title: Angiotensin-II stimulates DNA synthesis in rat adrenal zona glomerulosa cells: receptor subtypes involved and possible signal transduction mechanism.
abstract: Using an in situ perfusion technique of isolated left rat adrenal gland, it has been demonstrated that angiotensin-II (ANG-II) increases DNA synthesis in the zona glomerulosa (ZG), but not fasciculata-reticularis cells. The AT1 receptor antagonist DuP753 abolished the effect of ANG-II, while the AT2 receptor antagonist PD 123319 potentiated it. Both Ro31-8220, an inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC), and tyrphostin-23, an inhibitor of tyrosine kinase (TK), evoked a partial reversal of ANG-II effect, and when added together to the perfusion medium abolished it. In contrast, the phospholipase C inhibitor U-73122 alone was able to induce a complete blockade of ANG-II effect. Neither the phospholipase A2 inhibitor AACOCF3 nor the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin and the lipoxygenase inhibitor phenidone affected ANG-II-induced stimulation of DNA synthesis, thereby making unlikely the involvement of the arachidonic acid signaling pathways. Our findings suggest that (i) ANG-II stimulates rat ZG cell proliferation acting via AT1 receptors coupled with phospholipase C, which activates both PKC and TK signaling systems; and (ii) the proliferogenic effect of ANG-II is partially counteracted by the activation of the AT2 receptor subtype.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazzocchi
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Malendowicz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gottardo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rebuffat
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Nussdorfer
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D015384:Zona Glomerulosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D000804:Angiotensin II; D004247:DNA; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C