title: Expression of natriuretic peptide receptor mRNA and functional response to atrial natriuretic peptide and C-type natriuretic peptide in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) head kidney leucocytes.
abstract: The stimulatory effect of vasomodulatory natriuretic peptide hormones on macrophages and peripheral blood leucocytes in mammals is well-established. However, the relationship in lower vertebrates has not been characterised. Expression of atrial natriuretic peptide, ventricular natriuretic peptide and C-type natriuretic peptide-1, and the guanylyl cyclase-linked (GC) natriuretic peptide receptor-A and -B-type receptors (NPR-A and NPR-B, respectively) was determined by PCR from the mRNA of rainbow trout head kidney leucocytes yielding gene fragments with 100% homology to the same respective natriuretic peptide and NPR-A and -B sequences obtained from other rainbow trout tissues. A mixed population of isolated rainbow trout head kidney leucocytes was stimulated in vitro with trout atrial natriuretic peptide (specific NPR-A agonist) and trout C-type natriuretic peptide (NPR-A and -B agonist) as well as the cGMP agonist 8-bromo-cGMP or the GC inhibitor 8-bromo-phenyl-eutheno-cGMP. Respiratory burst was stimulated by trout atrial natriuretic peptide, trout C-type natriuretic peptide-1 and 8-bromo-cGMP in a dose dependant manner with the highest activity as a result of stimulation with trout C-type natriuretic peptide-1 in excess of that achieved by phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). Equimolar concentrations of the inhibitor, inhibited the respiratory burst caused by the natriuretic peptides and 8-bromo-cGMP. The natriuretic peptide receptors on rainbow trout head kidney leucocytes appear to have a stimulatory function with regard to respiratory burst that is activated through a cGMP second messenger pathway and the natriuretic peptides expressed in the head kidney leucocytes may well act in a paracrine/autocrine manner.
authors.affiliation: School of Aquaculture, Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania, Locked Bag 1-370, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia. mark.powell@hibo.no
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McWilliam
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McLeod
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nankervis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toop
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D020098:Natriuretic Peptide, C-Type / Q000378:metabolism*; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017461:Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D016897:Respiratory Burst
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D020098:Natriuretic Peptide, C-Type; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D017461:Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor