title: Effect of synthetic atrial natriuretic polypeptide on hemorrhage-induced adrenocorticotropin secretion of the rat.
abstract: The effect of synthetic alpha-human atrial natriuretic polypeptide (alpha-hANP) on the in vivo and in vitro release of ACTH and corticosterone was examined. In the in vivo study ACTH and corticosterone responses to rapid 2-ml/rat hemorrhage were measured in sixteen conscious rats after alpha-hANP administration. The hemorrhage increased plasma ACTH and corticosterone concentrations in the control group of rats (p greater than 0.01). ANP inhibited hemorrhage-induced ACTH secretion (p less than 0.05), but the plasma corticosterone response was not affected. In the in vitro study a high concentration of ANP (1 microM) reduced basal corticosterone secretion from the isolated rat adrenal gland (p less than 0.05), but the response to ACTH (10 ng/ml) and dibutyryl cyclic AMP (0.5 mM, 5.0 mM) was not affected. Our data suggest that ANP inhibits hemorrhage-induced ACTH secretion from the anterior pituitary but inhibits corticosterone secretion from the adrenal gland very weakly.
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000187:drug effects; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D003345:Corticosterone