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Theodore A. Slotkin Christopher Lau María Bartolomé Frederic J. Seidler 《Life sciences》1976,19(4):483-491
Incubation of isolated rat adrenomedullary storage vesicles with methadone produced inhibition of 3H-epinephrine uptake and promotion of release of endogenous catecholamines. Neither effect was seen using morphine, nor could morphine antagonize methadone-induced catecholamine release, suggesting that these actions are not mediated by opiate receptors. Inhibition of uptake by methadone appeared to contain a competitive component with a lower Ki for methadone compared to the Km for 3H-epinephrine. Despite competitive inhibition by methadone, the maximal uptake capacity (analogous to Vmax) as determined by double-reciprocal plots, was increased by the drug, probably as a result of greater availability of intravesicular storage sites because of the drug-induced of release endogenous catecholamines. Agents which enhance or block catecholamine transport into vehicles had no effect on the catecholamine release by methadone, indicating that the latter is separable from the action on uptake. These alterations of catecholamine uptake and release may play a role in the effects of methadone on the adrenal medulla . 相似文献
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Using high resolution capillary gas chromatography, we have unequivocally separated two possible (6- and 7-)mono-O-methylated tetrahydroisoquinoline metabolites in rat brain after acute intraventricular administration of salsolinol, a cyclized dopamine/acetaldehyde derivative. 7-O-Methylsalsolinol (salsoline) constituted 94–98% of the two isomers in five brain regions examined. These results confirm the report by Bail . that salsolinol is largely O-methylated (presumably by brain catechol-O-methyl transferase) on the hydroxyl situated “para” in the parent dopamine molecule. In comparison, dopamine itself, administered intraventricularly to pargyline-pretreated rats, was O-methylated exclusively on the “meta” hydroxyl group. 相似文献
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The effect of angiotensin II on catecholamine release from bovine adrenal medulla has been investigated. In retrogradely perfused, isolated bovine adrenal glands, angiotensin II increased basal efflux of catecholamines, but the presence of angiotensin II did not increase the release of catecholamines evoked either by bolus injections of the secretagogue carbachol or by depolarization with a perfusing solution containing a raised concentration of K+. In chromaffin cells maintained in primary tissue culture, angiotensin II increased 3H release from cells preloaded with [3H]-noradrenaline but did not enhance the release evoked by carbachol or by depolarization with K+. The increase in 3H release evoked by angiotensin II from chromaffin cells in tissue culture was inhibited by its analogue antagonist Sar1,Ala8-angiotensin II (saralasin) and was entirely dependent on the presence of Ca2+ in the experimental medium. These findings suggest that, in the chromaffin cells of the bovine adrenal medulla, angiotensin II acts on specific receptors to cause a calcium-dependent catecholamine release but triggers no additional response that acts synergistically with depolarizing or nicotinic stimuli to augment catecholamine release. 相似文献
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Following intravenous infusion of somatostatin occasionally there is a large rebound overshoot of insulin release. An model to simulate this phenomenon was made by perfusing rat pancreas with gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) during simultaneous perfusion with somatostatin. Adding GIP (100 ng/ml) to the perfusate for 2 minutes beginning either 3 or 9 minutes before terminating the somatostatin perfusion produced a large overshoot in insulin release. The magnitude of overshoot was greater when medium contained 300 mg/dl glucose that when it contained 150 mg/dl glucose. Perfusion with GIP for 2 minutes beginning 9 minutes before increasing the glucose concentration of the medium from 30 to 300 mg/dl elicited a large increase in both the acute and second-phase release of insulin. These suggest that post-inhibitory overshoot of insulin release after somatostatin may be produces by the suppressed action of stimulatory hormones such as GIP. Prior infusion with GIP can also potentiate glucose-stimulated insulin increase. 相似文献
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anterior pituitaries removed on days 5 through 19 of , were incubated for 3 h in the presence of 3H-leucine. Incorporation of radioactivity into electrophoretically separated in medium and pituitary homogenate was used to determine patterns of prolactin synthesis, release, per cent release and storage. Prolactin synthesis, release and per cent release were high on days 5 through 7, low on days 8 through 16, and intermediate to high on days 18 and 19. Prolactin storage did not change significantly throughout pregnancy. 相似文献
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R Simantov 《Life sciences》1978,23(25):2503-2508
Mouse pituitary tumor cells grown in tissue culture release endorphins spontaneously to the culture medium. Depolarization of these cells by incubation with high K+ concentration (56 mM) increased 2–3 folds the release of endorphins. The K+ evoked release was Ca++ dependent by that: , removal of Ca++ ions inhibited 90% of K+ stimulated release. , ethyleneglycol-bis (β-aminoethyl ether) N,N′-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) inhibited release of endorphins in the presence of high K+ and Ca++. It is suggested that dual regulatory system inhibit and/or stimulate release of endorphins from the pituitary glands. 相似文献
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Activation of the sympathetic system by phencyclidine (PCP) should result in catecholamine release from the adrenals. However, adrenalectomy does not reduce PCP-induced hypertension. In an attempt to rectify this inconsistency, the direct effects of PCP on the bovine adrenal medulla were examined. At (3×10?6M), PCP reduced the acetylcholine-(ACh)-induced catecholamine release by 50%. Surprisingly, barium-induced secretion of catecholamines was also reduced by PCP. ACh-induced catecholamine release was not altered by 10?3M 4-aminopyridine (4 AP), the potassium channel blocker. Thus, calcium antagonist actions of PCP and consequent block of catecholamine secretion from adrenal medulla may explain the lack of effect of adrenalectomy on PCP-induced hypertension. Possible contributions of calcium and/or potassium channel blockade to other manifestations of PCP overdosage are discussed. 相似文献
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Samuel A. Sholl 《Steroids》1983,41(6):757-768
3β-Hydroxysteroid (3β-HSDH) was measured in the rhesus monkey () placenta, fetal adrenal (whole organ minus medulla), testis and ovary during late gestation (Days 145–162). Activities were evaluated from the conversion of [3H]-pregnenolone to [3H]progesterone. The maximum enzyme velocity (Vm) in adrenal microsomes (100,000 g pellet) was significantly higher (146 nmoles progesterone/h x mg?1protein) than in microsomes from the other tissues. Testicular Vm was greater than either ovarian or placental Vm which were not different from one another (11.5 versus 1.9, 1.2 nmoles progesterone/h x mg?1protein, respectively). Apparent Michaelis-Menten constants in the adrenal, placenta, testis and ovary averaged 1.8,2.5,0.27 and 0.16 μM, respectively. In some cases, substrate inhibition was noted. Estimated dissociation constants for pregnenolone were 2.3 μM (adrenal), 2.1 μM (placenta), 0.74 μM (testis) and 0.13 μM (ovary). 3β-HSDH was less active in a crude mitochondrial preparation from the fetal adrenal (10,000 g pellet) than in microsomes, whereas activity in the placenta and testis appeared to be equally distributed between mitochrondria and microsomes.Rate measurements were consistent with the apparent potentials of these organs to synthesize their characteristic hormones. Thus, 3β-HSDH activity may be an important rate determining step in hormone synthesis. The importance of substrate inhibition in progesterone formation remains to be assessed. 相似文献
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Endogenous noradrenaline levels are elevated in medulla oblongata, mesencephalon, pons and thalamus of adult rats which had been treated with 6-hydroxydopamine on days 1, 2, 8 and 15 after birth. Levels in spinal cord, cerebellum, hippocampus/amygdala and cortex are depressed, whereas no significant changes are observed in striatum, hypothalamus and medulla spinalis. The rate at which medulla oblongata synthesizes tritiated noradrenaline and dopamine from tritiated tyrosine is markedly enhanced. No effect was apparent on catecholamine synthesis in hypothalamus. Tritiated noradrenaline synthesis, but not tritiated dopamine synthesis, in the cortex is depressed. These results support the view that neonatal 6-hydroxydopamine treatment causes a degeneration of noradrenaline nerve terminals in the cortex and induces an increase in noradrenaline terminals in the medulla oblongata. 相似文献
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The administration of the ionophore A23187 to superfused rat adrenal cortical tissue slices resulted in a significant elevation in corticosterone production. Removal of calcium from the superfusion medium prevented this ionophore induced corticosteroidogenesis. Threshold amounts of ionophore potentiated the steroidogenic action of 1 mU but not 10 mU ACTH under conditions. This potentiation by ionophore on ACTH stimulated steroid production was not observed when calcium was omitted from the superfusing medium. Potentiation by the ionophore on dbCAMP or CAMP stimulated steroid formation was not observed for any dose of cyclic nucleotide employed. 相似文献
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Robert D. Koos Martin R. Clark Per O. Janson Kurt E.B. Ahrén William J. LeMaire 《Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators》1983,25(5):715-724
Prostaglandin (PG) levels in follicular fluid from preovulatory follicles of rabbit ovaries perfused were measured in order to compare PG changes in this model system with those that occur and in isolated, LH-treated follicles . One ovary from each rabbit was perfused without further treatment (control). The other ovary was exposed to LH (0.1 or 1 ug/ml) beginning 1 hour (h) after initiation of perfusion. Samples of perfusion medium were taken at frequent intervals for measurement of PGE, PGF, progesterone and estradiol 17β. The perfusions were terminated when the first ovulation occurred or appeared imminent as judged by changes in the size and shape of the follicles. Follicular fluid was then rapidly aspirated from all large follicles on both ovaries for PGE and PGF measurement.Ovulations occurred only in the LH-treated ovaries. Progesterone and estradiol levels were significantly elevated in the perfusion medium within 1 h of LH treatment in comparison to controls. PG levels in perfusion medium from the control and LH-treated ovaries were not different throughout perfusion and increased in both groups. In contrast, PG levels measured in follicular fluid from LH-treated ovaries were 4- to 5-fold greater than in fluid from control ovaries. It is concluded that ovulation induced by LH in this experimental model is accompanied by an increase in follicular PG levels similar to that seen in other and models. This difference in follicular PG levels between the LH-treated and control ovaries is, however, not reflected in the perfusion medium. 相似文献
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Calcium requirement in compound 48/80 induced histamine release from rat mast cells in vitro 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
T Johansen 《Life sciences》1980,27(5):369-375
The effect of magnesium and EDTA on compound -induced histamine release and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) content of mast cells has been studied. Inhibition of histamine release after preincubation of the cells with or without EDTA in the absence of calcium and the reversal by calcium indicate that calcium is required for compound -induced histamine release. The presence of magnesium potentiate the inhibition caused by the lack of calcium. The inhibition of histamine release is not related to changes in cellular ATP content. The observations with EDTA suggest that calcium may be provided for the release process from intracellular sources. 相似文献
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Synexin protein is non-selective in its ability to increase Ca2+-dependent aggregation of biological and artificial membranes 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Synexin, a soluble protein which increases the specificity of Ca2+ to aggregate isolated bovine chromaffin granules was prepared from bovine adrenal medullary tissue by the method of Creutz, Pazoles and Pollard (J. Biol. Chem. , 2858–2866, 1978). We also find that synexin increases both the initial rate and final amplitude of Ca2+-promoted aggregation of granule membranes. This effect is Ca2+-specific. However in contrast to Creutz , we find that synexin also potentiates aggregation of adrenal medulla and liver mitochondria and microsomes as well as phosphatidylserine vesicles. This lack of membrane specificity argues against the suggestion of Creutz that synexin specifically binds the granule to the plasma membrane prior to exocytosis . 相似文献
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Andrew Ricci Karen M. Sanders Julia Portmore William G. Van der Kloot 《Life sciences》1975,16(1):177-184
1. The ionophore X-537A increases the rate of catecholamine release from the frog adrenal.2. The ratio of epinephrine/norepinephrine measured during X-537A stimulation was the same as that during spontaneous release.3. Even when Ca++ was removed from the Ringer, X-537A stimulated catecholamine release, but depolarization by elevated extra-cellular K+ was no longer effective.4. X-537A also increases the release of dopamine β-hydroxylase, suggesting that the ionophore acts, at least in part, by stimulating the exocytosis of the chrommaffin granule contents.5. Therefore, it is questionable whether the release of catecholamines by X-537A is owing to its action as a Ca++- ionophore.6. The divalent cation ionophore, A-23187 (50μM), did not affect the rate of catecholamine release. 相似文献
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The effect of external calcium and lanthanum on platelet calcium content and on the release reaction
Calcium compartments in calf platelets were studied using a lanthanum washout procedure to distinguish between surface-bound calcium and intracellular calcium. The calcium content of calf platelets ranges from 20 to 60 nmol/109 platelets and is sensitive to the calcium concentration of the suspending medium. With 1 mM calcium in the medium, calcium uptake is rapid and reaches steady state within 1–2 min. Results obtained with the lanthanum procedure indicate that it is the surface compartment which is most affected by the extracellular calcium concentration. The surface compartment appears to be saturable and is highly exchangeable. Although the total calcium as well as the calcium content of the surface and internal compartments are variable, the ratio of calcium in either compartment to the total saturated calcium is quite constant. The data indicate that 68–85% of the platelet calcium is located internally. Thrombin produces an immediate release of platelet calcium and labeled serotonin and an increase in the 45Ca2+ uptake of both the surface and internal compartments. The release reaction is not dependent upon exogenous calcium or an influx of exogenous calcium since it occurs even in the presence of acid. Lanthanum, however, inhibits the release reaction possibly by blocking surface calcium site and reducing the mobility of endogenous platelet calcium. 相似文献
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The functional integrity of adrenal chromaffin storage vesicles was studied in the perfused rat adrenal gland subjected to intense exocytosis. Continuous perfusion with 55 mM K+-Krebs solution produced a large and uninterrupted secretion of catecholamines. Total amounts secreted within 45 min were 4.66 micrograms and represented almost 30% of the total tissue catecholamine content. If perfusion with excess K+ was extended to 90 min, the secretion increased further to 5.76 micrograms. Despite such a large secretory response, the catecholamine content of the K+-stimulated adrenal medulla was comparable to that of unstimulated control, suggesting an enhanced resynthesis to maintain the normal levels. Pretreatment of rats with alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine, and including this agent in the perfusion medium during stimulation with K+, caused a marked reduction in catecholamine content. The degree of depletion depended on the extent of stimulation with K+ (45% in 45 min and 60% in 90 min). Although depleted catecholamine stores did not show spontaneous recovery in 2 h, inclusion of tyrosine, L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine or dopamine (but not epinephrine or norepinephrine) completely restored the catecholamine content of previously depleted adrenal medulla. Repletion achieved by tyrosine was time dependent (evident in 30 min and maximum in 2 h) and blocked by alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine but not by calcium deprivation. The ratio of epinephrine to norepinephrine remained constant during various stages of the experiment, suggesting both types of vesicles were equally affected by different treatments. The secretory response (10 Hz for 30 s) was unaffected even though tissue catecholamine stores were significantly depleted (50%). In summary, we have demonstrated that catecholamine content of the isolated perfused adrenal gland can be reduced by stimulation of exocytotic secretion in the presence of tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor. Since the depleted stores can be fully refilled by synthesis of catecholamines from its precursors, it is suggested that chromaffin vesicles may be reutilized for the purpose of synthesis, storage, and secretion of adrenal medullary hormones. 相似文献
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Characterization of the rat adrenal medulla cultured in vitro 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Masahiko Fujinaga Joan J. Chen James C. Scott 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal》1999,35(1):33-42
Summary A wide variety of experimental animal models have been used to investigate the mechanisms of synthesis, storage, and release
of catecholamines. Whereas in vivo experimental models are situated at one end of the spectrum, cell culture models are situated
at the other end. In the present study, we have characterized various aspects of the rat adrenal medulla cultured in vitro
as a whole tissue, aiming to establish a new experimental model in between in vivo animal models and cell culture models.
We adapted a bottle rotator system commonly used for culturing rodent whole embryos. Changes in histology, activities and
mRNA levels of catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes, and concentrations of catecholamines in the adrenal medulla were studied.
In addition, the effects of cholinergic stimulation on catecholamine release from the adrenal medulla were examined. Overall
the results indicate that various aspects of the adrenal medulla become stable after 4 d of culture and the adrenal medulla
at this stage releases catecholamines in response to cholinergic stimulation. The whole adrenal medulla culture system may
be a useful tool for investigating catecholamine-related functions dependent on intercellular reactions or communications. 相似文献
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Dogan MD Sumners C Broxson CS Clark N Tümer N 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》2004,313(3):623-626
Angiotensin II acting centrally contributes to the regulation of blood pressure and water intake and stimulates the release of catecholamines from the adrenal medulla. We hypothesized that the central angiotensin II is one mediator of biosynthesis of catecholamines in the adrenal medulla. Rats were administered i.c.v. angiotensin II or saline, and TH mRNA and protein levels in adrenal medulla were measured 1 or 3 h later. Angiotensin II did not change TH mRNA or protein 1 h later. However, by 3 h, angiotensin II increased TH mRNA and protein levels. Centrally administered angiotensin II elevates TH mRNA expression and protein levels in the adrenal medulla. In conclusion, one component of central angiotensin II elevation of blood pressure may be the result of increased catecholamine synthesis in the adrenal gland and elevated TH synthesis represents one underlying mechanism. 相似文献
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The isolation of intact adrenal chromaffin granules using isotonic Percoll density gradients 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
An improved method for the isolation of intact adrenal chromaffin granules under isotonic conditions, using a Percoll density gradient, is presented. After dissection, homogenization, and differential centrifugation, the crude granule homogenate was layered onto a gradient medium previously centrifuged at 20,200g × 5 min, consisting of 30% () Percoll, 0.27 m sucrose, and 10 mm Tris-maleate, pH 7.0. After centrifugation for 40 min at 8650g in a standard preparative centrifuge, the chromaffin granules were found to band in the lowest fraction, where 45% of the catecholamines and 60% of the ATP could be recovered. With respect to other published methods, the percentage of lysosomal and mitochondrial contamination compared favorably. In addition, granules isolated by the Percoll gradient method were found to have at least 42 and 14% higher ATP and catecholamines, respectively, per milligram of protein. It is suggested that this method offers the advantages of ease of preparation, purity, and cost efficiency when compared with previously published techniques. 相似文献