title: Melanotropins: aldosterone- and corticosterone-stimulating activity in isolated rat adrenal cells.
abstract: Stimulation of corticosterone and aldosterone production in rat adrenal decapsular and capsular cells respectively by alpha- and beta-melanotropins (alpha- and beta-MSH) have been investigated. Although they are considerably less potent than corticotropin (ACTH), the dose-response curves are parallel to those for ACTH except in the case of aldosterone stimulation by beta-MSH where the dose-response curve is biphasic. The steroidogenic actions of ACTH, beta-MSH and alpha-MSH are antagonized by corticotropin-inhibiting peptide in both capsular and decapsular cells. A synthetic analog of beta-MSH ([Gly10]-betac1-MSH) inhibits both beta-MSH and ACTH in aldosterone output in capsular cells, but it does not inhibit their corticosteroidogenic actions in decapsular cells.
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000818:Animals; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000450:Aldosterone; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones; D003345:Corticosterone