi
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000378:metabolism; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D000450:Aldosterone; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D006854:Hydrocortisone