Renal cyclic GMP and cholinergic mechanisms in erythropoietin production. |
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Authors: | G M Rodgers J W Fisher W J George |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, La. 70112, USA |
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Abstract: | Cobalt treatment in rats produced sequential elevations in both renal cyclic GMP concentration and lysosomal enzyme activity in plasma. These effects of cobalt were significantly inhibited by atropine pretreatment, as was cobalt-mediated erythropoietin (ESF) production. Physostigmine, an inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase, potentiated the erythropoietic effect of cobalt. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that the erythropoietic effect of cobalt is associated with a cholinergic mechanism involving cyclic GMP-mediated lysosomal enzyme release. These cholinergic events may precede a previously described cyclic AMP activation of a renal erythropoietic factor. |
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