title: Effects of substance P and its antagonist spantide on corticosterone secretion and cytosolic free calcium concentration of dispersed zona fasciculata-reticularis cells of the rat adrenal cortex.
abstract: Substance P (SP) did not change basal corticosterone (B) secretion of dispersed zona fasciculata-reticularis cells of the rat adrenal cortex. Conversely, spantide II (SPA), an antagonist of SP receptors, at a concentration 10(-7)/10(-6) M markedly raised it, and the effect was annulled by equimolar concentrations of SP. Both SP and SPA (10(-6) M) increased cytosolic free calcium concentration in our cell preparations; however, the response to SP was immediate, while that to SPA showed a lag-period of 4-5 min. SP concentration-dependently (from 10(-8) M to 10(-5) M) partially inhibited maximally ACTH (10(-8) M)-induced stimulation of B secretion of dispersed cells, and unexpectedly a similar effect was observed after SPA exposure. In light of these findings, the conclusion is drawn that SP, under basal conditions, does not exert a direct modulatory action of B secretion of rat adrenocortical cells. However, the possibility remains to be explored that SP may play a role in quenching, via a receptor-independent mechanism, the exceedingly high glucocorticoid responses to ACTH of rat adrenocortical cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Malendowicz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Nussdorfer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Filipiak
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Warchol
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007700:Kinetics; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013373:Substance P / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015383:Zona Fasciculata / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015385:Zona Reticularis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D013373:Substance P; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; C042867:spantide; D002118:Calcium; D003345:Corticosterone