title: Effect of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone on rat adrenocortical cells.
abstract: The effects of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) on the function of rat adrenal cortex were investigated by using dispersed zona glomerulosa (capsular) and zona fasciculata-reticularis (inner) cells. LH-RH increased basal (but not adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-stimulated) corticosterone secretion of inner cells, without affecting either aldosterone or corticosterone production by capsular cells. LH-RH markedly raised basal (but not ACTH-enhanced) cyclic-AMP release by inner cells. The corticosterone secretagogue action of LH-RH was abolished by the protein kinase A inhibitor H-89. The conclusion is drawn that LH-RH specifically stimulates adrenal glucocorticoid secretion in rats through the activation of the adenylate cyclase signaling pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Andreis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Nussdorfer
mesh_terms: D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000378:metabolism*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013449:Sulfonamides
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007546:Isoquinolines; D013449:Sulfonamides; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D000450:Aldosterone; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; C063509:N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide; D003345:Corticosterone