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Comparative in vitro responses of fetal, pregnant and non-pregnant rabbits' adrenal glands to steroidogenic agents
Authors:M P Malee  S F Marotta
Abstract:The in vitro secretion of aldosterone and corticosterone by the adrenal glands of fetal (day 30), pregnant and non-pregnant rabbits was examined under basal and stimulated conditions. In general, non-pregnant animals basally secreted less aldosterone than either pregnant or fetal rabbits, whereas basal corticosterone secretion by pregnant animals exceeded that of either fetal or non-pregnant animals. At similar doses of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), fetal and pregnant adrenal glands produced comparatively more aldosterone than non-pregnant animals, while corticosterone secretion was accelerated to a greater degree in fetal rabbits than in the other groups. Angiotensin II had its greatest effect on the aldosterone secretory rates of fetal and non-pregnant animals without affecting corticosterone secretion in any group. Elevated potassium (K+) enhanced the secretory rates of aldosterone and corticosterone in fetal animals, while increasing only aldosterone secretion in non-pregnant rabbits. Serotonin accelerated aldosterone secretion in all animals, whereas it increased corticosterone secretion only in non-pregnant animals. These results suggest that (1) in fetal rabbits, the secretory rates of both aldosterone and corticosterone are regulated primarily by ACTH and to a much lesser extent by angiotensin II and K+, (2) the corticosterone secretory rates of pregnant and non-pregnant rabbits are controlled mainly by ACTH, and (3) aldosterone secretion by non-pregnant animals is regulated primarily by angiotensin II and secondarily by ACTH and K+, while in pregnant animals ACTH may be the primary regulator of aldosterone secretion as it is in the fetus.
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